Intro – soft hums & ad-libs] Yeah, yeah, yeahhh… Let’s gooo… (yeah, uh-huh) Mmm, yeah, yeahhh… ⸻ [Verse 1] It’s been five years I was smokin’ weed High all the time, never was I clean It’s been five years I was smokin’ weed Where did the time go? but I hate bein’ sober I’m Aang in the zone, every bar airbendin’ Avatar of rhyme — all four flows blendin’ I got earth, wind and water rolled up in a joint Fire lightin’ it to stay high (yeah, yeah) Feelin’ like I’m lost in the smoke again Every puff I take just erase my sins Said I’d quit, but I love that spin Every cloud I chase got a ghost within (woo) ⸻ [Bridge – melodic drift] Feelin’ like I’m lost in the clouds again (clouds again) Every puff I take erase the pain within (pain within) I just need my peace but the smoke my sin (smoke my sin) I just need my peace but I’m gone again (gone again) ⸻ [Verse 2] I used to date you when I was fifteen (fifteen) Kinda wish we never ended things (never did) If I could go back, you’d still be next to me Honestly I’m still friends with you — that means everything (yeah) I wasn’t dealin’ with the demons in my head (my head) Feel like Uzi ’cause all my feelings are dead (so dead) Numb to the pain but I’m countin’ up my bread (count it up) Somehow I wish I said what was unsaid (unsaid) Now I’m just upset with a heart full of regret (regret, yeah) ⸻ [Verse 3 – freestyle-style reflection] It’s been five years, and I’m still tryna grow Still findin’ peace in the pain I know Still talk to God but I’m movin’ slow He said, “you can’t heal while you hold that smoke” I been dreamin’ in a haze, life feel like a phase Used to run from my past, now I face those days Love fades, friends change, but I stay the same Music my drug, put the flame to my veins Every bar I breathe got truth inside Even when I smile, got tears I hide Five years gone, but I still survive Still tryna find hope in the lows of life (yeah) [Hook – melodic outro / freestyle close] (Yeah) I been wastin’ time, lost inside my mind Smokin’ just to feel alive but I’m dyin’ every night Five years gone by, can’t rewind this life But I still feel your light when I close my eyes (Yeah) I been wastin’ time, lost inside my mind Five years gone by, girl I still can’t lie You the ghost that stay inside every rhyme I write (yeah) [Outro – echo fade] Yeah-yeah-yeahhh… Mmm… still high, still here (still here) Five years… disappear…

5 years