Robert Glasper - Say Less Lyrics

Yo, pops
That "Say Less" joint that you sent a couple days ago is crazy, man
You already know I had to chop it
But ayy, look at what me and Jamari just did with it

I know that I will rise up on the other side
They wasn't there for me when I was broken and hopeless
I focus when I wanna hide
I wanna find and wanna go seek peace within another beat
Might discover defeat when I wanna try
To write through it because it might influence
The intrusive brain to only identify with the pain
Reminded on criticizing and vilifying my name
Battles with self talk, could be a gang
Of angels and demons, my rage and my reason to stay a saint
Has been conflicted so the page is blank
Mari Boy versus society, tryna keep me away from God
I'm not afraid to display the odds
So I'ma stay me, the pure spirit through my lyrics that remains me
I'm on this path through whatever it takes me
Embrace the heaviness in which it's better to hurt
Rob and Riley, stars aligning in this verse, uh