Wide Awake Lyrics

Yeah, yo
Born to be free and evolve as people
So I’m immune to the doomed cold hold of evil
I’m escapin’ the future where your brain’s a computer
Find me in the kush bush, baby, blazin’ my buddha (yeah)
I’m in tune with the infinite, I can see through lies
It’s time to tell you what I’m honestly thinking (what’s that?)
This country’s suicide rate is like way too high
And I know we got a problem with drinking
I am way too deep to just live in a cage
I see signs of slavery in a minimum wage
My spirit’s a flame, no invisible chains
A digital age full of subliminal slaves
And social media is like overfeeding us (unplug)
Without us knowing it’s gon’ blind our views
What’s the effect of too much information on the brain?
Well no doubt we gon’ find out soon, yo

I was stuck tryna think about a way out
With the world tellin’ me that I should lay down
But I’m wide awake now
Tell ‘em, “I’m wide awake now” (I’m wide awake now)
And it feel like we’re livin’ with our eyes closed (eyes closed)
With our heads in the bed or in our iPhones (iPhones)
But I’m wide awake now
You can build your maze, I’m not phased, I’ma find my way out

You cannot hold me down, my
Soul cannot touch the ground, no
Tell ‘em, “How you like me now?”
We won’t be pushed around anymore
You cannot hold us down
Soul cannot touch the ground, no
Find us in the lost and found
We won’t be pushed around anymore

Tell me your purpose, tell me you’re not your verses
Tell me you wasn’t jacking women and snatchin’ their purses
Tell me the truth, tell me honesty don’t make you nervous
I wanna fly, I wanna levitate, I hate the surface
My life is a circus, I’m livin’ with curses
God love me but He hate that I don’t visit the churches
Pay a visit to nurses when I’m losin’ my mind
I kindly beg ‘em for service and then I leave ‘em behind
Gotta go, gotta levitate, back on my grind
Back pains from the hustle on the back of my spine
Spittin’ crack, take a break, and then I’m back with a line
Back to back, I never slack, packin’ a dime
Dope, I’m sayin’ dope ‘cause it’s dope when I rhyme
Got snow ski slope, slope jumpin’ is fine
And I know you'll never find nothin’ doper than mine
And I know you getting’ sober so come over and climb, we goin’ up

I was stuck tryna think about a way out
With the world tellin’ me that I should lay down
But I’m wide awake now
Tell ‘em, “I’m wide awake now” (I’m wide awake now)
And it feel like we’re livin’ with our eyes closed (eyes closed)
With our heads in the bed or in our iPhones (iPhones)
But I’m wide awake now
You can build your maze, I’m not phased, I’ma find my way out

You cannot hold me down, my
Soul cannot touch the ground, no
Tell ‘em, “How you like me now?”
We won’t be pushed around anymore
You cannot hold us down
Soul cannot touch the ground, no
Find us in the lost and found
We won’t be pushed around anymore

Said fuck what you heard, man
I’m up with the birds, watch me levitate
Said
Throw it in the air and let everyone stare, watch you levitate
And deep inside
I got a need to fly, watch me levitate
They want ya bound to the ground
But I ain’t comin’ down, watch me levitate
Man, fuck what you heard
I am up with the birds, watch me levitate
Throw it in the air
And let everybody stare, watch you levitate
And deep inside
I got a need to fly, watch me levitate
They want ya bound to the ground
But I ain’t comin’ down, watch me levitate

I was stuck tryna think about a way out
With the world tellin’ me that I should lay down
But I’m wide awake now
Tell ‘em, “I’m wide awake now” (I’m wide awake now)
And it feel like we’re livin’ with our eyes closed (eyes closed)
With our heads in the bed or in our iPhones (iPhones)
But I’m wide awake now
You can build your maze, I’m not phased, I’ma find my way out

You cannot hold me down, my
Soul cannot touch the ground, no
Tell ‘em, “How you like me now?”
We won’t be pushed around anymore
You cannot hold us down
Soul cannot touch the ground, no
Find us in the lost and found
We won’t be pushed around anymore

Don't—Don't—Don’t waste it, get your head out of the rat race, and forget about the superficial things that preoccupy your existence, and get back to what’s important now right now, this very second. And I’m not saying “Drop everything and let the world come to a grinding halt”, I’m saying “You could become a seeker, you could be loving more. You could be taking more chances, you could be living more. You could be spending more time with your family. You could be getting in touch with the part you that lives instead of fears. The part of you that loves instead of hates." Bless up