Knowmads, Tom Pepe - The River Runs Deep lyrics

Yo I once knew a man, he started off a boy
His whole damn life he
Never really been employed
He was only 19 had the
Chance to go to college
Try out his luck to see
If he could gain knowledge
Think about your life or whatever you call it
Now he’s just a cluck dead broke alcoholic
Used to keep a picture of
His girl in his wallet
Think about your life or whatever you call it
He walk home late 'cuz the city don’t sleep
He was only 19 but the river runs deep
Wrote raps in his head so
He didn’t really speak
About the crushed up pills that
He took in one week one week turned to two
Two weeks turned to four
Now long-term addiction knocking at his door
Starting losing weight coming late


Looking drunk and
His family and friends said he
Was up to something got to the point where
He couldn’t even function
Calling up his dealer begging
Give me something
I just got evicted I ain't got nothing
The dealer was a prick
His reply was reluctant
I can get you high off the
Shit no body fuck with
Even all the fiends know better
Than to touch it
He was 19 begging please, give me something
Said to the kid I don’t know
If you can trust it
But, I got a lot so push it to the public
Watch out for the cops and
Rats on some thug shit
Here’s for your protection lending
You this pistol
Pretending it was pure but he
Knew that it was crystal
Looked like shards of glass and I
Hope this ain't a issue
Plus if you snitch well your
Mother gonna miss you
Now he’s lost his path school and direction
Kicked out his pad after land lord inspection
All he ever had was his rhymes and a dream
Now he’s living on the streets
At the age of 19
Feel the meth in his lungs and
The sun starts to tweak
Never saw 21 Y'all the river runs deep

Yo I once knew a man he started off a boy
His whole damn life he
Never really been employed
Until he turned 19 got a job at the college
Working on the radio where
He could spread knowledge
He thought about his life and how
He wanted to recall it
Still he barely ever had a
Dollar in his wallet
He quit smoking weed figured
That he needed time so that he could make a
Difference in other people's lives
Started saving money cleared out his mind
No longer drinking just thinking
About his rhymes
He walk home late 'cuz the city don’t sleep
He was only 19 but the river runs deep
He walk home late 'cuz the city don’t sleep
He was only 19 but the river runs deep
Wrote raps in his head so
He didn’t really speak
To his homies about the books
He read in one week one week turned to two
Two weeks turned to four
Plus on the side labels knocking at his door
Started gaining fame he be gone
Away for months and
Family and friends said isn’t he something
Worked at the food back a block from the Ave
Where this guy smoked meth and
Kept rocks from a bag
Told the kid he was grateful
That he was helping out
'Cuz he knew first hand he
Could have gone another route
The river runs deep kid please, hold on
The people that we meet the only
Thing to keep us strong
He could have been selfish could
Have lost it all
Instead he graduated early no adderall
Called up his producer the
One that he trusted
Said to the homie yo please
Give me something
This guy was a dick his reply was reluctant
Now he gotta find some new
Beats he could fuck with
I could make you rich if you
Switch to this club shit
He was 19 begging please, give me something
Gave the kid gimmicks said push
It to the public
Pretended it was pure but he
Knew it was corrupted you have to go solo we
Hope this ain't a issue
Family and friends leave behind
They won’t miss you
This guy was a douchebag he hung up the call
Started self-promoting thinking really
Fuck them all recording every day then he
Posted on his blog
Freestyle clear spitting through the fog
Best decision that he made
Quitting beer twisting logs
Now he live with no fear said
He listen to the gods
'Cuz all he ever had was
His rhymes and a dream
Now he’s getting signed to Sony
At the age of 19
First west coast tour then the whole US
Now everywhere he go new girl new dress
Sold out shows now money ain't a stress
He was only 19 some would say he was the best
Getting underground respect now the
Same labels calling
Offering him check to put money in his wallet
Think about your life or whatever you call it
Remember when he used to think
He'd be an alcoholic
Still barely ever had a dollar in his wallet
Battled with addiction and
Almost left college
But held himself together so that
He could spread knowledge
Think about your life or whatever you call it
There once was a time when the sun felt weak
Now he’s king at 21 Y'all the river runs deep

Then one day the kid came back
To the city of Seattle where
He learned how to rap
Said fame is a battle and the game is a trap
Back to his neighbourhood where
He would get dap
Saw this man in the shadows with
His head in his lap
Limbs lay lifeless wasn’t just a nap
His eyes wasn’t open holes in his teeth
Pipe on the ground blood cold on the street
Tried not to look tried to listen to the beat
But this man sat dying in
The middle of the street
Reached in his pocket to pull out his wallet
Like he could save his life or
Whatever you would call it
He turned to the man to offer him his help
Looked him in the eyes and
Realized it was himself
Torn up clothes no shoes on his feet
It was getting late but the city don’t sleep
The man started shaking the
Sun starts to tweak lying in the gutter in
The mother fucking street
He turned to the kid as his body lay week
And whispered as he died kid
The river runs deep
The story of my life 'cuz
Both of them were me
Thinking to myself yo who I wanna be
He turned to the kid as his body lay week
And whispered as he died kid
The river runs deep