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Pivot [Ft. DowJonez]

from Perspectives pt​.​1 by Matthew Jamison

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DISCLAIMER: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE

This track came about from a long conversation with the homie about where I came from in life and how everything felt like a huge transition

The lyrics also reflect different seasons of thought and their progressions through life

Big shoutout to my big homie/brother Dow!

lyrics

Here lately I have been feeling like
A tad bit villain like
Circumstances get real in life
Momma came by and told me that she noticed less passion in my eyes
She asked so I told her
Time passes and then you die
Quite fast then you in the sky
Just by being born you being penalized
Momma
So my passion been minimized

Aye really we ain't going no place
I don't believe in what them old fakes
Tried to teach us to go praise
Some divine man with no voice
Or some demon with no face
Yo they ain't tellin us the whole story
So that's why when you ask me who's god I say yo soy
Aww
Oh boy

Oh boy here comes a whole nother Farrakhan
Over these kicks and these hi-hats and Mellotrons
Tryna keep myself from picking sides grabbin hella guns
Fighting tryna bring about a time that will neva come
(Re)member when I didn't have a grind I developed one
Now I got some money I'm surrounded by hella Trumps
And I'm the elephant in the room
They think every MFer with melanin is a goon

But I'm inside shouldn't of neva let me in the door
Been fired up b*tch I'm ready for the war
If anybody wanna take a bet against ya boy
Bet the pen mightier than the machete and the sword

I write off all of my enemies before I let you siphon my energy
Finally found out my identity
I found out this hip hop sh*t's my ministry

People hate it's just apart of the game
They don't know that I'm a product of pain
They don't know that they just pushing me forward it's fuel for me I don't gotta restrain
See where I'm from and what I done became
Ain't no blocking what my God has arranged
Ain't no stopping what my God done ordained
I been grinding don't got time to complain nigga

I'm on my way to my destiny
I'm cooking up success I got the recipe
I give a f*ck if you aren't impressed with me
I'm blessed to be
Synonymous with stress relief
I'm like

Know you waiting on my wealth to cease
Know you tryna see my health decrease
Tell the world whatever you want em to hear
but cmon and keep it a hundred with yourself at least
I'm like
Uhh

You know you not who you say you are
You sleep I'm not stopping to wake you up
I'm not your alarm clock
When that bomb drop
I hope you've found God
and you don't stay corrupt b*tch
I'm just going forward all this hate just let me know I'm on course
I won the battle
b*tch
I won wars
I just look at you like what is one more

What is one more war
When that's why I keep the arms in the armoire for
When my momma showed me how to stay calm
Get the Nine
and be ready for harm when it's upon your door
They say life isn't fair so
Say a prayer to God that he'll take away your fear and try to stay aware of where you are every day you're here or die

and I don't wanna die so I'm not
Imma live forever in this b*tch

I know it's a God up top
I'm looking from the bottom
So Imma live forever in this b*tch
-DowJonez

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from Perspectives pt​.​1, released September 26, 2022
Vocals: DowJonez
Producer: Matthew Jamison

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