Tariiiq - KNEW BETTER // DO BETTER Lyrics

Watch this space before it blow up
Watch me talk my place before it show up
Toxic trait, walk away before it glow up
Watch me f*ck up again, I might throw up

I thought that I knew better
Not that I would grow bitter
Yeah, yeah, yeah, saw you in your new sweater
Even got some new letters

Yeah, yeah, yeah, and I ain't ready to settle
Got too much i meddle in I'm too clever
I thought we would grow together
I guess I know I'm better, I know I'm better

Swear I've been so blessed up on the stage
Looking at they pretty faces knowing everything could change, uh-huh
Higher consciousness, I know the consequence
Might take a little time, but I got confidence

Energy through these beats resurrected
I gotta stay protected, they tryna take my nectar
The fruits of my labor, nobody could save her
She was in her own world, I thought I could make her
Into something greater, be the reason why this flame will ignite

But such is life, it's why I write, so I'm
Back with a lighter and a microphone
Jotting on the pen again until the f*cking lights go off
Lying in my bed, flying in around my head

Contemplating all I heard, I'm a lion in his den
Lions never lose their sleep, over the opinion of sheep
I'd be lying if I said I ain't thought about relying
On some meds not replying, though it's red

I'm applying these instances to self-worth
And that shit really prying out my head
I'm an outlier instead, I'm fine to be then
At least they know when I ain't tryna pretend

I thought that I knew better
Not that I would grow better
I just copped a new sweater
Even got some new leathers

And I ain't ready to settle
Got too much on i meddle in I'm too clever
I thought we would grow, whatever
I guess I ain't know I'm better

I know I'm better
I know I'm better
I chose this life
I chose these sacrifices

Walking to the path of words of spoken art
All that started with a broken heart
And a bone to pick like Bonaparte, we've grown apart
The paradox, we've grown a-part each other hearts
Still remember Calls creating tears that flooded Noah's ark

I tried to describe cause it's hard out here
Windows smashed in the parking here
If I'm speaking truth, shit is awful here
Why y'all ain't talking here, Why y'all ain't talking here

The way they talk is make-believe
They make it up, it's Maybelline
I may erupt, I make a scene
But you could say I'm preaching me
Built for a legacy to preach to my people

Real MC to the steeple
Taking each of their evil cerebrals
No equal to my ether flow
I'm breathing demons settle and even the score
Until they ain't speaking no more

Leaving them eager for more
I take ahold, it's front line, front page
Both mine, it's my time, shine

Split psychology
Write my path among the stars like it's cosmology
Find myself a new dwellings
I know I'ma do-better

Spitomology

That's why I'm this free today
Weight on my shoulders, man, my knees'll break
So today we celebrate
I never thought that I would need a break

But I did, I did, I did, I did
I really did
But I'm here now

And this is just the beginning
Thank you so much
Thank you, thank you, thank you