The Calm

Uh, I'm just so far gone, October's own, please leave me alone
Drunk off champagne screamin' in the phone
See my house is not a home, fuck is goin' on?
Where did we go wrong? Where do we belong?
Caught up in the game and it's one I can't postpone
Meaning if it rains, I'm the one it's raining on
When my diamond chain is on, still nothing set in stone

Women borrow sweaters that I spray with my cologne
And tell me don't forget 'em and I promise that I won't
Feelin' so distant from everyone I've known
To make everybody happy I think I would need a clone
Places we get flown, parties that we've thrown
I've done more for this city than these rappers that have blown
It's only been three years, look at how I've grown
I'm just in my zone, I call this shit the calm

Yeah, but I'm the furthest thing from calm
Dedicated to my mom, and I swear my word is bond
Everything will be ok and it won't even take that long
You can see it in my face or even read it on my palm
Leader of the new school, it's proven and it's known
I'm sittin' in a chair, but in the future it's a throne
I know you like to worry, it'll be better if you don't 'cause

You know, everything gon' be alright, I promise
I apologize to, you know, to put y'all in this position, vent to y'all but
40 mom always say, "Don't ask permission, just ask forgiveness", you know, so
Forgive me, yeah, yeah
Say

Uh, and life is so insane, look what I became, trying to make a name
All my first dates are interrupted by my fame
Because every picture taken is a fan that you can gain
They love it when you smile, unaware that it's a strain
It's a curse you gotta live with when you born to entertain
Women need attention, therefore, women will complain
Develop hatred for men and say that you're the one to blame

Tryin' to enjoy myself with Tez in Miami at the game
I just wish he knew how much it really weighed like Dwayne
It's a weight that's on my chest whoever spotting me is playing
So I'm lifting all alone trying not to get a sprain
Hoping Western Union doing currency exchange
'Cause my dad called and got me feeling guilty and ashamed
Like, how I had a Rolls and I went and got a Range
And he paying for his cigarettes with dollars and some change

Damn, and I could only feel his pain
'Cause in Memphis, Tennessee there's only so much to attain
So I'm filling out the form at the counter once again
He say he love me, I just hope he doesn't say that shit in vain
I'm why your girl heart is in a sling
Call me "Heartbreak Drake", I'm the hardest one to tame
As a man I'm just honest, as a artist I'm a king
With my own set of problems that be sitting on my brain

Yeah, and see this is the thang
What they viewing as bragging is the way that I maintain
The shit I write while staring out the window of a plane
Is the single-handed reason I remain me, yeah

Uh, I said I call this shit The Calm
But I'm the furthest thing from calm
I swear I'm puttin' on but they always wanna ask what type of act you puttin' on like
Man