ToxiPlays - ​keep the faith

★ intro: 21st century, toxiplays, both ★
Can you remember the rain?
Can you remember the rain?
You left me for somebody else, now (ooh, ooh)
Now i must face life by myself
You broke so many rules in school, i took the blame for you
I guess i was the fool
You used to sneak me notes in class
I winked my eye and laughed
Those days went by so fast
(ahem, listen)

★ chorus: toxiplays ★
I'm just a kid who's tryna keep the faith (yeah)
Who's tryna distance himself 'fore he sees a hit of vape (yeah)
Who's tryna make amends if he sees anyone plead in pain (uh-huh)
Who's tryna have a lil' fun before he meets the great (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Seems like lately, my mind has been on the streets and graves (they have
I don't wanna go down that path, i never misbehave (not at all, nah)
At least, from the quotes i've gotten, you might just think the same (if you do)
Mission aborted, can't support it
Really, who's to blame?

★ verse 1: toxiplays with juwunky, 21st century ★
I'ma be real, i'm just a kid, i got nothing, so
I went to anything and everything to please a show
But i was wrong in this, be strong in this, don't freeze up though
My challenge is this: to be "in the world", not "of the world"
I don't know 'bout y'all, but i have my eyes on something greater
I'm on my walk, i can't waste my time on bustin' traitors
Might call my dawg, he might chase a line then smell you later
I'm a nighthawk, and my pace is like an escalator, uh
Going up, slowly (we used to play out in the rain)
Social media got me duckin' the police (your mother scolded us)
All this debate, and i'm split in the middle (she said that we were bad, she said that we were bad)
Extremists get attention while i'm geekin' a little, huh?
I must admit it, i'm sick, i can't call back (i thought i'd better go on home, picked it up and)
Gotta come clean, i must admit it, i'm a smart-ah (you watched 'til i was gone)
​izotope how i ball, that'll leave a nigga drillin' like a hard hat (ooh, girl, you looked so sad)
Let me at 'em

★ chorus: toxiplays ★
I'm just a kid who's tryna keep the faith (yeah)
Who's tryna distance himself 'fore he sees a hit of vape (yeah)
Who's tryna make amends if he sees anyone plead in pain (uh-huh)
Who's tryna have a lil' fun before he meets the great (uh-huh, uh-huh)
Seems like lately, my mind has been on the streets and graves (they have
I don't wanna go down that path, i never misbehave (not at all, nah)
At least, from the quotes i've gotten, you might just think the same (if you do)
Mission aborted, can't support it
Really, who's to blame?

★ verse 2: nameless with toxiplays ★
Keep the faith, but remove the ego
Keep a weapon 'cause shit gets lethal
Pen and pad, and i'm writin' some regal shit
Nah, you can't find me on my nemo shit, and i'm back to life, on my igor shit
Stories divulging, turn nothing to something, that's why they still bumpin' my latest shit
Yeah, i'm on my same old shit, but lines i'm spittin' could get dangerous
'cause they spreadin' like they were contagious
Bars so clean, speaker got a fragrance
Yeah, i got mass appeal for the stage, and i got a massive meal on my plate
I ain't have to deal with too much hate (too much hate)
Holdin' they breath for my new mixtape, yuh (yuh)
You take a shot, it's over, this shit ain't motorola
I can't get pigeonholed, my vision told me, "go for broke", yuh
My flash drive's fully loaded, 2023's my year
Gotta rise above my peers, shed blood and i shed some tears
Yeah, i'm sheddin' blood like snakeskin
I think i need some faith in my life
I'm changin' colors, tie-dye
But i can't switch on my guys
Yeah, i've been up on the high rise, but i'm livin' life the same
Yeah, i gotta keep the faith, yeah, i gotta keep the faith

★ bridge: 21st century, toxiplays, both ★
Oh, you used to send me notes in class (in class)
I winked my eyes and laughed (and laughed)
Those days went by so fast (gone in the blink of an eye)
I've got remarks that tore us all apart (oh, ooh-oh-oh)
I'm still tryna put back the pieces to my heart (ayy)

★ verse 3: toxiplays ★
I'm just a kid, but look how god keep movin' since i found him
I told him, "if you finna move, don't start moving without me"
Last year was full of doubters, they said the kid was weird
But i made it to a new one, so i don't think of it as a bad year
We startin' this one strong, we need you, lord, i'm callin' you
Don't need no enemy in my ear, ain't who i'm talkin' to (nah)
Fixing to be a college dude, in the name of his son and moon
Help me when i'm on the mic so the people see none of me but see all of you, lord

★ outro: 21st century, toxiplays, both ★
Can you remember the rain? (ah, ah, ah, ah-ahh-ah)
Can you remember the rain? (the rain, the rain)
You left me for somebody else
Now i must face life by myself