Title: “Cross the Sea” (Extended Drill Version)
[Intro – Adlibs]
(Mmh / yeah)
Sudan to UK… (bow, bow)
Wave riders… (grrt, brrah)
LISTEN.
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[Hook]
(CROSSED that SEA) / I was FIGHTIN’ the WAVE (wave)
(HOPES in my HEART) / but my SOUL in a GRAVE (grave)
(CAME to the ENDS) / got LOCKED in a CAGE (cage)
(SIX years DOWN) / no CRIME on my NAME (name)
(NOW I’m FREE) / but I’m STUCK in my BRAIN (uh)
(DARK thoughts CREEP) / tryna NUMB that PAIN (bow)
(SOMETIMES WISH) / I don’t WAKE again (nah)
(but I RISE) / I still STEP in the RAIN (rain)
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[Verse 1 – The Journey]
(LEFT my LAND) / Sudan too HOT (hot)
(DESERT nights) / had to RUN from the SPOT (spot)
(LIBYA trip) / nearly LEFT in a BOX (box)
(NO sleep there) / just the SOUND of the GLOCKS (grrt bow)
(BOAT got PACKED) / like SHEEP in a PEN (pen)
(WAVES too DEEP) / thought this my END (end)
(SALT on my FACE) / SEA in my LENS (lens)
(PRAYED to the LORD) / that my LIFE don’t BEND (uh)
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[Verse 2 – France Streets]
LANDED Italy / BROKE, no PLAN (plan)
FRANCE next STOP / cold nights, no FAM (fam)
TWO years STREET / with the RAIN in my HAND (hand)
CARDBOARD bed / had to DREAM where I STAND (stand)
HUNGER in BELLY / stomach on FIRE (fire)
WORLD so DEAD / but my HOPE climb HIGHER (higher)
FIGHT to survive / with my WILL, not WIRE (wire)
CHASIN’ my PEACE / but the ROAD gets DRIER (drier)
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[Hook]
(CROSSED that SEA) / I was FIGHTIN’ the WAVE (wave)
(HOPES in my HEART) / but my SOUL in a GRAVE (grave)
(CAME to the ENDS) / got LOCKED in a CAGE (cage)
(SIX years DOWN) / no CRIME on my NAME (name)
(NOW I’m FREE) / but I’m STUCK in my BRAIN (uh)
(DARK thoughts CREEP) / tryna NUMB that PAIN (bow)
(SOMETIMES WISH) / I don’t WAKE again (nah)
(but I RISE) / I still STEP in the RAIN (rain)
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[Verse 3 – Jail Time]
ENGLAND cold / but I THOUGHT new CHANCE (chance)
FEDS came QUICK / with the CUFFS, no DANCE (dance)
THREW me in CELL / didn’t HEAR my STANCE (stance)
SIX years GONE / had to WATCH time GLANCE (glance)
INNOCENT boy / but they SAW me GUILTY (guilty)
PRISON food / man it BROKE my FILTHY (filthy)
MIND got CRACKED / now my THOUGHTS too TRICKY (tricky)
PAIN in my HEAD / mental HEALTH move SHADY (shady)
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[Bridge – Low Voice, Haunting]
(BRRAH) / They don’t SEE the BLOOD I bled (bled)
(GRRT) / They don’t FEEL the TEARS I shed (shed)
(BOW) / Locked in a BOX, had DEATH in my head (head)
Now I’m FREE but my SOUL half DEAD.
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[Verse 4 – After Jail / Mental Health]
CAME out STRANGE / world felt FAKE (fake)
NIGHTS too LONG / can’t SLEEP, just SHAKE (shake)
LOOK in the MIRROR / don’t KNOW that FACE (face)
SCARS on my SOUL / can’t HEAL that SPACE (space)
FRIENDS all GONE / trust got BURNED (burned)
DREAMS all DROWNED / when the CLOCKS still TURNED (turned)
