They been talking 'bout me for a second But I haven't had the best attendance Waiting on me just to drop this record But I haven't had the energy or pressure Long nights, long nights, long nights When I get this right, aye One time, one time, one time For my dogs on sight Every time they held me down I rip open the door Talking 'bout like they know who I am, but they don't I've been, I been waiting For this moment When I get this right But I been absent Like all damn night I been absent All my life I been asking All my life What's a lamentation To how I live this life When I been absent All damn night Yeah I been absent I been asking I been asking, no passion, and why I feel this way Is this past tense or some type of sentimental mood swing I been swerving, I'm speeding, I'm switching in and out of lanes I been curving, this is worth it, I been lost but not today I'm a lost soul, I never been to my homeland I been so lost so damn long I can't even stand it I been stuck in traffic for two hours, only travelled two damn miles I'm like fuck this sshit, I'ma' kick it back Scroll through reddit just to pass the time, aye Everybody gotta' have dreams How many do you see get stuck up in the routine Living life just to survive and in the dark How many have we known that finished before they start, yuh I feel the sunlight crash on me Everything I know and what it truly means to be And if God was right then I waited my whole life for this moment The power flowing in me is a bonus I been absent All my life I been asking All my life What's a lamentation To how I live this life When I been absent All damn night Yeah I been absent I been asking