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That's alright
But if you keep abusing, you'll be taken from us
I refuse to lose another friend to drugs
Just come home, don’t let go
Tell me what’s been going on, what’s been on your mind
Lately, you’ve been looking for a darker place
To hide, that’s alright
But if you keep abusing, you'll be taken from us
I refuse to lose another friend to drugs
Just come home, don’t let go

Ah, I couldn’t even say how it started
It happened unexpectedly, but it happened
In this strange year that’s thrown me for a loop
Your kisses calmed the anxiety that smoking gave me
In an airport somewhere in the world (no)
With dark glasses and a brand new tracksuit
People from your neighborhood would say I think I’m Snoop Dogg (wuh)
People from mine say, there goes our number one (agh)
Another trip, another event to stay focused
My family’s worried, I’ve come back skinny again
They ask for photos and smiles that I can’t put on
Because behind the spotlight is a kid insecure and faithless
I’ve lost so many people, so many who’ve gone
That I know no applause can bring them back
I think of their faces and the “I love you” I never said
I light a cigarette and fall asleep crying in the hotel

Tell me what’s been going on, what’s been on your mind
Lately, you’ve been looking for a darker place
To hide, that’s alright
But if you keep abusing, you'll be taken from us
I refuse to lose another friend to drugs
Just come home (ah, no), don’t let go (and when, when)

When I go back to my neighborhood with my Madonna movie
My buddy tells me he got his girlfriend pregnant
That he’s not making it with a job that pays four bucks an hour
That he’s got a pending trial and the baby freaks him out
He told me he was risking his freedom
He said, take advantage, things are going well for you, my brother
That’s when I realized my bullshit problems don’t matter (ah)
I live for what I want to live, complaining is a joke
I employ a team of five people
My family sleeps soundly thanks to what I sing
Another brand dresses me, another label calls me
Another project on the table, another big signing, damn!
I have no fucking idea how I got here
I turned the game around on life, now I’m happy (ah)
If I did it, you can do it too
So play this song if you start doubting yourself

Tell me what’s been going on, what’s been on your mind
Lately, you’ve been looking for a darker place
To hide, that’s alright
But if you keep abusing, you'll be taken from us
I refuse to lose another friend to drugs
Just come home, don’t let go
Well, it’s complicated to answer, you know?
I think what I appreciate the most
Is the people who dedicate their time to us
Because I believe that’s the most valuable thing a person has
That person who comes to see us at the event
Who takes the time to write us on social media
To give us gifts, to wait for us at a train station
In an airport

In another country, you know?
I think they’re dedicating their time to us
I think they’re giving the most beautiful thing a person has and
Damn, I can’t explain it to you, I really can’t, no, no, I wouldn’t know
You’d have to be here to feel what it feels like
But I’ll be grateful for it until I die, you know?
Tell me what’s been going on, what’s been on your mind
Lately, you’ve been looking for a darker place
To hide, that’s alright
But if you keep abusing, you'll be taken from us
I refuse to lose another friend to drugs
Just come home, don’t let go