Little Simz - Broken lyrics
Little Simz [Simbiatu "Simbi" Abisola Abiola Ajikawo] Islington, London, England 🇬🇧
[Little Simz - Broken lyrics]
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
What does it mean to be broken?
The wound is painfully open
The beauty is in the findin' the
Darkest parts of the ocean
Deep waters in motion
The tide was comin' in heavy
I always knew I was chosen
To handle whatever chose me
Pickin' all of my poisons
Abandonin' my emotions
Questions got me feelin' like I
Shouldn't never have spoken
Damn right I'm spillin', the narrative
They keep switchin'
All I wanted to do was uplift the women
You gotta move if you
Ain't backin' the vision
They wanna see you a victim and
Givin' up on your mission
I been hittin' some lows and
Never tellin' a soul
You can have everything and nothing, still
Nobody knows
There's a reason why the doves will
Never fly with the crows
Chapters eventually close
Your friends will turn into foes
Everybody's so obsessed with the CEO
She probably got the most troubles
That she'll never disclose
Dealin' with the dark by takin'
The white to the nose poker face in action
Continuin' with the show
Scrutinised for freein' the truth
About the system
All she wanted to do was uplift the women
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
What does it mean to be broken? Feels
Like your light has been stolen
Can't recognise you are golden
And you don't see that you're loved
Smokin' weed on your ones, isolatin' yourself
"Am I even enough?"
Then you question yourself
"Man, this week has been tough
" been sayin' that for a year
How do I disappear? Can I hide from my fears?
Sometimes, a feather can feel like a stone
When your soul weak
You can feel that shit in your bones
She was lonely, takin' anyone to the home
Gettin' cozy
Internal insecurities travellin' so deep
We all go through our hardships
But no life book, so knees to the carpet
And pray you're bein' guided by a
Force so you can't sink
Look how far you've come and
See you've only just started
You exist, you alive
You are deservin' of life
You are a beacon of light
You are determined to fly
You have a journal inside
You have the power to write
You have the opportunity every day to decide
Choose love
It might just blossom into a new love
But whatever happens
Just know that you've won
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Ain't no happiness in it
Fake smiles just to deal with all
The pain you've been given as a child
They didn't tell you that your
Dreams can come into fruition
You never been to that place you envision
Sky gave you limit's you had
No choice but to accept
Forced into work to contribute to
The profit of Britain
That sneeze'll be blessed
But the coughing'll kill 'em
It's the armageddon city
This shit might damage your soul
They won't take the weight off you
When you can't manage the load
Like they're just waitin' to hear a
Fucking crack in your bones
Generational trauma you've had to
Deal with alone no father
How do you become a man on your own?
Did the best that you could with
The tools you were loaned
Didn't know how to break the mould
And now you're raisin' a clone
Gives me comfort to believe you want
The best for your seed
Wishful thinkin' if the intentions don't
Align with the deed and if what you hear
Contradicts what you read, war ready
But travelled to this country for peace
Crabs in a barrel
Your neighbour feelin' the same shit
But he might screw you if
Someone offers a payslip
No one ever told you your mind
Is not to be played with
No one ever taught you
'bout moderation and patience
Under all the eyes and the
Pressure and the scrutiny
Why is mental health a taboo
In the Black community?
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
It shouldn't be a norm to live
Your life as a tragedy
To live your life in a
State of confusion and agony
Promises you made reflect the
Promises they gave you
And all these harsh experiences
Don't reflect your age
No family to save you, no friends to aid you
Can't even speak English
So there's no one to explain to
Only God to pray to
They denied you of your hope
But you found a way through
That's a breakthrough
Twenty-one, landed in London with
Hardly any funds
Twenty-seven, tryna get back
To bein' twenty-one
'Cause nothing's changed, still no money
But more things to pay for
So the blood pressure rises slowly by the day
Work two jobs just so rice
Is on the children's plate
Landlord tells you
"This is the last time you can be late"
Health issues that you try to suppress
But all your health issues
Are derived from stress
You tried your best, gave an arm and a leg
Only tears and a cold house is
What you've been left with
Self hate for the Black skin
You were blessed with
Hard to believe there's somethin' greater
You were destined for
Preppin' for, gave your life to others
You didn't invest in yours
A broken soul, selected for God's plan
Everything will be what it's meant to
When it's in God's hands
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
What does it mean to be broken?
