The Great Nap by Ruslan Lyrics
[Intro]
This is for my outliers
This is for my outliers
This is for my outliers
This is what freedom sound like
Sound-, sou-, s-, sound like
Sound-, sou-, s-, sound like
Sound-, sou-, s-, sound like
Free-, free-, free-, freedom sound like
[Verse 1]
Started off in the slums, wasn't an honest man
When I went through the desert, where is the promised land?
I think I'm more like a peasant, I want my Father's hand
I want my Father's plan, but it's hard to comprehend
A future when the present seems permanent
And momma don't to be so concerned with it
She just want another drink, I just want to be a kid
She think that she earning it, this ain't something that I did
That's what the therapist keep telling me
But maybe I'm deserving it from catching that felony
When I was just 11, see, acting like a derelict
Reaping what I sow now, is this my inheritance?
How am I discerning this?
They think I'm so positive
They hear the pain in my voice and start to think the opposite
But no one really asked you
Speaking through these tattoos
Some of all of my mistakes
Nothing's in a vacuum
[Chorus]
This is what freedom sound like
This is for my outliers
This is what freedom sound-
S-, s-, sound
S-, s-, sound like
[Verse 2]
My own pain made me more vigilant
To never repeat these mistakes, made me more diligent
In my work ethic, or my worst record
I still talk the energy of my first efforts
My Americana and came full circle
They weren't expecting the commas, this plan wasn't to hurt you
Just wake you from your nap
I arose from my sleep not knowing where I was at
Had bad visions of cataclysms
But it was a turning point, now I'm so mad driven
Look at my fam, listen, this is not man's wisdom
Whatever it took to eat, I was out canvassin'
Working for the census, in a world that's senseless
I was just getting started though, you can never end this
Ask me why I'm intense, I know what offense is
They love when you're defenseless, yeah
Ended my sentence, yeah
This is independence
This is for my outliers
This is for my outliers
This is for my outliers
This is what freedom sound like
Sound-, sou-, s-, sound like
Sound-, sou-, s-, sound like
Sound-, sou-, s-, sound like
Free-, free-, free-, freedom sound like
[Verse 1]
Started off in the slums, wasn't an honest man
When I went through the desert, where is the promised land?
I think I'm more like a peasant, I want my Father's hand
I want my Father's plan, but it's hard to comprehend
A future when the present seems permanent
And momma don't to be so concerned with it
She just want another drink, I just want to be a kid
She think that she earning it, this ain't something that I did
That's what the therapist keep telling me
But maybe I'm deserving it from catching that felony
When I was just 11, see, acting like a derelict
Reaping what I sow now, is this my inheritance?
How am I discerning this?
They think I'm so positive
They hear the pain in my voice and start to think the opposite
But no one really asked you
Speaking through these tattoos
Some of all of my mistakes
Nothing's in a vacuum
[Chorus]
This is what freedom sound like
This is for my outliers
This is what freedom sound-
S-, s-, sound
S-, s-, sound like
[Verse 2]
My own pain made me more vigilant
To never repeat these mistakes, made me more diligent
In my work ethic, or my worst record
I still talk the energy of my first efforts
My Americana and came full circle
They weren't expecting the commas, this plan wasn't to hurt you
Just wake you from your nap
I arose from my sleep not knowing where I was at
Had bad visions of cataclysms
But it was a turning point, now I'm so mad driven
Look at my fam, listen, this is not man's wisdom
Whatever it took to eat, I was out canvassin'
Working for the census, in a world that's senseless
I was just getting started though, you can never end this
Ask me why I'm intense, I know what offense is
They love when you're defenseless, yeah
Ended my sentence, yeah
This is independence