Introvert (Explicit) - Little Simz
Lyrics by:Simbiatu Ajikawo/Dean Josiah Cover
Composed by:Simbiatu Ajikawo/Dean Josiah Cover
There's a war there's a war
The kingdom's on fire
The blood of a young messiah
I see sinners in a church
I see sinners in a church
Sometimes I might be introvert
There's a war inside I hear battle cries
Mothers burying sons young boys playing with guns
The devil's a liar fulfil your wildest desires
Now I don't wanna be the one to doctor this
But if you can't feel pain
Then you can't feel the opposite
The fight between the Yin and Yang's
A fight you'll never win
I study humans that makes me an anthropologist
I'm not into politics but I know it's dark times
Parts of the world still living in apartheid
But if I don't take this winner's flight that's career suicide
Though I should've been a friend when your grandma died
I see the illness eat my aunt laying in her bed
I see her soul rising as her body gets closer to death
Find a way I'll find a way
The world's not over
I will make it don't you cry
In God we trust
'Cause we're not alone
I need a licence to feel
Internal wounds and I'm not tryna be healed
No I don't no I don't
I sabotage what we are trying to build
'Cause of feelings I keep inside but it's time to reveal
Reveal reveal
I hate the thought of just being a burden
I hate that these conversations are surfaced
Simz the artist or Simbi the person
To you I'm smiling but really I'm hurting
I dedicate my life and gave my heart over twenty-something years
Left wondering how I even feel
But was it was even worth it
I bottle up and then spill it in verses
One day I'm wordless next day I'm a wordsmith
Close to success but to happiness I'm the furthest
At night I wonder if my tears will dry on their own
Hoping I will fulfil Amy's purpose
Angel said don't let you ego be a disturbance
Inner demon said motherf**ker you earned this
Like they strip you of everything you're deserving
Realise there is a prison in us we are conditioned as f**k
Man it's like they can't sleep till our spirit is crushed
How much fighting must we do we've been fearless enough
All we seen is broken homes here and poverty
Corrupt government officials lies and atrocities
How they talking on what's threatening the economy
Knocking down communities to re-up on properties
I'm directly affected it does more than just bother me
Look beyond the surface don't just see what you wanna see
My speech ain't involuntary