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raaghov - the rippler lyrics

[verse 1]
i grew up a f-ckin’ screw-up
d-mn, life just chewed me up and threw me up into a future
in which i’m soon to be informed that i’m useless
’cause life is just a movie but i was cast for the bloopers
man, i’m losing motivation
everybody’s in school and i’m over here skipping days, and
saving myself from stress, my house became a haven
i got folks calling me during cl-ss on several occasions
just to tell me that they love me, but i pushed that away ’cause
i didn’t wanna drag ’em down if i started straying away from expectations
disappointing them’s what i’m afraid of
or maybe it’s the pain that shakes me just to make me wake up
but what pain have i seen? i’m just a stupid teen
i ain’t lived more than 2 decades but still, my heart stings
and still, my heart strings are plucked, and my heart sings for love
from the crowd, from myself, from above
an audience of 7 billion: i try not to fear ’em
but the toughest critic of all resides inside my cerebrum
i feel him eating at my confidence and thriving on my fear of
not recognizing the man looking back from inside the mirror at me

[hook]
gaze lowered, tearing up, on my face a frown
as i caught my own reflection in the puddles on the ground
i get so deep into it, start to feel like i could drown
i shed a tear thinking ’bout how life’s got me down
it drops on my reflection, sending ripples all around
ripples that spoke volumes but ain’t even make a sound
’cause like the waves spread and bend reflections that surround
i discovered my pain ain’t subtle; it ripples through the crowd

[verse 2]
days roll slowly, but years are bolting by
years of watching peers fly, and years of hoping i
could catch a gust of wind and one day float in open sky
until i find i couldn’t jump, i’m scared to death to die
don’t wanna fall behind, so i push my fears aside
i spread my wings out wide, and i flap a couple times
i’m taking longer strides, adrenaline pumping, i’m ’bout to dive
but right before i take that leap of faith, i stumble on my pride
i plummet down to earth, with reality, i collide
as my aspirations subside, disappointment persuades my mind that
i’m dreaming pipe dreams, and i’m leading a life of lies
i think my wings aren’t strong enough to hold these ambitions of mine
i had dreams of getting signed one day
to be the first brown kid with his name in the hall of fame of hip-hop
school was just a pit stop in a bigger race
at least, i treated it that way, but that became my mistake
and down went my grades along with my whole mental state
due to the fact that i never had my priorities straight
focused on current tastes, but never considered my future state
my louche behavior and rakish nature led me to move astray

[verse 3]
as i ruminated, i was called by my man from school to hang, and
i was hesitant ’cause at the time i swam in pools of hatred
parasitic mindset, but maybe some plans could fumigate it
never thought that i’d be 100% rejuvenated
he dapped me up and asked how i’d been doing lately
i replied, “still tryna find myself, dude, it’s crazy”
he just laughed and said, “that sh-t was deep but dated”
half-laughing back, i said, “for real, it’s a bad path i’m paving”
must’ve seen i was jaded ’cause slowly his smile faded
with a look of pain he asked me what i meant by that statement
i said, “f-ck it,” and told him these same words i’m conveying
that i’m praying maybe there’s still a chance of me graduating
that the pain of not being able to achieve any greatness
was weighing down my sense of self, rendered helpless, i felt like caving
like taking a blade to the chest, engraving my heart with a “rest
in peace,” admittedly, it seemed death is my destiny
there was a silence, i waited for him to break it
he was gazing into sp-ce, his mouth agape, visibly shaken
then he looked at me and said, “you know what’s really frustrating?
taking my story and yours and comparing situations
here’s why: a few years back i found out my life was in danger
only way to be saved was through surgical operations
the prospect that i could die took over, but i had to face it
so i found within me a silver of hope and i maintained it
and if not for that mindset, we would not be here exchanging
heart-to-hearts and pains for pains, but what i really f-ckin’ hate is
the fact that a dude like you with dope p-ssions and thoughts unmatched
after a couple steps back, would begin to give up on that
listen, you’ve affected every soul in our cl-ss
not hyperbolically, the positive impact you have is vast
so at times when you lose control and feel like you’re ’bout to crash
recall that you’ve helped us all and use that to get back on track.”
that night i lay awake, soul aching
brain breaking down the frame of what my main man was saying
tears came to my eyes when i finally realized
that the more i pain, the more my friends are aching
so i made a promise to myself and those on whom i can count
i’d be as strong as i could be whenever pain is in town
would die for my friends, but i live for ’em, it’s just crazy how
one conversation can turn your whole d-mn existence around

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