NF - Nate lyrics

Yeah, sometimes I wanna disappear like
I just don't exist
Or find a time machine and take
Me back when I was six
Maybe younger, either way
I guess the point of it
Would be to tell that little kid that
He's gon' take a lotta hit's
Yeah, I'd probably grab your hand and
Tell you life is hard
If you got questions or you need advice
Then talk to God
'Cause He's the only one that listens
Even when you think He isn't
Even good people are great
At makin' bad decisions, yeah
(Oh) they ain't gon' take it serious
You find out pretty quick that life
Is more than just appearances
I know some things we could
Avoid to save embarrassment
But everything that breaks you down
Can also build your character
'Cause people love to see you fail
Just be aware of it
Don't let nobody tell you who to
Be or write your narrative
Look, we're all products of the
Things that we experience
But there's a big difference
Between confidence and arrogance
You hearin' this?
I know that you don't get it now
But, you gon' get it later
I know you feel like you're alone
And no one loves you maybe
And you gon' cover insecurities
With lotsa anger
The weird thing is someday all of
This will make you famous (Oh)
You start to write about your life
And while they're all relatin'
You'll make up a slogan, call it "Real
" but feel like you're the fakest
Wish I could tell you that
Your future's nothin' but amazin'
That's just not the case
And I guess I just don't know how to say this

I don't know if you can hear me or not
But, if you can, I just want you to know
You gon' make a lotta mistakes
And they gon' laugh in our face
That's part of life
That's just the way that it goes
(That's just the way that it goes)
And I don't know if you can hear me or not
But, if you can, I just need you to get it
I know you been questionin' life
Trust me, I know what it's like
I'm here for you if you
Need someone to listen
Do you need someone to listen?

See, Mom and Dad are not together
They took different routes
But, you probably already knew
You gettin' older now
Remember back when Mom picked us
Up from Grandma's house?
And she hid her boyfriend in the
Trunk and drove a couple miles?
Down the street
And then she pulled over to let him out
'Cause she ain't want Dad to know she
Had these type of dudes around
'Cause last time he found out
He had to take us from her
You look uncomfortable, I'm sorry
Let me change the subject (Hey)
You know how we've always
Struggled with abandonment? (yeah)
And when we feel like someone's leaving
We start panickin'? (yeah) and yo
I wish I could say I've learned to manage it
You think it's bad now
But, you don't know the half of it
Passion is somethin' we have never lacked
We see it the most when we're writin' raps
They think it's funny now, let 'em laugh
I know you think it's just an
Outlet when you're really mad
But, you don't know the platform
You're about to have (Oh)
I know some things about the
Future you ain't ready for
I know some things that you gon' cover up
But can't ignore and what hurts is they gon'
Surface at the worst moments
And we gon' act like it don't
Hurt us, but it hurts, don't it?
We walk around with the devil
Talkin' on both shoulders
Wish I could tell you that he
Disappears when we get older
But that's just not the case
And I know you feel out of place
And everything is not okay, and life
Can be a lot to take, but

I don't know if you can hear me or not
But, if you can, I just want you to know
You gon' make a lotta mistakes
And they gon' laugh in our face
That's part of life
That's just the way that it goes
(That's just the way that it goes)
And I don't know if you can hear me or not
But, if you can, I just need you to get it
I know you been questionin' life
Trust me, I know what it's like
I'm here for you if you
Need someone to listen
Do you need someone to listen?

You know how intoxicated people
Make us nervous?
To the point sometimes we shake
And it feels so disturbin' don't be scared
That's just trauma tryna reach the surface
And tell us everyone we love is
Gonna try to hurt us which isn't true
But, it's a lie that both of us believe in
Yeah, you might get a glimpse
Of happiness from your achievements
But what you'll learn as you get older
Every time you reach one
Is you'll just make another goal
That doesn't lead to freedom
See, some things about to happen
That you can't imagine
At 24, you'll drop an album
And you'll call it Mansion at 25
You'll put out Therapy and gain some traction
Skip to track number four
Now that's a really sad one
Yeah, Perception's coming next
We 'bout to reach the masses
It sounds awesome at the same time
It doesn't matter
At 27, we'll make millions
But, it's really sad 'cause
You learn to realize that none of
This will make you happy

I wish that I could look at you with empathy
Sometimes I feel like I've become what
You were scared to be
Which makes it really hard to
Look at you with sympathy
'Cause if I'm feeling bad for you
Then I have to feel bad for me
And that's just something I feel
Like we don't deserve
That's why I'm always looking down on you
I know it hurts
I'm sure you have a lot of questions
I've been tryna search to find
Us both some answers
I'll be here for you if things get worse
Too many faces, too many faces
Too many faces