Temporary Tattoos

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1,2,1,1,2

If you leaving, let me catch you
I don't gotta but I have to
All the people we're attached to
Fade like temporary tattoos
Tattoos
Man some people fade away
I just take it day by day
And hope my friends don't waste away

I don't wanna lose my people right now
That's every thought I have, man I write down
In case I might drown, doing it for my town
Visionary boys, yo we outta sight now
Nico prolly constructing and laying bricks
Kyle prolly curating his greatest hits
Jat prolly be the next Jaden Smith
And I just wanna sit back and play this shit
Of how we all met, assembled the team
Trade the hard work, and exchange it for dreams
Flow on the track and acquire the streams
Scared that something could break all the seams
Ronny prolly shining, he the next Kubrick
Kris singing melodies on the acoustic
Love is the glue, mixed in with the music
And I hope it never breaks, and we never lose this
I can't lose another friend, we go different paths
Hit eachother just to reminisce and we laugh
Bout all the stupid things that we did in the past
And I ain't seen you, since the last day of class
Used to sleepover, watching movies till 3
Then peace, wake up, start walking down your street
Jones on the roof, man we could feel the breeze
I can still feel it, I'm alone on the beach
Cause our inside jokes, till our insides broke
I can barely see you, but I always see your folks
Bonfire chilling, see your face in the smoke
It's hard to believe that we almost lost hope
And we kinda lost us and we kinda lost the focus
Used to make songs, and I'd hope you would notice
Write a verse about you, you were my closest
Plant the seed and then we'd just grow this
Ink to a tattoo
Wonder where you at dude?
Heard you were dropping outta school cause you had to
Heard you were chilling with those guys, man is that true?
I guess this is something I gotta adapt to
I make every single plan for the greater good
And never lose my friends chilling in my neighbourhood
They never say they would, but I'm scared that they might go
Hate my mistakes that I make like a typo
That's light tho, I can't hold it back
Cause this track for the kids in the culdesac
That need a place to escape, man run it back
I'm just trying to get the green like a running back
And I'm something that, I can't lose no way
Cause two roads, prolly go both ways
Tattoos on my skin, fade away each day
Stop time for a sec, homie let me replay
Goddamn

If you leaving, let me catch you
I don't gotta but I have to
All the people we're attached to
Fade like temporary tattoos
Tattoos
Man some people fade away
I just take it day by day
And hope my friends don't waste away
I hope my friends don't waste away
I just need another day
I just need another way
That I can see you every day
Tattoos all up on my skin they never fade
Heat of the summer, I'm just trying to find some shade

I remember walking down 1st Street
Hit the Avondale, whenever we thirsty
Spilling Jones, breaking bottles 'cause they dirt cheap
Now I'm waking up at 9 am to cue the first beat
You couldn't see us, yeah you prolly need a search team
And playing ball, I was always on the worst team
I used to get home, parents wanna search me
But now I'm pulling up at 3, tryna catch my first dream
I remember sitting on the curb, drinking bourbon
Wonder where the time, and the fun and the girls went
All copped whips, no bikes, no swerving
No service on the phone, it's not urgent
No sleeping in, cause man everybody working
On retail, on receipts writing verses
I miss the days when we had to write cursive
And now I write checks and the boss reimburse it
Perfect, yeah we were chilling in the basement
Till the Xbox got hotter than the pavement
Playing Black Ops, know the numbers like Mason
I'm talking money, I ain't talking locations
Those were the days, but we never realized
How fast life moves, when you always on the rise
Same old kids, and the same damn skies
But I'm thinking to myself, goddamn time flies

If you leaving, let me catch you
I don't gotta but I have to
All the people we're attached to
Fade like temporary tattoos
Tattoos
Man some people fade away
I just take it day by day
And hope my friends don't waste away
I hope my friends don't waste away
I just need another day
I just need another way
That I can see you every day
Tattoos all up on my skin they never fade
Heat of the summer, I'm just trying to find some shade

I've been looking for some shade
I mean like for today
I mean I'm working late
I mean I'm hurting lately, baby
Baby
Cause I been up here waiting
Got skin on my tattoos
And you left, homie yeah that's bad news
But I don't, I don't know where to go
I don't know know who my kin
Got tattoos all on my skin
I don't know where to begin