Slow Me Down
XYZ Lyrics

Slow down
Take a step back and pause

The homie been telling me to slow down
My friend has been advising me to take things slower

My girl been tellin me to slow down
My girlfriend has been urging me to take a break

The world been telling me to slow down, yeah
The world has been sending me signals to slow my pace

Down, down, down, down
Continuously decreasing

Every step I take the world is turning with my pace
With each step I take, the world adjusts to match my speed

Every step I take I make the world go round
With each step I take, I have an impact on the world

Raindrops on my eavestrough
Observing the small things in life

I eavesdrop on the heaven's
Listening closely to divine inspiration

Then I drown in paranoia
My excessive worrying consumes me

Frowning on my birthday
Feeling down on a day that should be joyful

Smiling on my worst days, dying in my birthplace
Finding solace in tough times, feeling trapped in my hometown

And sliding through an earthquake, I been indifferent
Keeping a calm demeanor even amidst chaos

And my happiness is measured by the way I'm living
My level of happiness is determined by my lifestyle

My relationship with love is really inconsistent
I have a fluctuating and unstable connection with love

Cause I treat it like a high and then it gets addictive
I seek love intensely but it becomes consuming

You won't appreciate the sky until you've been in ditches
You won't value the good times until you've experienced hardships

I remember growing up without a pot to piss in
I recall my impoverished childhood

I remember throwing up from what I thought was sickness
I recall being physically ill due to my circumstances

Put my hand in it, tryed to find what got me tripping
I delved deep to uncover the root cause of my troubles

Made a promise that I'd get to the bottom of it
I vowed to uncover the truth

But I had to stay awake started popping a bit
To keep myself alert, I turned to substances

Graduated to swallowing a whole bottle of it
My addiction escalated to dangerous levels

Then I died and came back not a hundred
I metaphorically died inside and returned changed

Dead man walking through the streets, you can see it in my face
I appear empty and lifeless as I move through life

That I been numb since I tried leaving in a haste
I have been emotionally detached since my attempt to escape quickly

I laugh out loud but I'm screaming in your face
I hide my true pain behind laughter

In my head, cause I seen a couple demons in the way
Mentally, I have encountered significant challenges

I look at the clouds they carry oil
I perceive negativity in even the simplest things

Young nigga tryna watch the world burn
As a young person, I'm observing the chaos in the world

I've been biding my time for the past few years
I have been patiently waiting for the right moment

I've been trying to be the best version of myself
I have been striving to become a better person

I've been trying to talk more instead of hold back tears
I attempt to be more open and express my emotions

I've been trying to find a regimen for good health
I have been searching for a routine to improve my well-being

I've been trying to treat women like I treat my mother
I aim to show women respect and care, like I do for my mother

But they keep acting petty, put me out on the street
However, they behave immaturely and reject me

I been trying to be a role model for my brother
I strive to set a good example for my sibling

But he's so independent he don't fuck with me
But he is self-sufficient and doesn't associate with me

And these hoes keep on getting all this love from me
And these women continue to receive my affection

And my nose keeps on getting bad company
And I involve myself with harmful influences

God knows that my suffering is nothing new
God is aware that I have endured pain before

Yet he let's the devil sit and have lunch with me
Yet I feel like I am constantly tempted by negativity

And I know I'm missing more than a couple of screws
I acknowledge that I am mentally unstable

But I'm still the most put together in this room
But compared to others, I still appear relatively composed

I admit sometimes I want to just leave this life
I confess that there are times when I desire to end my existence

But I dare a mother fucker to try and make me move
However, I challenge anyone to try and force me to change