WHEN I BALL lyrics

[Verse 1: Dom McLennon]

My momma said I didn't come into this world with tears

Instead I welcomed her with open eyes and open ears

Became the glue to a few things that couldn't be repaired

We saw a future in each other, blending hope and fear

Some things you don't get to decide, it's just the fate you share

I used to try to hold the weight, that she would need to bear

Watched uncles going on vacation for a couple years

When they came back, they needed clothes, and had no souvenirs

I picked up the phone, they callin' us from correction

But nothin' is wrong, it's fillin' my heart with questions

My momma is home, I'm followin' her expressions

A drop in her the tone, some things that she had to mention

I nodded, I listened, she had all of my attention

"When you on your own, there's gonna be some directions

I need you to follow, and never make an exception"

I nodded, she held me, and wished I would be protected

[Chorus: Joba & Kevin Abstract]

You always used to tell me

I could be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see, it's hard to be

You always used to tell me

I could be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see, it's hard to be

[Verse 2: Matt Champion]

On my sucker-free shit since I was a fetus

Pullin' up at the doc' in a Mazda six two six

And my dad was trippin' bad, hit the gas like car chase

Light blue in the back, momma gettin' late for pay

Dropped my sister at the bozo house, was twenty-three

Sweat drippin' down the face side, river runnin' free

Dark mornin' with the fog pourin' in and out the trees

Every moment through they eyes

Seemin', zoomin' lightspeed before me

She lost, but still want tragedy

Grittin' her teeth down to the root, pain, like a cavity

Hold her hands like they glue, radio channel on news

Valentine's with a X up on the calendar, they knew

I would be a fuckin' baller like them posters on the wall

A little stain can be the beauty in it all

I missed out of trouble, most your luck was rubbin' off

Stickin' to you like moss, you my Kate, you my rock

Forever

[Chorus: Joba & Kevin Abstract]

You always used to tell me

I could be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see, it's hard to be

You always used to tell me

I could be anything I wanna be

But it's hard to see, it's hard to be

[Bridge: Joba]

Here I go, I'm gonna spread my wings

All grown up like go and look at me

You'll always be (You'll always be)

A part of me (A part of me)

Here I go, I'm gonna spread my wings

All grown up like go and look at me

You'll always be (You'll always be)

A part of me (A part of me)

[Outro: Joba]

That's why

A part of me, a part of me, a part of me

A part of me, a part of me, a part of me

That's why

• Artist:Brockhampton
• Album:ROADRUNNER: NEW LIGHT, NEW MACHINE (2021)