Float On
Danny Brown Lyrics

Backwood of that good to the pain for the brain
Smoking weed to ease the pain and pressure of life

A cup of lean for me to sleep, see I be going through thangs
Drinking cough syrup with codeine to help him sleep, due to struggles in his life

Music business got me stressed Xanax to maintain
Stressed by the music industry, he takes Xanax to keep going

Waking up on wrong sides got me writing in vain
His mood affects his writing, sometimes resulting in wasted efforts

Vicodin to numb me up help me cope with the struggle
Taking Vicodin to deal with hardships in life

Remember praying to get in there saying rap to my brothers
He used to pray to become a rapper and share his music with his peers

And now I, got the whole world listening
He's achieved success and his music is being heard globally

Give your ear for a second a life changing decision
Asking his listeners to pay attention to what he's saying, as it could be life-changing

Every other minute thoughts run through my mind
His mind is constantly racing and filled with ideas

'bout how bad I wanted this but I cannot waste time
He's driven to succeed and doesn't want to waste any time

So I'm trapped in the beat, stuck on every line
He's fully immersed in his music, focusing intently on every lyric

Nothing else matters, except my next rhyme
All that's important to him is his next verse or line of music, everything else fades away

You can never understand all the pressure I'm against
Others cannot understand the immense pressure he's under

Getting high thinking how to make it better than your last shit
Thinking about how to create music that's better than his previous work while under the influence of drugs

Might have a mental breakdown
He's struggling and feels like a breakdown could happen at any moment

If it wasn't for these pills here now
He relies heavily on pills to get through life

And no matter how it gets I hold on
Despite all of his struggles he holds on and keeps going

Rolling up this dope to cope I float on, nigga I float on
He smokes weed to cope and feel like he's floating above his problems

Let's go, hop up in the Chevy four-door, let's roll
Inviting someone to get in the car and go somewhere together

Remember back when mommy sent me for the Wonder Bread
Recalling a time from his childhood when his mother sent him on an errand to buy Wonder Bread

And niggas jumped me stomped on my fucking head
He was jumped and beaten by others

It's like I learned right then you either sink or you swim
He learned that in life you either fail or succeed

And to beat your enemy, you gotta think like them
To win against his enemies, he has to think like they do

So I was up late breaking day with the gremlins
Staying up late at night, working through his demons

Music in my heart but my thoughts wouldn't listen
He's inspired to create music, but his mind won't focus

Hood outta bye-bye cause rap shit was sci-fi
The world he comes from doesn't really understand his aspirations to be a rapper

So I'm tormented with the things I seen with these eyes
He's haunted by the things he's seen in his life

Can't get a wink 'less I'm leaning off of syrup
He struggles to sleep and needs to take cough syrup with codeine to do so

Dreaming of my past like a nightmare so I wake up
He has nightmares about his past and wakes up feeling scared

Staring at the ceiling with this feeling that won't go away
He's trapped in a state of mind that he can't escape

Until the verse is done wrote all day but them shit's throwaway
He spends all day writing music, but sometimes ends up throwing it away as it's not good enough

So I'm breaking day sniffing Adderall writing
He's up all night on Adderall, writing music

And not for the money for the life after dying
He's not in it for the money, but rather for the legacy he'll leave behind

Pray I get old just to hear I been the future
He hopes to live long enough to hear that his music inspired a generation

Just to see my influence in this genre of music
He wants to see the impact he's had on the music industry