Reflections - Phora

Well, I know what its like to feel alone

I know what its like to have the closest person to you gone

I see myself in you

I see myself in the man on the corner, told his story

All these things I never knew, but is it true

That everybody needs somebody else?

Don’t you ever feel disgusted when you look at yourself?

Like somethings wrong with ya

Shit, and you just wanna change it

No matter whether you pretty, rich, broke or famous

We all got something to hide

We all got something inside of us that’s gon be with us till we die

So get right with yourself or live stuck in a lie

I’m running from time, I’m running from time, shit

I don’t wanna be rich, I just want enough to provide

For my family and every person that’s stuck to my side

I’m wondering why, shit I’ve had enough of the lies

None of it feels real anymore, its just a mirage

Just a mirage, what’s love if it doesn’t last an eternity

And what’s peace if they contemplating on burning me

And what’s the purpose of living life in a struggle

Making mistakes, tryna make em right if my child doesn’t learn from me nigga

I know what it feels like

Yeah I know what it feels like to be all alone, all alone

She said they don’t know what it feels like

They don’t know what it feels like

That’s where you’re wrong, that’s where you’re wrong

Cause I know

I met this girl, she thought the world was against her

She was going through a lot and her mama just left her

She told me, I ain’t got nothing left

I got no choice but leaving this world

As you can see I had a seat with this girl

She told me, her man don’t love her, her pops was never there

She’d been used her whole life, no one to wipe her tears

No guardian angel, she just washing her pain away with the bottle

Hoping that she doesn’t make it tomorrow

She had an abortion

It left her mentally scared for the rest of her life

At the same time she felt it was right

Said she can’t provide for a kid, she just some girl

She ain’t wanna bring a child into this fucked up world

She tried to keep it on the low down

Only one she told was her best friend

That turned on her, the whole school knows now

Started getting angry saying what do I do

Where do I go, you don’t feel my pain so how could you know

Shit I didn’t know what to say, I was at a loss for words

Took a deep breath and I started to talk to her

Said words don’t make you who you are, nah your actions do

Yeah I see em point their fingers, see em laugh at you

I see em glad that you walk around with your head down

Nobody next to you

Just remember there’s nothing you have to prove

Nothing you have to do to make them see you different kid

Cause they don’t see the truth behind them eyes that you was gifted with

Trust me, even when you feel alone, you really not I promise you

But sometimes all you really got is you

Well shit, that’s really all you need

See I see myself in you, I hope you find yourself through me

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