Stuck up in the gutter but I love it for the good it's done
Losing on the lottery and thinking how I should have won
I sometimes wonder what the universe has planned for me
I've gotta make it big because I want my mum and dad to see
It's picture perfect, now we're posing for these photographs
Thinking 'bout our future and how open our emotions are
If I die tomorrow, I'd be happy with the way it went
I wouldn't have to worry about money and how I paid my rent
Someone looking down on me, I think it must be George
Reminiscing on the huskiness and soothing way he talked
It's me against the world, but I'm used to it, it's always been
I worry 'bout my brother, my mother says I should talk to him
We're insecure but who isn't? We see it differently
Crying out for help but might not mean it so deliberately
Putting on my poker face and dealing out these poker chips
Blending in with everyone, hoping nobody notices
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
I pencil plans into my diary knowing full well I ain't going, yeah
Cancel it last-minute 'cause I think that they don't want me there
Picking up my confidence while scribbling my sentences
I'm tryna find a piece of the puzzle to make some sense of it
They used to say the grass is greener on the other side
But ever since I made it here, it's just been black and white
Looking through a different lens, capturing the atmosphere
Since I moved south of the river, I've been so happy here
Grateful for the gift I've been given but hated showing off
I need to put this humbleness aside and show the flow I got
Every single goal I make, I always need a reason to
But nowadays I'm tryna be myself so I can see it through
We're insecure but who isn't? We see it differently
Crying out for help but might not mean it so deliberately
Putting on my poker face and dealing out these poker chips
Blending in with everyone, hoping nobody notices
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
You know you're getting older when you're potting all your plants
And you're tryna find some supermarket flowers for your vase
Staring at the clouds, tryna make some pretty pictures out
Changing all the laws of attraction by what I think about
Rubbing out the words on the paper from what I'd first written
Seeing beauty everywhere, listening to the birds singing
Focus on the little things, you'll notice all the love it brings
I guess it's difficult living throughout this world of sin
You won't believe it, but I promise you it's yours and mine
Please never think for a minute you wasn't born to shine
Sometimes I understand it better, but it's hard to
I constantly remind myself there's nothing that I can't do
We're insecure but who isn't? We see it differently
Crying out for help but might not mean it so deliberately
Putting on my poker face and dealing out these poker chips
Blending in with everyone, hoping nobody notices
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day
When they ask me how I'm doing, I don't wanna go through it
So I tell 'em that I'm doing OK
I tell 'em I've been busy now I'm working in the city
But really, I ain't moved all day