White Lilies / White Lies
Angel Haze Lyrics

If you're cool with it, right, I need you to go back to remembering that you're a poet
Don't forget your true self, your poetic nature

Who's daughter, who's daughter's on that stage?
Who is the person dancing on stage?

I know her, I know her by her name
I recognize the person by name

She's a queen, now watch her
She is majestic, observe her

She's drowning ace of spades
She is being overcome by a difficult situation

She dances, and she dances, and she drops it
She dances and moves intensely, letting go

The crowd is yelling pop it, there's a reason she can't stop it
The audience is encouraging her to continue dancing, but she feels compelled to do so

This a funeral, death of your innocence
This is a time of mourning for the loss of one's purity and naivety

Little Lily grown up, barely legitimate
The person dancing is no longer a child and is barely recognized as an adult

All these niggas in here got you scared to be intimate
The presence of all these men makes you uncomfortable with intimacy

So you just stand there, dance til you temperate
You continue to dance, trying to control your emotions

Dance til you in a wick
Dance until you are completely consumed

You don't feel the flame now, dance to rekindle it
You are not feeling the emotional intensity, so dance to bring it back

Ran backstage did the bump in the bathroom
Went backstage to bump cocaine in the bathroom

Kiss a few strangers and dance til you feeling it
Kiss some strangers and continue dancing until you feel the desired level of intensity

And just keep dropping to the floor
Keep dancing and moving with intensity

Whatever you moved on to, you can let it go
Let go of the past and focus on the present moment

And just keep dancing on the stage
Continue to dance and perform on stage

Instead of throwing ones it's white lilies to her face
Instead of throwing money, give flowers to the person dancing

Then she got me backstage like "Let me see your conscience
Then she brought me backstage and asked me to reveal my inner thoughts and values

I'll be over dancing at the table of contents"
She plans to continue performing and making a name for herself

You can turn my pages
Get to know me better

All these pages are like wages
Each page represents a reward or compensation

And I would have quit so long
Would have given up a long time ago

But all the money I'll be making got me
But the promise of wealth keeps me going

Dropping to the floor
Continuing to dance and perform with intensity

She just keep dancing in my face
She keeps performing and dancing in front of me

She lets go, says she has it under control
She releases herself from the emotional intensity and claims to have it under control

I count slow, hoping that she'll divulge some more
I count slowly, hoping that she will open up and share more

'Cause she knows, everything a woman should know
Because she is knowledgeable and experienced as a woman

And I want, nothing but to see it up close
I want nothing more than to understand and experience it myself

And she keep saying "just grab it if you see what you like"
She encourages me to take what I want if I see something I like

And I keep asking if this is what you want with your life
I keep questioning if this lifestyle is what she truly desires

I find the flowers harden out in haunted houses
I discover that the flowers have withered and become hardened in dark and eerie places

They somehow escape the gardens and walked out into the concrete and now
The flowers have escaped their natural habitat and are now found on the streets and in urban areas

Everytime I see her she be walking to the pole
Every time I see her, she is heading towards the stripper pole

Panties, bra, bra inside, dropping to the floor
She takes off her underwear and bra and drops them on the floor while dancing

She climb up, up, up, up, hiding on the pole
She climbs up the pole, hiding herself from the crowd

She walk out with all her precious petals gone and now
She leaves the performance with nothing left, having given it all

We can find, roses with no petals in here
In this environment, we can find beauty that has been stripped away

We can find, lilies spray painted metal in here
We can find delicate flowers painted over with harsh metal

We can find, them dancing with the devil in here
We can find people indulging in dark and dangerous behaviors

Those white lines and, those white lies
Referring to cocaine and the lies told to justify its use

All other flowers, they pale in comparison
No other flower compares to the person she is performing for

That's why my florist's hand's slowly caressing you
That's why I am drawn to you and can't resist touching you

One petals, two petals, back on the floor
The petals fall off the flower and return to the ground

Touch me, then tease me, then back on your cloak
Touch me and excite me, then leave me and return to your outer persona

Everything's seemingly Puerto Rico
Everything seems lively and vibrant, like Puerto Rico

This worthless from verses was stirring your soul
These lyrics may seem meaningless, but they are affecting you deeply

Swear I'm not putting you down, though
I swear I am not criticizing you

I just hate seeing you drown, slow
I just hate watching you suffer and struggle

You say your mind frame is twisted and shit
You admit that your mindset is confused and unhealthy

That your faith in humanity's ground floor
You have lost faith in humanity and feel hopeless

I'm always one that say think on your own
I encourage you to think independently

Free is the flower who rose from my home
Freedom is the flower that originated from my upbringing

But I'd rather watch you be seated in power than steadily seeing you being dethroned
I would rather see you in a position of strength and power than watch you lose power over time

I found the flowers being drowned in dirty water
I found flowers being submerged in dirty water

They somehow escape the farmers and are headed out to slaughter and now
The flowers have escaped the farm and are now in danger of being destroyed

Those white lines and, those white lies
Referring to cocaine and the lies told to justify its use