The Dust Off

Thinking, rocking, sock it to me in the afternoon Talking, drinking, listening, thinking in the afternoon 29 tries 'bout to bloom Think it was 29 cries in the womb I give it 29 tries She tell them 29 lies Hopped into 29 rides I think I died 29 times I saved myself with 29 rhymes Writing paragraphs Stuck in the past like a telegraph or a holograph My biograph My granny laughs, and I laugh It's the art of contrast, I'm vast, I'm bright, I'm light I like a challenge, and I got 29 types Contemplated life on 29 flights Spent 29 nights in the dark, no lights In 2016 I had over 29 strikes, yikes I put up a fight, did it how I like Now I got 29 of 'em hyped F*ck I care about 29 likes from people I don't even like? Life And that's just how it's supposed to go 29 years don't mean I know Everything on how to let go Or everything on discarding woes Regarding those I have outgrown Delete my number, don't call my phone And that's just how it's supposed to go 29 years don't mean I know Everything on how to let go Or everything on discarding woes Regarding those I have outgrown Delete my number, don't call my phone My nigga, I let go, and I let free 29 tries it took to be me I rap punk, and I'm Aylin 29 Times to realize I can't please Y'all hoes buzzing in my ear like bees Told you 29 times you don't know what I need Please, let a bitch breath 29 times I fell to my knees, got up 29 times like a OG Existential dread, but I'm not lonely Got a heart full of love and that come with a fee Sensitivity 29 years, f*ck fear, dream big Like I'm Jordan, 23 I can't forfeit I'm a candle, now they wanna blow me Now you wanna f*ck on me (Now you wanna know me) How you in love with me? (Don't hang up the phone, please) You should've held me (And when I was lonely) I'll always prevail things (Why didn't you phone me?) They wanna inhale me, but I'm excelling when I'm ignoring them You think I'm mean, but I'm not I'm few and far between, I'm spaced out, astronaut Head in the game, 29 screws like machine or bot I could not lose that war, I fought My dad taught me how to shoot that glock We talked about self-defense People try to cross over your fence My mom taught me how to shoot my shoot Everything we got we fought for, not bought Mufukas never loved us Me and sis never forgot I'm still a rida (I'm still a fucking rida) I'm still a rida though (I'm still a fucking rida) I'm still a rida Twenty-nine tries Twenty-nine tries (Ri-ri-ri-ri) T-t-twenty-nine, nine, nine Twenty-nine, nine Nine tries Life is very critical, and people are critical And can be heartless So, if you want what's right for yourself That's cringy to say, but you gotta follow your heart 'Cause people are always gonna judge you regardless And life is too short to be worrying about Or censoring out things that you do You can't let other people control your life I am the lightsaver Hit 'em with that sound mix it in with the fader Brand new flava Deliver it like USPS And PS, I can alleviate ya PMS Adventure in the night, and give you PM sex And PM sweats Elevated BPM Never mind that, it's pussy power, pendulum The pussy hour, the pussy flowers And I would rather hang around poetic freaks And sang around poetic geeks Than hang around aesthetic freaks And talk around apathetic freaks I think about my genetic scheme The other night I had pathetic dreams I purge myself and land a queen If philosophy is so extreme Then academia could be a meme And family matters everything And Ayla is of my regime Sister connect will be high-supreme I am unlearning many things Cause it's the heart in me, and the heart in you If the heart is true, then the heart is free And if the heart is free, then your life's anew