Know this,

Part I: know this

[Verse 1]
Now it's time to grow
I've been learning how it cope
I know it's slow
I promise you, I'm fixing up all I'm thrown
Five to three years deep, I'm finding ways to let it go
To let me go

[Pre-Chorus]
Though I know you know I messed up
Back then I was left behind to learn the wrong from right
Just a kid tryna find his way in this life
Though this life
This life wasn't always fair and free
My mind's not me
And the future is still to be
So let me

[Chorus 1]
So let me take the stand for myself
Didn't know myself
But I knew I had so much to give
So why did it end up like this?
Did I lose my sense living in past tense?
'Cause the future looks indifferently when you're feeling like a fever dream, oh
We were spiraling while I was dying
Broken homes make broken bones
It's just too late to let me know that-
I was off track
Did I get me back?
I'll ask these questions in this song so I know I fixed my problems all along

(Spoken word interlude)

[Chorus 2]
So let me take the stand for myself
Didn't know myself
But I know I have so much to give
Still I wonder what I had to miss
Did I lose my sense living in past tense?
'Cause the future feels indifferently
But I hope it's mostly up from here
We were spiraling while I was dying
Broken homes made broken bones
But you're here and now I really know-
That I was off track
Did I get me back?
I've asked these questions all along
But I'm learning it's alright who I've become

Part II: afterlife

But you caught me in the afterlife
You caught me in the afterlife
My baby
You're telling me that I'd be right
My baby

You pull me up
Grew me up
Teaching me the ways of love
Love

And I know that I'm far from perfect
But I'll make me worth it
You're proving me that I've been wrong
You're teaching me the ways of love

Oh, oh, oh

You caught me in the afterlife
You saved me in my afterlife
You're giving me a second life
Oh, you caught me in the afterlife
My baby, yeah