The wound is painfully open
The beauty is in the findin' the
Darkest parts of the ocean
Deep waters in motion
The tide was comin' in heavy
I always knew I was chosen
To handle whatever chose me
Pickin' all of my poisons
Abandonin' my emotions
Questions got me feelin' like I
Shouldn't never have spoken
Damn right I'm spillin', the narrative
They keep switchin'
All I wanted to do was uplift the women
You gotta move if you
Ain't backin' the vision
They wanna see you a victim and
Givin' up on your mission
I been hittin' some lows and
Never tellin' a soul
You can have everything and nothing, still
Nobody knows
There's a reason why the doves will
Never fly with the crows
Chapters eventually close
Your friends will turn into foes
Everybody's so obsessed with the CEO
She probably got the most troubles
That she'll never disclose
Dealin' with the dark by takin'
The white to the nose poker face in action
Continuin' with the show
Scrutinised for freein' the truth
About the system
All she wanted to do was uplift the women
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
What does it mean to be broken? Feels
Like your light has been stolen
Can't recognise you are golden
And you don't see that you're loved
Smokin' weed on your ones, isolatin' yourself
"Am I even enough?"
Then you question yourself
"Man, this week has been tough
" been sayin' that for a year
How do I disappear? Can I hide from my fears?
Sometimes, a feather can feel like a stone
When your soul weak
You can feel that shit in your bones
She was lonely, takin' anyone to the home
Gettin' cozy
Internal insecurities travellin' so deep
We all go through our hardships
But no life book, so knees to the carpet
And pray you're bein' guided by a
Force so you can't sink
Look how far you've come and
See you've only just started
You exist, you alive
You are deservin' of life
You are a beacon of light
You are determined to fly
You have a journal inside
You have the power to write
You have the opportunity every day to decide
Choose love
It might just blossom into a new love
But whatever happens
Just know that you've won
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Ain't no happiness in it
Fake smiles just to deal with all
The pain you've been given as a child
They didn't tell you that your
Dreams can come into fruition
You never been to that place you envision
Sky gave you limit's you had
No choice but to accept
Forced into work to contribute to
The profit of Britain
That sneeze'll be blessed
But the coughing'll kill 'em
It's the armageddon city
This shit might damage your soul
They won't take the weight off you
When you can't manage the load
Like they're just waitin' to hear a
Fucking crack in your bones
Generational trauma you've had to
Deal with alone no father
How do you become a man on your own?
Did the best that you could with
The tools you were loaned
Didn't know how to break the mould
And now you're raisin' a clone
Gives me comfort to believe you want
The best for your seed
Wishful thinkin' if the intentions don't
Align with the deed and if what you hear
Contradicts what you read, war ready
But travelled to this country for peace
Crabs in a barrel
Your neighbour feelin' the same shit
But he might screw you if
Someone offers a payslip
No one ever told you your mind
Is not to be played with
No one ever taught you
'bout moderation and patience
Under all the eyes and the
Pressure and the scrutiny
Why is mental health a taboo
In the Black community?
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
It shouldn't be a norm to live
Your life as a tragedy
To live your life in a
State of confusion and agony
Promises you made reflect the
Promises they gave you
And all these harsh experiences
Don't reflect your age
No family to save you, no friends to aid you
Can't even speak English
So there's no one to explain to
Only God to pray to
They denied you of your hope
But you found a way through
That's a breakthrough
Twenty-one, landed in London with
Hardly any funds
Twenty-seven, tryna get back
To bein' twenty-one
'Cause nothing's changed, still no money
But more things to pay for
So the blood pressure rises slowly by the day
Work two jobs just so rice
Is on the children's plate
Landlord tells you
"This is the last time you can be late"
Health issues that you try to suppress
But all your health issues
Are derived from stress
You tried your best, gave an arm and a leg
Only tears and a cold house is
What you've been left with
Self hate for the Black skin
You were blessed with
Hard to believe there's somethin' greater
You were destined for
Preppin' for, gave your life to others
You didn't invest in yours
A broken soul, selected for God's plan
Everything will be what it's meant to
When it's in God's hands
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it
Feel you're broken and you don't exist
When you feel you're broken and
You cannot fix it