itsjustdra

This song describes a moment in time where I wonder if I will continue to grow in the industry and within my journey. It was created to state that sometimes I do go into what Kid Cudi calls "The Void" or in this case my Sanctuary. That sanctuary can be a happy place in my mental or it can be as simple as the studio. I recorded this, mixed & mastered it myself at Pirate.com studios in Silverlake, Los Angeles.

Losses = Lessons Learned.

Lemon Pepper with Hot Sauce, I did it better

You did it never, finna make the city hit the lever

Nikkas sneaky with knives, I'm watching Cleveland turn to clever

Looking at these flights, got a nikka tryna get a sweater

It's different weather

Coming home til I'm feeling better

And pockets better, so don't you knock it I'm getting better

A cool breeze and some trees just make me feel the weather

Destiny been a bish nowadays i wish i never met her

Mad I missed the Buffalo Kid store opening

You heard drake if I don’t got it then I won’t sulk in it

Finish up the rest of the work, I did the bulk of it

Feeling home alone everyday, Macaulay Culkin it

Place top 10 for the challenge i did for #suedeuppers

But my homie passed the next day, so its been gettin tougher

To stay motivated, lately cuz i know they hate it

But the way my pockets look, its seeming like I’m overrated

Waiting for this stimulus, beat machine, equipment shit

Need to fall in love with the craft, I hope you pictured this

I could rap for hours on this beat, you know it’s simple shit

And if I do return, I ain’t hanging with No simpleton’s, I’m with the shits

I’m just tryna use what I been gifted with, until I’m on a Christmas list

Missing mom dukes, I know she would tell me to kill this shit

That’s why I dropped Numb. cause lately i ain’t really feeling shit…

Preverse:

I said, I don't wanna waste no time

I just wanna take what's mine

I just wanna take my time

I'ont wanna waste no time, yeah, yeah, yeah

Verse :

Feeling like Outkast you know my name is Andra

Days when I was tryna make Erykah (Erica) my fiancée

And I ain't really drink, but she would say that you the Bombay

Now I'm rapping this to Jae, cause musics' my Beyoncé

Got me looking up to God on the days that I do not pray

Like the mask on ya face when you sweat, man I cannot stay

Put you under the 6 with the gawd, cause this is Child's play

Used to watch the girls walk the strip, they call it Broadway

In the dark they pulling out that light I guess it's broad day

Soaking at the pad, period, I got wings always

I'm headed to the booth for a challenge, watch how I call plays

I'm even on, on an off day, I call it odd-day

At the partments with the homie you ain't seeing parlay

Misdirection passes you bye, you went the wrong way

Couple clips, they going close the curtain on you, offstage

Throwing lines get you all shaved, this is a bald fade

I got from the dirt, while you hurting we throwing all spades

Ya’ll smoking loud, I’ll turn ya volume down this a crossfade

Some of you nikkas really ain’t got taste

They open up they closet and all they got is all jays

I'm on a hot streak, you know them heat-seeking bullets they couldn't stop me

Tied the game up just to show em they was knot me

Fuck paparazzi til I blow up like a kamikaze

Need the Bugatti model body, cause this is not a hobby

Folding all that paper in a line like it's origami

Shittin on em, all outside, this like a PortaPotty...caught a body.

Don't want a piece of your mind, just want a piece of the sky

Ever since the age of 9, I knew my callings divine

Mother nature, Father clock, you know it's all on their time

Got me cleansing out the negative, impacting my stride

Most of my days I had to stack to survive

Now I'm staring up skyscrapers, eating bunch of snacks in the ride

Sit my phone on don't disturb, until I'm back in the vibe

Probably missed a bunch of calls but it don't matter I'm fine

I know y'all really worry bout me…..but I'm actually fine

I'm either writing or I’m eating but most the time can't decide

Money’s never been the currency, I'm passing through time

Median before the mean, cuz I'm not average I lied

God be sending me these lyrics, I just rap by design

So I'm sending out this verse until I'm back on my side

My homie told me he a daddy I cried…

Cause not too long ago, he just lost his daddy, I cry......

