Trenches

It felt like I was getting flanked from all sides Was going out on my shield Years of fighting took their toll on me All that time that I had wasted with the hurt that I concealed I'm just glad that shit ain't broken me Been there in 'em trenches, but nowadays I just fly Was an overload of my senses, only darker hues in my sky Don't expect the days to be painless mate, illuminate your own light Resilience is empirical, I felt the heat in this ride Now I know that hindsight is fruitful Tryna remain on my path And I don't wanna play the games that aren't useful Planning my time it's so crucial I see the world a lot clearer now, never graduate, still a pupil And that's a lost art in humans, so the end result is so brutal So brutal in these mad times so nuff man, ah gone cuckoo Focused on these numbers like I's playing Sudoku I stepped back and I realised all that focus is not fruitful So I focused on my feelings and what came out was truthful I ain't chasing papers and my yute he keeps me youthful I don't seek acceptance, I don't need no ones approval It's only love and light in life that I respond to So you bring a darker energy, instant removal It felt like I was getting flanked from all sides Was going out on my shield Years of fighting took their toll on me All that time that I had wasted with the hurt that I concealed I'm just glad that shit ain't broken me Time wasted but time is ticking, so time to face it This year was beneficial, had me going back to basics I've reconnected with myself, feel like a kid again In love with music, sharpened up the pen, I'm that glitch in The Matrix And I feel I've learnt so much but I'm down for more learning They couldn't break me at my lowest, kept the fire burning Know what's important going forward not the dough I'm earning I've felt the pain, I see the change and now the tide is turning Yeah, the tide is turning, every human being's deserving The trenches made a man of me, I'm blessed to be emerging Colder than the Artic plains, the time in there was disconcerting And I'd explain it but it's actually hard to find the wording It's like a constant stream of loss where self-esteem is skewed And your perception of your worth develops into something crude No interlude was in the final scene when I made a move And I'm sorry for the time it took but let us pass this on to you It felt like I was getting flanked from all sides Was going out on my shield Years of fighting took their toll on me All that time that I had wasted with the hurt that I concealed I'm just glad that shit ain't broken me