Southern California Heat Wave

Uncertain of this path I've been led down
The heavens are loud yet I'm lost somehow
Patiently waiting for the next excuse
On why I can't do what I'm used to doing

I'm grasping onto what's left of me
Alas hopeful path narrowed into a lonely street
An empty cold da sak with no homes to retreat
I'm incomplete, tired at defeat
There's no more hope to reap
Keeping faith feels beneath me
And I'm hardly at peace
When it's all that I need

Release my heart from its cages
Feeling useless, dumb, complacent
I was smoking dope in his basement
Getting high on complications
Ruined my life
Home life's vacant
Think I need a vacation
A little pre-suspection
Recollection
On how was I elected
Cause I can't take it

For this life
Cause I'm barely hanging on
In this life
I'm trying to make it on
And they say to keep strong
And keep faith
They tell me to keep weighing my gains
I'm just tryna keep my cool
In this Southern California heat wave

I'm just trying to keep it chill
Chill
Chill
Been through this before
I know how to deal
Deal
Deal

Mmm

Tell me to keep strong
And keep faith
They tell me to keep weighing my gains
I'm just tryna keep my cool
In this Southern California heat wave

So chug it down
Chug it down for me
I'm drowning out in all this Hennessy
Cause that's all that there's left of me
I don't know what I'm drinking
But I can't stand thinking
This pain I can't seem to ignore
A quick sip turns into a bottle
A quick sniff turns into a pipe
And I don't know if I deserve my life
Someone take away this right
Cause I can't take it

For this life
Cause I'm barely hanging on
In this life
I'm trying to make it on
And they say to keep strong
And keep faith
They tell me to keep weighing my gains
I'm just tryna keep my cool
In this Southern California heat wave

I'm just trying to keep it chill
Chill
Chill
Been through this before
I know how to deal
Deal
Deal

Mmm