Wake me up when it’s over

Turn the music on, I gotta beat this down

Ma ups, ma downs, my smiles and ma frowns,

Let’s take a lil trip, i’mma gonna ask ya to get a good grip

Coz we’re gonna say hello to pain, and yah you might go insane

My mamma left me when I five, hell no lie

Papa loved me, fed me, dressed me

There ain’t no lullaby to sleep, just enough reasons to weep

Playing catch with meself, papa ‘tot me as he’s a loner himself

No summers smashin’, I stand to watch ma homies do go-kartin

Found a way in ma books, no summer’s day by the brooks

And ohh -I guess ya didn't know, it’s quite a show  

I was in ma 6th grade, proud to be in ma school parade

My shirt is grey & messy, ma girlies all tidy & pretty

No mamma to wash..it’s ma fate, damn Mrs. Higgins is quick to hate

The gals all in giggles havin fun, tore me apart the humiliation

Papa was the best man, soon he turn ‘em all into ma fans

I was ten and ya bet, the monster in my closet not scary

Coz Im’ma reality, man next door is ma reason for worry

Papa trust him but he’s full of rust, a pervert with foul stories of lust

6 feet into the ground is now da cannibal, burning in the highest flame of hell

The road gotta a lil rough with coming of age, furthermore gettin’ stuck inside ma cage

Uncles, aunts & friends…I ain’t no what these words rilly meant

Things no turn any betta with adulthood, Imma yearning for a second childhood

No that’s just not alla that story, there‘s lotta more that’s worth ma fury

So unless you was me, don freakin’ try to judge me, it’s funny

With a pride that’s left of ma own, Im’ma fighting with a life that beat me down

 and yo ya came along, when Im’ma looking for ma papa who was gone

Kudos ya played me well, ya magic with words that’s how I fell

Ma fault I love a man, who neva stay home, breakin' me down to ma bone

When you was hungry, I fed you a hot meal

Love your pay-back style goddamn lies, that ain’t a fair deal

            Ah…your father gave me a scarlet letter, you watched me burn…you ain’t no betta

Give him a holla from me, open up ya mind, don't ya get hooked up to his kind

Pretend like ya only do what ya told, good riddance yeah…I know how far ya bold

You’ve forgotten the rules 1..2…3, go on now roll up a weed in glee

Keep beefin up it don’t matter, alla that liquor take you nowhere

Stop clowning around coz it’s time, try and walk on a straight line

Red pill or blue pill, imma gonna let ya take the call

Blue pill and the story ends, red pill and we enter ma wonderland

Well duh...this seems like forever, brin' it on, wake me up when it’s over…

Love ain't a race!

She’s up all night, she wrestles sleep

Stickin’ needles in her lids, she’s too hard ya know to weep

She reaches her inked out arm, moonlight spills on her ring

The diamond shinin’ perfectly against her bronze skin

Caught in the waves of reluctance, the clock is tickin’, she’s lost count

She’s damned if she do, damned if she don't

Those hateful words turn hands on her neck, she’s chokin’

As they keep ringing in her ears, “Why did ya come?”

She startin’ to wonder if the pain will ever go numb

Easy come, easy go, he gotta style

‘Do it all, have a ball, onto the next’, a motto that he lives by

Sweet talkin’, tippin’ hoes, untyin’ his sneakers

He don’t care, he’s strummin’ her pain with his fingers

He’s not a saint, nor a sinner

Self-made man, still the damn same, won’t take a blame

She not bother, she waits, she’s got the flame

Coz she’s not one of them, them in tank tops n rolled up jeans

Not a big fan of loud music, nor smokin’ hot scenes

No strangers she’s not for a grind, she’s one of a kind

She ain’t a Rihanna, she ain’t unfaithful, she ain’t love his lies

Perhaps a Beyonce, who sees his halo, knows her savin’ grace

Good girls ain’t no fun, bad girls ain't no good,

Good or bad he’s undecided, a man who can’t be moved

He’s a Bob Dylan phoney, he’s not there he’s gone

His words cut her like a knife, ‘Please move on’

Yet she don’t give up, she don’t give up, she keep up the faith

It's hard, it's alright, whoa she’s gotta will that’s tough to shake

She’s playin’ for keeps down her memory, her love’s a masterpiece

 Moment of surrender at the meadows, he’s fallin’ on his knees
She’s been lookin’ for a lifeline, seems like a lifetime

She's had her answer, love ain't no race, there ain’t no finish line!

Prince on a milky white steed!

She’s a sucker for fairytales

She believes the books she read by the candlelight

She dreamt of her prince in the smoke of twilight 

So strong and steady on a milky-white steed

Without a warner, he appears in a corner

 Tattooing his face in her heart
It was a fairy tale love right from the start…

So the story starts, playful at first

Suppressed smiles, meaningful glances

Countless conversations, doubling the chances

Homies tell her that it ain’t easy

Tell her it ain’t fun and it ain’t for everybody

She ignores what ifs, nothings wrong… nothings right

As she’s lost it all in his face so bright

 She says she’ll see them later, she’s in a fantasy

She runs to her shooting star, her fleeting ecstasy

Age ain't nothing, but a number 

She knows not, he's a taker not a giver

His head so high wouldn’t bend to kiss

She bowed his head and joins her lips to his

He closed his eyes & surrenders to the bliss

Coz they pressed upon his brain as upon his lips

As each day gets better, each day makes her closer

The burning sensation left by his goatee doesn’t matter

 She’s stoned as his passionate kisses get sweeter

She’s trapped inside a prison of mirrors

She’s got no clue that sorrow is nearer…

She snaps back to reality

The truth is bitter, but fairytale endings are a rarity

She turns the music down, touches the sound of silence

Remembers them days as the music faded

Brings herself to say it loud and clear, it’s complicated…

Lump in her throat, she looks the other way
As she decides to stay out of harm's way

Man, he’s stabbed her right in her heart

She needs a transplant, for a brand new start…