Dermot Kennedy - Temptation (Live From Soundwaves)(2020)

[00:27.07] This just the way I feel
[00:31.65] Mind's been racing so long, yeah
[00:36.18] It's just no way to deal
[00:40.44] With these problems alone
[00:43.32] And I really can't take it no more
[00:45.72] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
[00:48.18] I'm young and I'm restless
[00:50.37] And I really can't help it
[00:52.34] And I never felt selfish before
[00:54.76] I've been living so reckless, I know
[00:56.75] Tell me Lord, can You help me?
[00:58.94] I said, "Lord, can You help me?"
[01:01.60] Now everybody got problems, yeah
[01:03.86] But wouldn't know what way to solve 'em
[01:05.61] I really came up from the bottom
[01:07.88] Struggling, my momma on her last dollar
[01:10.03] Hustling and I've been putting in these hours
[01:12.58] Government been tryna take away what's ours
[01:14.71] Really all about the money and the power
[01:16.95] I just wanna see my people empowered
[01:20.22] Tell me how we gon' shape this vision
[01:22.11] Complaining all day but in the same condition
[01:24.56] Wanna make change, it's gon' take commitment
[01:26.66] People enslaved by their religion
[01:28.45] Can't emancipate them from the mental prisons
[01:31.11] Seen through optics transform to wisdom
[01:32.97] Watch me use my prophets, get 'em all to listen
[01:35.02] I've been on a mission, ah
[01:37.09] I really can't take it no more
[01:39.03] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
[01:41.52] I'm making 'em restless
[01:43.57] And I really can't help it
[01:45.79] And I never felt selfish before
[01:47.90] I've been living so reckless, I know
[01:50.01] Tell me Lord, can you help me?
[01:52.32] I said, "Lord, can you help me?"
[01:55.12] Now everybody got vices, yeah
[01:57.20] But wouldn't know what good advice is
[01:59.09] Until they leave 'em lifeless
[02:01.36] Another mama crying, it's another crisis
[02:03.56] Lord knows we just tryna live righteous
[02:05.84] Are you willing just to make the sacrifices?
[02:08.22] No, we can't continue living like this
[02:10.37] And I'll never sell my soul 'cause that's priceless
[02:13.42] Tell me how we gon' make a living
[02:15.42] Hustle on the block, who gon' save the children?
[02:17.65] Man, it's all a plot and I'm just revealing
[02:19.74] The media just tryna make a villain
[02:21.81] I just take the pain and paint a picture
[02:24.15] Voices in my head, I hear the whispers
[02:26.38] When I feel this way, inhale the swisher
[02:28.53] Or I sip the liquor
[02:30.06] I really can't take it no more
[02:32.35] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
[02:34.89] I'm making 'em restless
[02:36.82] And I really can't help it
[02:39.06] And I never felt selfish before
[02:41.37] I've been living so reckless, I know
[02:43.36] Tell me Lord, can you help me?
[02:45.66] I said, "Lord, can you help me?"
[02:49.40] This just the way I feel
[02:53.87] Mind's been racing so long, yeah
[02:58.33] It's just no way to deal
[03:02.80] With these problems alone
[03:05.67] And I really can't take it no more
[03:07.95] I've been fighting temptations, my Lord
[03:10.22] I'm young and I'm restless
[03:12.40] And I really can't help it
[03:14.65] And I never felt selfish before
[03:16.81] I've been living so reckless, I know
[03:19.07] Tell me Lord, can you help me?
[03:21.01] I said, "Lord, can you help me?"
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