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Lift Off
03:43
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I've been thinking bout you, yeah
I've been thinking bout you and me
Thinking bout how you're viewing me
As I close my eyes and I drift off
I've been thinking bout you, yeah
Thinking bout how I'd show you the world and the stars
If you give me your heart, girl, we can lift off
Ay girl, I've been thinking bout you and us
And all the things that we can do and
I'm thinking you could be my new crew and, thus,
We can travel across the universe
We'll fly high so that you can touch
All of the stars as me and you discuss
Some of the things you are passionate of
You're shining bright like the moon - reflecting the Son
I'm on a mission to the moon like Apollo 11
Praying I can make it there from our father in heaven
Maybe one day I'll be asking your father for blessing
Right now I pray my presence will make an impression
Right now I find myself thinking all of the time
Bout how you're beyond compare and how all of the dimes
Can't afford your shine cause you're a diamond
I'm running out of space in my mind cause
I've been thinking bout you, yeah
I've been thinking bout you and me
Thinking bout how you're viewing me
As I close my eyes and I drift off
I've been thinking bout you, yeah
Thinking bout how I'd show you the world and the stars
If you give me your heart, girl, we can lift off
Uh, yo
I've been thinking bout all that's important to me, and
All the things I'm determined to be, and
All the things I would give up for you, wow
I'm determined to show you the truth now
Young Nilla tryna mac
Put my feelings on the track
Hoping that you'll like that - uh
So fine, wanna make you all mine
That's what I'm singing bout U fo' - unidentified
Ay girl up here we ain't ever gotta fight
I know ya never liked Star Wars
But I wanna take you on Star Tours til I'm all yours
And until you are too, I'll pull an R2
And open all doors, cause
You stay grounded even up in space and
There's gravity in every word you say
Hey Leia hop up in the falcon
And we'll be gone like Alderan
I've been thinking bout you, yeah
I've been thinking bout you and me
Thinking bout how you're viewing me
As I close my eyes and I drift off
I've been thinking bout you, yeah
Thinking bout how I'd show you the world and the stars
If you give me your heart, girl, we can lift off
Tell me tell me can we lift off
Tell me tell me can we lift off, ay
Tell me tell me can we lift off
Tell me tell me can we lift off, ay
Tell me tell me can we lift off
Tell me tell me can we lift off, ay
Tell me tell me can we lift off
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2. |
Real Ones
04:41
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I do it for the realest / I cannot conceal this
And when I'm in here I swear Imma make 'em feel this
Packed out building / Hands to the ceiling
All my people that were here from the beginning
And plenty mo' / You already know
That when I'm on the microphone, I'm here to kill it
And I don't do it fo' / Attention or the dough
Cause I got motivation coming from the Spirit
I just gotta tell 'em
I was down on the day my partner flew away (way)
Nobody was around on that God-forsaken day (day)
Nothing to give / I had lost everything
Til' some of 'yall showed the love of God to me
And now I feel it / I'm about to spill it
On the whole album so all of y'all can hear it
A hundred or a million / Five folks or a billion
The clock is ticking / gotta get it while I'm still young
Do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
Do it for the real ones
Do it for the real ones
I said ooh I ain't gotta name nobody
If you been there for me, then you're probably
Why I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones cause every time I feel numb
The same people bring me back to getting feeling
While others disappear on your boy, they ain't here nah
They only came to play your boy like a steel drum - uh
Early in college, that's when I hit a low (low)
That's when I found out who would stay and who would go (go)
So lost I just needed someone there
When the ones I thought were left me here
Sinking deep in my sorrow / Well sayonara
Now I know who I'll take with me when I'm stronger
The ones here for the wins / stood by me to the end
And I'll stand by 'em if they suffer or they prosper
I just gotta thank my God for giving me all the people that he did
And I promise to my people, I'll be with you to the end
In the booth I write these songs because of you and all you did
I gotta get it, gotta do it while I'm still young
Do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
Do it for the real ones
I said ooh I ain't gotta name nobody
If you been there for me, then you're probably
Why I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
Know who your real ones are
And keep 'em by your side cause it will get hard yeah
Know who the fake ones be
So you won't be surprised when the fake ones leave you
Know who your real ones are
And keep 'em by your side cause it will get hard yeah
Know who the fake ones be
So you won't be surprised when they leave
Do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
Do it for the real ones
I said ooh I ain't gotta name nobody
If you been there for me, then you're probably
Why I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
I do it for the real ones
Do it for the real
Do it for the real ones
Do it for the real
Know who your real ones are
And keep 'em by your side cause it will get hard yeah
Know who the fake ones be
So you won't be surprised when the fake ones leave you
Know who your real ones are
And keep 'em by your side cause it will get hard yeah
Know who the fake ones be
So you won't be surprised when they leave
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3. |
Burning Bridges
03:39
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I've been thinking right now - bout how
Everything I did and everything I didn't
Kindled things you said, and I wonder if you meant 'em
Tried to have a talk that's when the whole thing shifted
Now I look back and it's all so twisted
Lost your heart and the sweet turned bitter
When you turned to a man who ain't no Nilla - uh
Two years in with two to go
Relationship on cruise control
No need to speed / I could take it slow
A lifetime to go / you already know
Too confident you were cruising too
I had no idea I was losing you
When I found out / I started accusing you
I was hurt and couldn't see that you were bruising too, uh
I think about the times we had
I think it's time I kill my pride
They say that there's no turning back
When you turn your back
But I'm so tired of burning bridges, ay
I'm so tired of burning bridges, yeah
