Spectrum
Nyota Parker Lyrics

Why I never see you on your own road
Why is it when I see you there's no growth
Why you never focus on your own soul
Why dig for treasure when you're your own gold
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
Keep your eyes somewhere they can focus
Keep that fire burning where no hope is
Keep your rizla, I already smoked this game
I ain't never waited for the rotation 'Cause I keep it flying like the lotus
You can keep on swarming like a locust
'Cause you're always aiming for the lowest range
No, your effort doesn't go unnoticed
Been up since 2am, I almost broke my back
Writing raps and every line I scratch
Laid awake thinking I wasn't good enough for plaques
All I ever needed to do was fall back
Shout out to Oshun
And when goons launch attack
Honey, I got news and some rules to unpack
You already look like sheep and some mules
when you're ruled by the school
Your molecules only molded to that
Why I never see you on your own road
Why is it when I see you there's no growth
Why you never focus on your own soul
Why dig for treasure when you're your own gold
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
Why I never see you on your own road
Why is it when I see you there's no growth
Why you never focus on your own soul
Why dig for treasure when you're your own gold
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
I know where she's from
I know where she's at
I don't know where she's going
But I know she's coming back
Tried to heal through it
And align with amethyst
Tried to wear it on my neck
to show that I'm not sweating it
Nag champa wasn't gonna help her
Just like intoxication only made her words slur
And just like us, she needs that self love
And just like her, we need to not judge
We need to not smudge up reality
Or benefit from systems built against our unity
Or get strength from what's crippling our community
They make us feel special singling out impunity
Yet our immunity comes from all our scrutiny
Looking through the peep holes to the rich the mans soul
They try tell you how to the top they rose
Convincing you that's the only way that it goes
But they don't know your roots, just like a rose
They don't want you to even come close to any of your goals
That goes against the flow
Or the tides of society
No wonder all of our people got anxiety
Nobody wants our sobriety
To them it's frightening
They don't want you to believe this
They stay rocking you to sleep
It's called a dream 'cause you have to be asleep to believe it
Why I never see you on your own road
Why is it when I see you there's no growth
Why you never focus on your own soul
Why dig for treasure when you're your own gold
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
Why I never see you on your own road
Why is it when I see you there's no growth
Why you never focus on your own soul
Why dig for treasure when you're your own gold
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself
You know that you always gotta pace yourself, pace yourself, pace yourself