It's only sometimes...others I'm eating bathing thru sunshine

Got me looking for som'fine, streamin’ thinking bout punchlines

It's feeling like we back on campus

I just might hop back on canva

Graphics been my magic answer

Making art and finding samples

Bills going play the play the saints or Tampa

Roswell finding cures for cancer

Doing laundry without no hamper

Master songs right thru our landr,

You heard Johnny B., my nikkas proud of me

And if you doubted me, then I’m the prodigy, now that’s my honesty, I'm gone

Hook:

It's virus in the bay, and it's fires in L.A.

That's why it got me thinking taking talent to the A

Or if I find a spot, maybe end up in the shade

And end up with a bae, or maybe won't even stay

It's virus in the bay, and it's fires in L.A.

That's why it got me thinking taking talent to the A

Or if I find a spot, maybe end up in the shade

And end up with a bae, or maybe won't even stay

Verse:

It's wires in the way & It's fires in L.A.

That's why it got me thinking taking talent to the A

Or if I find a spot, I could end up in the bay

And end up with a bae, or maybe won't even stay

It could be just a visit while I'm missing from the stage

You know COVID running rampant, wear a mask over ya face

Reminiscing from the entrance got me feeling kinda caged

But still I have my days

At times I just walk away

Apologizing to the game,

Cause I only wanted fame, and a bag with the change

You relate, you relate...

And if you can't hate a Jake, Just know the snake from a snake

Because the slithered get a way

This shit feel like NBA, Doctored up the Philly way,

Lyrics like an MBA, R.O.I in center stage

Writing to an open book, but filling up an empty page

As I finish out the day, rippin’ shit n gettin blazed, ripping shit n gettin....

blazed…

Hook:

It's virus in the bay, and it's fires in L.A.

That's why it got me thinking taking talent to the A

Or if I find a spot, maybe end up in the shade

And end up with a bae, or maybe won't even stay

It's virus in the bay, and it's fires in L.A.

That's why it got me thinking taking talent to the A

Or if I find a spot, maybe end up in the shade

And end up with a bae, or maybe won't even stay...

HOOK :

After the rain and the storm it calms…

The world is yours if you open your palms

Hope you get what you need b4 we’re gone

You only get one life and then it’s gone

After the rain and the storm it calms…

The world is yours if you open your palms

Hope you get what you need b4 we’re gone

You only get one life and then it’s gone

VERSE:

- and then it’s goodbye, I’m hoping that I look wise

- I see you through your shook eyes, but pushing for a good ride

- I know of all the fears you have, I know that it’s a good size

- Got tired of dressin’ up the track, plus I just got one good tie (Ty)

- That’s why it’s bout the Sleepware, you sleep n then it’s deep here

- And then ya body repairs, n then you start breathe air

- You got it flowing, Himalayan salt, yeah you rocking lotion

- Mind devotion, I’m the potion, Nikka you not devoted

- I’m the POTUS, nah I’m joking but don’t you stop the voting

- Common notice, Kanye wrote it, Pusha T, I’ma note it

- Addicted to Chicken & fries when I’m sitting inside

- Living my life but learning when I’m missing the stride

- But even when it’s not, I just gotta hold myself down

- And even when they stop, that won’t be my crowd

- Plus the times that we drop, Ima stand and we'll be proud

- Catch this on camera nikka, fuck a cop beat down…

HOOK:

After the rain and the storm it calms…

The world is yours if you open your palms

Hope you get what you need b4 we’re gone

You only get one life and then it’s gone

After the rain and the storm it calms…

The world is yours if you open your palms

Hope you get what you need b4 we’re gone

You only get one life and then it’s gone

Chorus | Hook:

Tell me what you want doe

I'm in this game, tho it's cutthroat

I still want smoke, I don't even puff dope

What you want bro? Tell me who you love hoe

I'm coming direct, no I don't make no subs yo

Want the money now, but I still need the love doe

Want the money now, but I still need the love doe

Want the money now, but we still need the love doe

Want the money now, but we still need the love doe

Verse :

I ain't from the streets now, but you could still get a beat down

I'm just tryna focus so, I can knock this beat down

Shawty hitting my phone just so I can beat down

Told her move her feet, I can't repeat, move a seat down

Hold on man, it'll get better

It might rain now, but it won't storm forever

You might be drained now, but it's worth what they tell us

And no I can't settle, not now, and not never...

