Zee (Zamani Ngidi) - Preface lyrics

I have some, deep reservations on how people
Make money these days
I count all the numbers around me
And sometimes feel a way
Been earning minimum wages
Hope you make it someday
But look at all your efforts
Steady building a case
Yeah, and ask the universe why it happened
Or why what hasn’t happened is the
Thing that keeps you rapping
Steady living of the hope that
You will have it all
The principles of the universe start
To take it's toll
Yeah, Past relationships like death and taxes
You pay the price you payed but
No ones asking how you manage
Like 8 mile you run rat race
But you’re born a rabbit
You see the flashing lights with gold
And you just gotta have it yeah, please
Do forgive me my demeanor’s changed
I’ve started seeing patterns in the
Things I thought were strange
People acting different around me
I won’t mention names
I thought you said you’d always love me
What a wicked game
It’s a cruel world we live in
If that’s what you see
I change the way I look at things
And now they look at me
A little differently but inside I’m the same
I swear nothing has changed
I even kept my name
The same name they used back when
I was texting on MXit
Those were some good times
And honestly say I can miss it
I guess we gotta grow
Attempt to rule the world
Travel to Europe and some how we
Need to get the girl
I mean who has the time
I mean who has that life
When even on the worst days
Beyoncé’s still your wife
How unattainable are some of these
Things that we dream
When you’re at home thinking
Damn I wish I wasn’t me
But, you are, and you gaze upon star
And you wish with all you have
All the things that in your heart
Could come to a fruition
Hope god is actually listening
Cause there’s a couple things I prayed
For you might of missed them
Been sleeping on the job
I don’t say that with spite
I’ve really had a good life
I guess we’re still alright
We could be living better
I guess we kinda are
So relative to time I guess
My wishing on the star
Actually kinda payed off
Although it was lost
Upon me during moments realized
There was cost
I had to put the work, amongst alotta things
I’ve sacrificed some Queens just so
I could be king and what a heavy price
For we have everything
But we lost everything and
That’s the scary thing
Yeah, i thank god for what I have
But, I’m living for the future
Reminisce on what has passed

I’ve always had a tough time proving
That anything besides myself is real
So it’s like everything is in your head
Everything you experience you somehow create
You’re responsible for it
But, you can’t have it all
You have to choose certain paths and when you
Choose that path every other path falls away
So yeah I’ve had to sacrifice
Some things in order to
Get have the time to do this one thing
And it sucks buts it’s also
The most amazing thing to put it into better
Words or something relatable, you
Have a finite amount of time and energy
If you go to the kitchen
And pour yourself a glass of champagne
Every other reality in that
Time frame cannot be experienced you
Can’t have a soda
You can’t go have a cup of coffee
Or experience anything else except that glass
Of champagne i guess this is my attempt
To have a glass of champagne