overdrive (feat. Phantom Prophet)

If I could put my foot down on an open road As if everything didn't feel so close I used to lock myself from the open world Funny how I yearn for moments in public realms Thought the end of the race was near Kinda tripped on the last lap but who cares Ended on rugged paths, wanted to pave ways Starting to feel stressed I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And sleeping with my eyes open I can't remember my dreams But I'm hoping they come back I'm hoping they stay I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And losing sight on what's ahead I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And sleeping with my eyes open I can't remember my dreams But I'm hoping they come back I'm hoping they stay I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive Losing sight on what's ahead Overdrive Living life on autopilot with a course set to nowhere Contempt for black life just stoking at my fears Give it a few weeks, black life falls on deaf ears Black life for the talking points, "make it look like we care" When the rubble is all cleared, black life will still disappear Still fall through the cracks, still not make it out alive My brain screams out in pain, could never bring myself to cry Pent up emotions on overdrive Last months spent locked inside I was a homebody Social strategy on isolate I put my black on a bed of ice What is left? Nothing not fake Voiceless, blend in, get by How am I doing at six foot five My breath stalked with watchful eye I can't move my hands when I speak Notes in my voice can't hit too high False perceptions in white eyes So what is wanted from my life Pour my heart when I scroll Can't be held back from my goals Need direction when I want it all I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And sleeping with my eyes open I can't remember my dreams But I'm hoping they come back I'm hoping they stay I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And losing sight on what's ahead I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And sleeping with my eyes open I can't remember my dreams But I'm hoping they come back I'm hoping they stay I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive Losing sight on what's ahead I just had to get away I just had to get away I just had to get away Thin-skinned klansmen getting trigger happy getting triggered Spray tan on your white sheets, bunker hiding is your bigger picture I guess the devil stopped dieting But my devils never stopped, They just tried again and tried again So, we can't die again Defund your lynch mob, all I see is wife beaters Poison in broken systems, burnt precincts in the sequel Burnt bridges that can't be crossed Family pictures that remain lost Convos I can't bring myself to have Over everything I've ever thought You either with me or against me, I've been afraid where my friends be Keep your enemies close, that's why I got Mr. Roof by a rope Roped and last rites read up Genes that make me feel fed up Thoughts get sped up when the feds kicked the dirt up Lost in my own mind, I don't think they ever really loved us Lost my mind when I heard love But I won't drag myself through fires Stomach well lit to power Through my drive to devour Taking my time, you've been on my mind for Free 99 My pen out of ink as I write vendettas on the line How are you gonna show them now Molotovs and tossed bricks How are you gonna survive Making sure my brothers gonna live We ain't gonna die before we see the end of the pigs But will we make it to the end Probably not but I'm gonna fight til my heart gives Tryna lose the demons on my ass with a lane switch But I just stop the car, no weapon can ever erase me Their pushing me to my limits, but I guess being a martyr is heavenly These crooked badges testing me, I'll die dismantling your weaponry Too much time being things that I'm not Tearing all these pieces from me, I gave them all of my heart Of all the things I wish I realised from the start Is a fight's not over until I see the dark And the fight's not over until I breathe again The clock strikes 10 and my lungs just collapse I'm learning how to grasp how this might be my end Shit, it's the end I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And sleeping with my eyes open I can't remember my dreams But I'm hoping they come back I'm hoping they stay I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And losing sight on what's ahead I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive And sleeping with my eyes open I can't remember my dreams But I'm hoping they come back I'm hoping they stay I just had to get away From keeping my body on overdrive Losing sight on what's ahead I just had to get away I just had to get away I just had to get away