Little Simz - Introvert(2021)

[00:56.68] (There's a war, there's a war)
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[01:08.96] The kingdom's on fire, the blood of a young messiah
[01:11.45] I see sinners in a church, I see sinners in a church
[01:14.34] Sometimes I might be introvert
[01:16.44] There's a war inside, I hear battle cries
[01:19.01] Mothers burying sons, young boys playing with guns
[01:21.68] The devil's a liar, fulfill your wildest desires
[01:24.34] Now, I don't wanna be the one to doctor this
[01:26.29] But if you can't feel pain, then you can't feel the opposite
[01:29.03] The fight between the Yin and Yang's a fight you'll never win
[01:31.38] I study humans, that makes me an anthropologist
[01:34.11] I'm not into politics, but I know it's dark times
[01:36.86] Parts of the world still living in apartheid
[01:39.25] But if I don't takе this winner's flight, that's career suicide
[01:42.26] Though I should've been a friеnd when your grandma died
[01:44.62] I see the illness eat my aunt laying in her bed
[01:46.85] I see her soul rising as her body gets closer to death
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[02:01.43] Find a way, I'll find a way
[02:03.72] The world's not over
[02:06.34] I will make it, don't you cry
[02:08.80] In God we trust 'cause we're not alone
[02:11.11] I need a licence to feel
[02:13.01] Internal wounds and I'm not tryna be healed (no, I don't, no, I don't)
[02:15.62] I sabotage what we are trying to build
[02:17.73] 'Cause of feelings I keep inside, but it's time to reveal (reveal, reveal)
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[02:22.09] I hate the thought of just being a burden
[02:24.68] I hate that these conversations are surfaced
[02:27.27] Simz the artist or Simbi the person?
[02:29.75] To you I'm smiling, but really, I'm hurting
[02:31.80] I dedicate my life and gave my heart over twenty-something years
[02:35.03] Left wondering how I even feel
[02:36.74] But was it even worth it?
[02:38.66] I bottle up and then spill it in verses
[02:41.09] One day I'm wordless, next day I'm a wordsmith
[02:43.58] Close to success, but to happiness, I'm the furthest
[02:46.10] At night, I wonder if my tears will dry on their own
[02:49.09] Hoping I will fulfill Amy's purpose
[02:51.46] Angel said, "Don't let ego be a disturbance"
[02:53.94] Inner demon said, "Motherfucker, you earned this"
[02:56.49] Like they strip you of everything you're deserving
[02:59.29] Realise there is a prison in us, we are conditioned as fuck
[03:02.33] Man, it's like they can't sleep 'til our spirit is crushed
[03:04.90] How much fighting must we do? We've been fearless enough
[03:07.36] All we seen is broken homes here and poverty
[03:09.59] Corrupt government officials, lies, and atrocities
[03:12.27] How they talking on what's threatening the economy?
[03:14.89] Knocking down communities to re-up on properties
[03:17.24] I'm directly affected, it does more than just bother me
[03:19.80] Look beyond the surface, don't just see what you wanna see
[03:22.31] My speech ain't involuntary
[03:23.59] Projecting intentions straight from my lungs
[03:25.61] I'm a black woman and I'm a proud one
[03:28.02] We walk in blind faith not knowing the outcome
[03:30.50] But as long as we're unified, then we've already won
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[03:57.23] Find a way, I'll find a way
[03:59.65] The world's not over
[04:02.40] I will make it, don't you cry
[04:04.82] In God we trust
[04:06.62] 'Cause we're not alone
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[04:15.95] (Still feels like I'm in big trouble)
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[04:25.52] (Feels like, feels like, feels like I'm in big trouble)
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[04:37.46] (Big trouble)
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[04:46.00] (Feels like, feels like, feels like I'm in big trouble
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[04:56.69] (Feels like, feels like I'm in big trouble)
[04:59.56] And so it begins
[05:01.18] The base is an amalgamation of everything
[05:04.19] Rules are not to be played by rebels
[05:07.15] The story of never ending
[05:09.74] Your introversion led you here
[05:12.04] Intuition protected you along the way
[05:14.84] Feelings allowed you to be well-balanced
[05:17.54] And perspective gave you foresight
[05:20.98] The top of a mountain is nothing without the climb
[05:23.94] Only the strong will survive
[05:26.32] (Only the strong will survive)
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[05:41.47] Alone, but not lonely
[05:43.82] Your truth unveils with time
[05:48.82] As you embark on a journey
[05:51.14] Of what it takes to be a woman
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