I'm tired of burning bridges, ay
So tired of burning bridges, yeah
I've been thinking right now- bout how
Everything you said and everything you did
Came from my mistakes / All the things I hate
I handled like a kid
I've been thinking bout how - right now
I don't even know you / I think about the old you
And everything I told you and how
I've never known someone so well
Uh, sometimes I think about you truth be told
Cause nobody else is laughing at our inside jokes
I'm finally healing bitterness has lost its hold
On memories with you before you left the fold
God worked everything out for good
I know you had reasons I misunderstood
I hope you forgive me for acting so cold
It's over now / I just want you to know that
I think about the times we had
I think it's time I kill my pride
They say that there's no turning back
When you turn your back
But I'm so tired of burning bridges, ay
I'm so tired of burning bridges, yeah
I'm tired of burning bridges, ay
So tired of burning bridges, yeah
I'll admit / I'm not over it
But what I can't forget / reminds me to forgive
I'll admit / I'm not over it
Oh my God you forgave / it's time I do the same
I'll admit / I'm not over it
But what I can't forget / reminds me to forgive
I'll admit / I'm not over it
Oh my God you forgave
And I'm so tired of burning bridge, ay
I'm tired of burning bridges, yeah
I'm tired of burning bridges, ay
So tired of burning bridges, yeah
I'm tired of burning bridges
I'm tired of burning bridges, yeah
So tired of burning bridges
So tell me can you fix this, yeah
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4. |
No Apologies
03:29
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I bow down to no man
Count me out they hoping
I'll recount what's spoken
Man you already know
Wolfpacks stay opposing
Don't go with them, I go in
2-3 like the goat man
I stay in my zone
Overthrown by the digital
Telling us we can't be an original
Treating everything we think like it's criminal
That's why I treat the powers that be like they're fictional
And I've been doing ok
If they don't like me at least they know me
And ain't nobody own me
That's probably why I got the sauce on the low mein
I'll never stop being what I'm called to be
Sorry not sorry no apologies
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
Turned 18 and
All the sudden, everybody stopped dreaming
Not me man I never stopped scheming
Their doubts spurred on my believing
No Morgan, I am a free man
With a voice and a reason
So please stop policing my speaking
Cause I can't appease all of these men
Like "what's up with that flow"
"Young buck go and get that dough"
"This here's cool / Admit that's cold"
"Play these games / tic-tac-toe"
No, I won't play your games
They said stay in your lane, but I'm flying a plane yeah
And I've been doing alright
They ain't gotta like me / I like me just fine (yeah)
You can't control me
Put me in a box and look at what's unfolding
I'll never stop being what I'm called to be
Sorry not sorry no apologies
Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay
And I've been doing ok
If you they don't like me at least they know me
And ain't nobody own me
That's probably why I got the sauce on the low mein
I'm never saying sorry for what I believe
Sorry not sorry no apologies
[Doug, turn it down!}
Sorry… sike.
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5. |
Trust Issues
04:40
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My heart been broke so many times I set a
Broken record I heard so many lies, I never
Trust nobody I'm sorry but that part of me's severed
They come and go / I don't really mind / I'm like whatever mhm
Tell me that you want me / I can't really listen
Too many said they loved me before writing revisions
Still in recovery / bloody and stitching incisions
That pleasure brought pain from the purest intentions
Cause when words get taken to heart
To take 'em away is too hard and
I don't want you to learn this the hard way
Like I did
My girl said no games / Still she played me
When I look into the mirror, I see the same thing
She saw / She got me down like she got off a sea saw
Left me deceased aw
Now I
I got all these trust issues, ay
You gon' have to trust me too, babe
Be careful to adjust what you say
In the moment don't you know that I
I got all these trust issues, ay
Trust is something I can't do, babe
I wanna learn to trust when you say
That you're truthful to me
Your heart been broke so many times and I
Don't want to be the next you vilify
Don't want to be the one to come complete ya
Tell ya I'll never leave ya / Promises can turn to lies (yeah)
But you're begging with your eyes and
I don’t want to let you down / I'm wrestling my vices
Lovey-dovey highs cost pretty-penny prices
Games have stupid prizes / I won't compromise cause
Cause when words get taken to heart
To take 'em away is too hard and
I don't want you to learn this the hard way
Like I did
My girl said no games / Still she played me
When I look into the mirror, I see the same thing
She saw / She got me down like she got off a sea saw
Left me deceased aw
Now I
I got all these trust issues, ay
You gon' have to trust me too, babe
Be careful to adjust what you say
In the moment don't you know that I
I got all these trust issues, ay
Trust is something I can't do, babe
I wanna learn to trust when you say
That you're truthful to me
That you're truthful to me
That you're truthful to me
That you're truthful to me
And I've been thinking bout you yeah
I've been thinking bout burning bridges, ay
How I’m so tired of burning bridges, ay
And I got all these trust issues now, now
All these trust issues now, now, now
Know who your real ones are
And keep 'em by your side cause you will get
So tired of burning bridges, ay
I'm tired of burning bridges, ay
And I've been doing okay
If you don't like me at least you know
Know who your real ones are
And keep 'em by your side cause it will get hard
And know who your Real One is, yeah
Go and put your trust in Him, yeah
You can trust Him
Cause I got trust issues you know it
And I'll admit it's you I won't let
Heal these wounds even though they won't get
Any better when I'm left alone
You won't let me go yet
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The Real Nilla Athens, Georgia
The Real Nilla, born Douglas Jackson Battle, began creating his distinct blend of hip hop and pop music in the 5th
grade.
14 years later, his debut EP Real Ones pays tribute to the people he has counted on through life's ups and downs as well as the music he has turned to in life's greatest battles. His hope? To create music that revitalizes listeners the way his Real Ones have revitalized him.
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