I'm on a different path

I'm tryna heal, you tryna pick a scab

So call your Lyft or cab, and go the distance ma'am

And no this isn't jabs

Just my pain I flip for cash

Got me paying bills at the counter with a missing laugh

See me on a mission man, missing from them dinners fam

Peanut butter loafers on, they still catch you on a jam

Say she wet as rivers man, but really I don't give a damn, I don't give a damn…man

-Seperate take

Hold on man, it'll get better

It might rain now, but it won't storm forever

You might be drained now, but it's worth what they tell us

And no I can't settle, not now, and not never...

Hold on man, it'll get better

It might rain now, but it won't storm forever

You might be drained now, but it's worth what they tell us

And no we can't settle, not now, and not never...

Chorus | Hook:

Tell me what you want doe

I'm in this game, tho it's cutthroat

I still want smoke, I don't even puff dope

What you want bro? Tell me who you love hoe

I'm coming direct, no I don't make no subs yo

Want the money now, but I still need the love doe

Want the money now, but I still need the love doe

Want the money now, but we still need the love doe

Want the money now, but we still need the...love

CHORUS:

What it feel like?

Tell me is it real life?

IDK…I just know I’m tryna build right

Where can I grow?

It’s been snakes in the field lights

Light, Make me feel nice

Nights make me feel life

What it feel like?

Tell me is it real life?

IDK…I just know I’m tryna build right

Where can I grow?

It’s been snakes in the field lights

Light, Make me feel nice

Nights make me feel life

VERSE:

I heard a lot about you

I hope that you can hang

I know you heard about me

How I don’t like to change

I heard a lot about him

He play a lot of games

But you don’t like to play

I understand the games

-

Here's the deal right?

Tell me if it feel like

Everything that you ever seen

In the still lights

Hell yeah, we should build right

Tell me in the field life

Sell me on the ill sights

Here's the deal right?

CHORUS:

What it feel like?

Tell me is it real life?

IDK, I just know I’m tryna build right

Where can I grow?

It’s been snakes in the field lights

Light, Make me feel nice

Nights make me feel life

What it feel like?

Tell me is it real life?

IDK, I just know I’m tryna build right

Where can I grow?

It’s been snakes in the field lights

Light, Make me feel nice

Nights make me....

Chorus :

What's the scene?, What you need?

Give em dreams now

Don't believe all the things that you read now

Don't do no drugs, hit no weed, put that lean down

Just believe, Just believe, don't you leave now

What's the scene?, What you need?

Give em dreams now

Don't believe all the things that you read now

Don't do no drugs, hit no weed, put that lean down

Just believe, Just believe, don't you leave now

Verse:

What you need?, What you need?

What you need now?

Do don't no drugs

I stopped the smoke and put the weed down

Can't do no trees now, my brain don't rebound

And even with Sativa, it make me sleep now

I'm in the game & I won't change

Where my cleats now?

Don't run no streets wild

I'm on repeat wow

Don't want no fame, just my change

Til I R.I.P now

Don't want no fame, just my change

Til I R.I.P now

Chorus :

What's the scene?, What you need?

Give em dreams now

Don't believe all the things that you read now

Don't do no drugs, hit no weed, put that lean down

Just believe, Just believe, don't you leave now

What's the scene?, What you need?

Give em dreams now

Don't believe all the things that you read now

Don't do no drugs, hit no weed, put that lean down

Just believe, Just believe, don't you leave now