Everything I've been holding inside of my melanin
Has made me who I am aye, made me who I am
Insecurities all up inside of my head
I went from being focused on the wrong things
To focused on my own wings

There’s a billion others like me but I feel like I am legend
Mentality’s infectious, now I live like I’m a legend
I do this everyday so I can teach myself a lesson
My value’s not at face and my value won’t be lessened

It’s taken a lot from me
It’s the shit I missed out on, for me
Oh it’s taken a lot from me, oh

Every night I think about the same things
Every night I think of what I’m chasing
Every night they keep me up, the same things, oh oh oh
Every night I think about the same things
Every night I think of what I’m facing
Every night they keep me up, the same things, oh oh

It’s wrong of me to lose touch with family back home, yeah
It’s wrong that I can never talk to ma in my mother tongue, yeah
There’s better sons than me out there
But I’ll make sure I was worth it
And it doesn’t mean that I don’t water my roots, I just grew out of it
As I tried to find my way in a western world
It’s not her fault I changed, it was just the world
But the good thing is my taste won’t ever, won’t ever fade
Got some bangles and some hips, then I’m about to get played

It’s taken a lot from me
It’s the shit I missed out on for me
It’s taken a lot from me

Every night I think about the same things
Every night I think of what I’m chasing
Every night they keep me up, the same things, oh oh oh
Every night I think about the same things
Every night I think of what I’m facing
Every night they keep me up, the same things, oh oh

I’m so wide awake, wide awake, wide awake
Thinking how I changed, how I’ve changed, how I’ve changed
Society taught me that your value’s written on your face
Even when you try to fit in, they try to put you in your place
Let me show you what’s under the hood
Let me show you that I’m just as good
Let me show you the way that you should

Every night I think about the same things
Every night I think of what I’m chasing
Every night they keep me up, the same things, oh oh oh
Every night I think about the same things
Every night I think of what I’m facing
Every night they keep me up, the same things, oh oh