Maintain

Song Maintain
Artist Skyzoo
Album Salvation

Lyrics

[00:09.95] Produced by: Nottz
[00:24.09] <Intro - Sample from "Pretty Flower" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes>
[00:28.59] It's the end of a day
[00:34.12] And I made it this far
[00:39.58] But what will tomorrow, bring for me-eeeee?
[00:47.80] <Verse 1>
[00:48.47] Further than they ever thought
[00:49.94] I made it this far learnin what they never taught
[00:52.52] Fingers is permanently curved, they forever crossed
[00:55.19] The cloud said I'm not alone if I ever walk
[00:57.81] But it's easy to fall victim, harder to brush it off
[01:00.65] When any dream you dreamed will probably run along
[01:03.78] Time flies when you starin at the stars
[01:06.28] But time dies when you clear away your heart
[01:08.82] And **** seein facades, none of that is payin
[01:11.48] Neither is complainin, just thank God you made it
[01:13.92] But what if you didn't make it? What if this whole time
[01:16.61] Everything that you made, was a product of closed eyes
[01:19.18] And by the time you wake, the time that you had prayed
[01:21.90] Will still be on your side, took the time to fly away
[01:25.05] And before you even get to reflect
[01:27.05] The minute hands is walkin and you missin your steps
[01:29.80] Huh, it's ironic ain't it? You could try to wait it
[01:32.79] But there ain't enough colors for you to try to paint it
[01:35.46] So tryin to explain it to anyone'll get 'em lost
[01:38.06] And points don't exist if they don't ever get across
[01:40.65] Mama said it's up to me to keep the lights on
[01:43.32] I said "cool, long as God keep the mics on"
[01:45.98] I could speak the right song or sing the right poem
[01:48.63] And I could find a way to light home
[01:50.89] <Hook>
[01:51.25] I maintain, I maintain, I maintain
[01:53.19] I just maintain
[01:55.90] I maintain, I maintain
[01:58.31] As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain
[02:01.05] I maintain, I maintain, I maintain
[02:04.96] I just maintain
[02:06.24] I maintain, I maintain
[02:08.96] As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain
[02:11.74] <Verse 2>
[02:12.24] The sacrificial lamb, the carrier of loads
[02:14.67] Who showed no pain 'til he was carryin 'em home
[02:17.31] Who showed no gain but if you added up his growth
[02:19.88] It would show, that it was off balance from the go
[02:22.48] And from the go, chance wasn't nothin that he knew
[02:25.16] Nothin that he was given or nothin he could have blew
[02:27.79] And the road was too dark that he wanted to lead
[02:30.36] But he said he saw better when his son was asleep
[02:32.95] So he starts footsteppin and he saw another set
[02:35.70] On the right and then he saw another on the left
[02:38.22] And every night, he's judgin off a coin toss
[02:40.81] Clearin the way so that nothin throw the coin off
[02:43.38] When a decision is decided, he's either tryin to hide it
[02:46.20] Or lookin for somebody that he could ride with
[02:48.37] Slow breathin, goin for evens tryin to break the odds
[02:51.26] So close to a murder he could taste the charge
[02:54.14] But, people's lives depended on what he scribes
[02:56.79] So now his pen move differently and in time
[02:59.36] The pad may fill but the pen'll never drive
[03:02.01] So as long as there's a wall, he could penmanship his mind
[03:04.81] It sort of like coppin
[03:06.01] You only get half of what you wanted when you asked but you can't seem
[03:08.67] To stop it
[03:10.64] I told 'em it's just the problems we face
[03:12.63] Sittin on a stoop, starin up at God everyday
[03:15.22] But I felt like I was talkin to someone who couldn't hear me
[03:17.93] Until I looked up and I saw that the one near me
[03:20.48] Who was lookin for advice was in common
[03:22.78] I just wasn't lookin at 'em right and his problems
[03:25.05] Was similar, too similar, way too familiar
[03:28.48] Lookin into his eyes, was lookin into a mirror
[03:31.05] Tryin not to break it, along with who I be
[03:33.64] Saw that the whole time I was arguin with me (*echo*)
[03:56.20] <Hook>
[03:57.81] I maintain, I maintain, I maintain
[03:59.91] I just maintain
[04:02.36] I maintain, I maintain
[04:04.87] As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain
[04:07.54] I maintain, I maintain, I maintain
[04:10.37] I just maintain
[04:12.85] I maintain, I maintain
[04:15.51] As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain
[04:18.36] I maintain, I maintain, I maintain
[04:20.90] I just maintain
[04:23.44] I maintain, I maintain
[04:26.04] As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain
[04:28.89] I maintain, I maintain, I maintain
[04:32.53] I just maintain
[04:34.07] I maintain, I maintain
[04:36.88] As long as I could open my eyes, I maintain
[04:41.06] <Outro - Sample from "Pretty Flower" by Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes>
[04:42.45] It's the end of a day
[04:47.79] And I made it this far
[04:50.03]