Jay Daniels, Royce da 5'9" - Long Way Home lyrics

I took the long way home
To the middle of nowhere
I couldn’t find Rome
Even though all roads are going there
I couldn’t find the edge
Even if I wanted to jump off it
(Yeaaaaaaaah)

I see my destination
I know I got death awaitin'
But when i'm a step away from it
Tell it to just be patient
All of a sudden me and
Royce in similar places, crazy
The future ain’t bright for me
For him it’s now Shady
And I’m backwards, everyone sees I’m acting
Like I don’t feel the pain
But they see me with a reaction
Man, I don’t know who i'm talking
To like a private call
Cause fake fans are all around
Me when my homies fall
Ask me how it feels to be
Unemployed and broke at 20
Tryna pursue a music career and
Spending every single penny
On clothes and accessories
When I got beats and session fee's
And my feet are just testing me
As i'm walking a long way, please
Spare me some knowledge
Spare me something man
Cause I’m tryna understand as a younger man
I’m scared of life, how do I deal with it?
I guess I take a mic, and just reveal with it
I took the long way home
To the middle of nowhere
I couldn’t find Rome
Even though all roads are going there
I couldn’t find the edge
Even if I wanted to jump off it
(Yeaaaaaaaah)

You would think that I’m
Living life backwards
Cause I’m dying to be alive
Half of ya'll been trying to escape the fame
When i'm waiting to arrive in it
And the fans will ride with it
The hatred I survive with it
I need the crowd to stand up
Before I dive in it!
Affected by the brain, directed by the heart
I work for mine cause I never
Been connected from the start
I seem to always over
Think the wrong situation
And people always think I’m
Making the wrong stipulation
Wake me up from paranoia
I been waiting like a foyer
Tryna fill a void in the game
And avoid every lawyer
Cause I ain’t clearing samples
All I’m clearing is the facts
There's nothing else that matters on
A Charlie Hilton track
I took the long way home
To the middle of nowhere
I couldn’t find Rome
Even though all roads are going there
I couldn’t find the edge
Even if I wanted to jump off it
(Yeaaaaaaaah)

Yeah no matter how many of my
Homies say that I’m hot
The moment that I stop
They gone which means my ambiance is not
And this shit's obvious i'm
Kind of like a lobbyist I
Find it ironic that I, come from poverty and
Eating emcee's is my hobby so
Why would you try me?
My, conduct is violent, now
Line up in silence (Shhhhhh)
I’m taking the long way to death, I’m waitin'
As a matter of fact, wait, shit
Death ain’t my destination
Be patient, the only home I know is on the go
A rolling stone
Wipe your feet where I lay my hat
Which means
Survival is my only means of livin'
Money is simply what’s taken away
And what is given
If you take me away, then you’re forgiven
You just a killer
I'll go and meet up with Proof and Dilla
Me and my little homie JD
Until you kill us it's "Fuck you, pay me"
I took the long way home
To the middle of nowhere
I couldn’t find Rome
Even though all roads are going there
I couldn’t find the edge
Even if I wanted to jump off it
(Yeaaaaaaaah)