The Times

[Intro: Tyler Daley]
Oh-oh, oh-oh, yeah, yeah
Do-do-da-dum, yeah
No, you can't hide
No, no

[Verse 1: Remi Kolawole]
I’ve been running from life, tired of living in
I've cried rivers I'm still tired of swimming in
I’ve been missing my youth and my innocence
I've got dirt that's glued to my fingertip
I tried picking it off, tried mixing in
Tried to bribe and hogtie the witnesses
Passport stamped with times I tried skipping the
Border to build new life, just like immigrants
Ain't no mountain, no valley
Or way to hide the mind's images
Flashback, teepee, trapped as a prisoner
Of bad habits and Glad bags of indica
Spliff ashes till I'm ashes
Till I flip and skitz, there's no chance I'm quitting this
And all my friends act as if they do not
Have shit in their pasts they wish they didn’t do
Make me feel outcast, like "Hootie Hoo"
Make my wounds turn darker shade blue
Make me pray to stay in my cave all day
Till I’ve paved the way, Che Fu
Make me feel like fake is in fashion
Make me feel like I do not suit
Make me cut you all off
Like, "Fuck you, you're lost"
Don’t care what it cost me

[Chorus: Tyler Daley]
Nobody I can blame (Blame)
Trying to keep myself sane, yeah
I just can't run from the times
Nobody's willing to change (Change)
Till it all goes up in flames, yeah
I just can't run from the times
I know I’ve been blessed (Been blessed)
And Lord, you know me best
I just can't run from the times
And no, you can't hide (Hide, hide)
Can't run from the times
I just can't run from the times

[Verse 2: Tyler Daley]
Yeah, yo, Rem
Just in case you wanted to do a remix
I thought I might lay a verse on it (Yeah)
I can relate to running away from many things
And I'd like to say some words on it (Yeah)
I've been up and down and 'round and 'round
On this rollercoaster thing we call life
Wear smiles, so most think I'm alright
But they don't know I shed tears the whole night
Put a front on for these snakes that we run with
I've lost family friends to this dumb shit
Best advice is keep yourself to yourself
Don't poke your nose in on some Humpty Hump shit
Yeah, and no good deed goes unpunished
So I ain't giving these hoes no money
No more lens for friends
I can't even appreciate all of this time they take from it
I know they hate on me, I don't even care
I'm here living my life like Prince of Bel-Air
Got pounds of Cali and drinks everywhere
I wear fancy clothes and tints for the glare
Yeah, let 'em think what they wanna think (Wanna think)
My reality getting close to the brink (Uh)
I'm trying to put myself back together with missing links (Links)
Every time I build myself up, they making me shrink
And feel small, fuck it, I still ball
If i put my life on the line, would you still call?
Tired of being that guy you offload, nah
Carry all this weight around, I ain't got no one
To share my issue, 'cause I've got shit too (Yeah)
And piles of this unresolved shit to get through
I leave with a roam and I roll a tissue (Uh)
To deal with the grief, Lord knows I miss you

[Chorus: Tyler Daley]
Nobody I can blame (Blame)
Gotta keep myself sane, yeah
I just can't run from the times
Nobody's willing to change
Till it all goes up in flames
I just can't run from the times
I know I've been blessed
'Cause Lord, you know me best
I just can't run from the times
No, you can't hide
Can't run from the times, yeah
I just can't run from the times

[Verse 3: Remi Kolawole]
All this running from life tired my ligaments
Flights delayed, I feel the fight kicking in
I've been learning to live in this skin I'm in
Now I sit in the sun, catch vitamin
Now I head to the shop, find water
Let it wash over my forehead, light glistening
Now I open the door with that sawn-off
Aimed at the people I love, my worst viliain is
Torch villages, burnt those bridges
Cut support, so the aid work won't fix it
Without the syphilis, I rode those sisters
Eat main course, but dessert go missing
No visions, sold those spliffs
And solo kilos of dope won't lift 'em
One more toke might blow my chances
I might choke when they close my business
If I don't chase my dreams, I don't sleep
If I don't sauté beats, we don't eat
Means I fucked my partner out of his dream too
So that when this is through, we won't speak
And who do you blame when this is your name
And I lose brain, Cobain and O.D.?
Time to dust myself off and love myself
'Cause I know what this cost me