The Pressure

Another day, another dollar spent
I gotta pay the rent
Whatchu mean we need diapers again?
Man, I ain't got enough until my next check
I guess imma have to buy it with my rent check, damn
Maybe if I would've stayed in college, I'd be solid
And wouldn't be in the cycle I'm locked in
It's been a quarter century I've been alive
I thought we wasn't supposed to make it passed twenty-five, so

Have you ever felt the pressure?
It's weighing down on me
Somebody save me
I need a hero
Somebody save me
I need a hero
Somebody save me
I need a hero
And I'm no hero

Pressure can burst a pipe or it can make a diamond
That's why I'm shining
Well, maybe I'm not but baby I'm trying
To ease all of this pressure but instead it's multiplying
And if I ain't got the strength to lift it, I know where to find it (in you)
Sometimes I feel like a bust, like I'm ahead of myself
Am I doing enough? It's getting harder to tell
It's getting harder to love, I'm going back in my shell
I'm tired of- man, fuck it

I'm tired of feeling pressure
Like when you feel like everyone else is against ya (it's me vs. me)
I'm tired of feeling judged every time I mess up
I'm tired of seeing that empty condom pack on the dresser
I'm tired of not feeling loved
I don't know who I can trust
I'm tired of feeling like I'm never enough
I'm tired of being below, and looking above
Feeling like the chip on my shoulder is too heavy to shove
I'm tired of feeling shade
I'm tired of lying in beds I've made
I'm tired of, stepping on stage and becoming somebody else
Cause playing a character feels better than being myself (who am I?)
I'm tired of just wishing that I could
And sitting where others stood
Misunderstood
I'm tired of
Tryna be cordial when you know they don't support you
Smiling in my face, behind my back they put the sword through like

Have you ever felt the pressure?
(Have you ever? Have you ever?)
It's weighing down on me
Somebody save me
(I need you to save me)
I need a hero
Somebody save me
I need a hero
Somebody save me
I need a hero
And I'm no hero

I need you to save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself
I need you to save me from myself