Album Cover Dear Fear

Dear Fear

Kota the Friend

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Ah, ah-ah, ah, ah

Ah, ah-ah, ah

Ah, ah-ah, ah, ahYeah

Toxic papi, turned profit, probably

Couldn′t find me, I've been with my sheikha out in Abu Dhabi

Heard you saw my ex-girl chillin′ in the Oscars lobby

Holdin' five trophies, cryin' and lookin′ hella sloppy

I′ve been givin' all of my energy to my real ones

If you gon′ flip the script on your homie, it's fuck a day one

Resmaa told me, "Why is you wallowing? Pick your face up!"

It′s life reps, all preparation for when your day come

When people see you growing, surpassing what they imagined

They quick to call you a fraud, attempting to steal your magic

I told her I'm moving on, arguing every day

You don′t trust me and you ain't wrong, but baby, the love is gone

Like, we should start this book club

Reading really been helping me

I'm learning to communicate healthily, this is wealth for me

But you ain′t tryna hear it, you′re hurtin' and yeah, I get it

But it′s time for me to get up and get to where I am headed, I got

Free time

I got so much free time

I'm never gon′ rewind

I left your ass behind

I catch my cab, I'm gone

I let my seat recline

I′m on my way back home

I'm throwing up peace signs

I really gotta thank you for protecting me

For all these years, but I had to grow up and tell you, "Let me be"

Let me feel, let me know love, my nigga, let me heal

'Cause you′ve been keeping from my best days, I know that you mean well

But this isn′t back then

These demons are imaginary, bro, that was back then

It's time to move on, it′s time to start a new song

You're always putting out some fire, but your water too strong

Used to be a firefighter, now I water my lawn and keep the grass cut

Tossing every snake to the birds, fuck what you heard

Every pothole I swerve, actions follow my words

All my people loyal, so loyal what they deserve

And I know that you here to make sure that I′m never hurt

But pain is unavoidable, that's just something I learned

If you never let in the pain, you never learn how to love, you don′t experience joy

It's like, "How long can I run?"

It's like, "How long can I live?"

It sucks to hold on to my love when I got so much to give

I always gave you the wheel, but now it′s, "Get out the whip"

"And get yo′ ass in the back!"

I'm lettin′ love run the ship, so you can sit and relax

And if I need you, I'll call: at least I know where you at

You got me all the way here, I′m hella grateful for that

We made it farther than most, got me through all of my lows

But fear, it's time that you rest: just know I love you to death