MAYBE I’M JUST COMFORT ZONING
VERSE
Comfort I’ve been craving since the birth of my craving of
Animal crackers, burgers, tacos, wafers and sugar babies
My baby days, baby ways, baby way too soft for me
Teeth contact and my gums impact pain of thinking back, It’s haunting
Yo
I never was a gang banger
Read books on each block, High IQ meant high stock
No black top or drop top in my mind
Overweight so my only escape, academic grind
Used to have a high top fade
Tried to dap up the brothers but was given the fade
Knew about the tree trunk before there was shade
Looking at my shadow the only friend I made
Bullies came for me like a matador with a red flag
Itching to hit my head, they slang paper, called me fag
Balled up messages and paper planes say my name and bad jokes
Not dad jokes, but sad jokes, about that one time I had choked
Trying to confess to the best of our class, she had to pass
All eyes were on me, so immediately asked the teacher for the hall pass
Hyperventilating in the bathroom, tears flowing like I’m in my dad’s room
Telling him ‘bout what happens in the classroom, Sorry to bother you
They say comfort is the enemy of progress
Can’t digest that
But I digress
I’m unable to die
Love is immortal, people following the grave where I lie
Now #hashtag that
CHORUS
These stripes I’ve fought to earn
You carry them with me
Wounds I’ve opened up again
You heal the scars in me
Feeling like a TEMPUR Pedic, maybe (My comfort zone is when I’m coming home)
Keep me warm (The greatest comfort to know, I’m not in control of my soul)
VERSE
Think about you every night and day
When I get on my knees and pray
In this crowded mess I lay
If there’s no word left to say
I wave my hand, thoughts begin to stir, my vision blurs
Liquid forming from these eyes occurs
I call that precipitation
My Trail of Tears could probably free a sickened nation
But I won’t know until the water sinks into the ground to make mud
Gotta find a way to teach how to make love instead of shed blood
The red blood that flows through everybody’s veins
If roses are blue to you then it’s true you are not insane
It’s ok to be different, I live for your lane
Black white brown yellow, different shades but family same
CHORUS
These stripes I’ve fought to earn
You carry them with me
Wounds I’ve opened up again
You heal the scars in me
Feeling like a TEMPUR Pedic, maybe (My comfort zone is when I’m coming home)
Keep me warm (The greatest comfort to know, I’m not in control of my soul)
VERSE
Sometimes
The best way to love somebody is to just listen and be there
Show that you care... by holding me
Too much weight on my shoulders
But now I’m at the front door and the wait is over
You say “Welcome home”, I say “Nothing much”
You say “I ain’t say what’s up” so….what’s up?
I have too much, keep my pain inside, selfish foolish senseless pride
Even when I’m in my prime, emotions are on a ride
Up and down like roller coaster, the music kind
I choose Rapsody as my song featuring Musiq Soulchild
They comfort is the enemy of achievement, I disagree with this
Can’t believe this statement
I’d rather sleep in a bed with you than be on the pavement
Turning my black skin to white chalk
Bed to lay, roof over my head, food in my mouth
That’s the comfort of success, nod if you know what I’m talking ‘bout
That’s not complacency or self-content
More like basking in accomplishments
Existence is the evidence
END
Maybe Im just comfort zoning (WELCOME HOME)
My comfort zone is when Im coming home (comfort zoning)
Maybe Im just comfort zoning (To know Im not in control of my soul)
Comfort Ive been craving...
Intro to The Real You: MIRROR
*ME*
Comfort was the goal
Until I gained too much
And lost my soul
If life is a stage
Then what’s my role?
If life is working hard to go far
Then why go to the polls?
The votes are all based on popularity
The ones overlooked usually have the most clarity
*GOD*
Embarrassed to say merit alone is not the way
To make cake there are many ingredients at play
Love trust and respect, not gluttony lust and neglect
Grudges left unchecked creates an undesirable face
Take off the mask, look in the mirror, see what won’t last
Trouble in your way looks bigger in the glass
It needs a little cleaning, no problem, can get it done fast
The rain will pass
But not like this
Ignorance is bliss
At least that’s what they say it is
But is it really?
Thank you for reading and listening!