take me back

take me back

to the days before fame,
take me back

to the days where

they all thought i was lame,
an unknown walking
a simple road,

always going at my own pace
but now i’m speeding up

to meet their needs,
a life without ease

in these recent days,

all the cameras blasting,
radiating in my face,
they chase me,

i want them to get away,

get back to my old place.

used to take the sub,
headphones in,

took the bliss,

unaware of everything around me,
now i’m always walking
with security,

honestly
i have to peak over my shoulder,

‘cause i just never know

what i’ve got coming,

can’t slow up,

didn’t realize this
would be my glow up,
want all of this shit

to just be over,

no more,

if this is what it’s like
to be known,

i’ve gotta tell you

i don’t want it.

cut the cameras off,
get the mics out of my face,

i wanna go back

to passing time,

miss the days

where i’d lay in bed,

think of what this life

would be like

before i took a peek
behind the curtain,
saw the shitty side of it
and wanted out quick,
but instead i’m stuck in it,

thought it’d only take 15 minutes,

but the time is stretching

and i guess

i’ve gotta live in it a bit.

but i wish i could go back.