Statik Selektah Are you listening? Are you listening? Are you listening? Are you- are you- are you- are- are you listening? (Yeah me) We want people to listen Can't lie to your inner self (are- are you listening?) Your inner self sometimes be your audience Kick it off Pos Ayo Bittersweet blessings, condolences and congrats In the same sentence while my life learns the lesson I cry quiet so the knot in my chest is hard to untie Thankfully the heart keeps pressin' My brother left on his return ticket so the pieces of our heart I guess so we're left to pick it His round trip journey returned him to the source So most would think we been derailed off the course but No matter how sad the fire in our eyes can't be doused out But tears 30 plus years will back us Our souls a little tattered which means it's been tested Yet not at all infested in them sins that attract us My imperfect picture put the filter in it's place So I look the same on your phone and face to face Remember the birthdate 88 stepped between the scenes Sorta like a hyphen to run off your hype men We learn through the problems we sift That you watch for those wearing problems wrapped As gifts and the gift of life gives you a timeline Like a tightrope you gotta walk it as you find (The balance) Who's more fit to survive the split of fame on his name While heading back from whence he came from Those you wronged on your way up Will make sure you know on your way down we're words over the same drum But still, that points out our dialect is different so we ain't of the same feel And like an alcoholic trapped in sobriety I grab that Self help my self conscious confides in me And I'll never feel submerged in greed If someone gives me my flowers When I'd rather the seeds (Once again) I'll never feel submerged in greed If someone gives me flowers when I'd rather the seeds Let's play it for the round trip (for the round trip) We wanna sow it for the round trip (for the round trip) Let's grow it on the round trip (for the round trip) Learn to know it on the round trip (for the round trip) Round Trip (round trip) huh Are you listening? (listening, are you listening) Round trip Round trip Round trip