New Flower! (feat. Leon Thomas) - Aminé/Leon Thomas.mp3

[00:00.010] You've grown yourself a flower
[00:06.587] In the garden
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[00:08.040] [Verse 1: Aminé]
[00:08.299] See, I was like eighteen
[00:09.864] With nothin' to my name but overdraft fees
[00:11.685] Jealous of the rich, tryna get cheese
[00:13.510] 'Cause I always knew this life wasn't no breeze
[00:15.491] And my purpose like Anne-Marie was one thing
[00:17.477] But where I'm from, they called it a far-fetched dream
[00:19.455] 'Cause baba don't believe in a sure thing
[00:21.359] But now he do 'cause my wrist like the west wing (Prezi)
[00:24.070] I had to grow my own garden
[00:25.734] Plant the seeds, but I was fain't hearted
[00:27.588] The courage it took to get this shit started
[00:29.521] Meant a new flower had to get sprawlin'
[00:31.644] All my friends was havin' college fun
[00:33.617] Me? I didn't have the college funds
[00:35.689] In my head is where I be at
[00:37.551] Couldn't let the petals die just for a Fiat (Believe that)
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[00:39.826] You've grown yourself a flower
[00:46.846] In the garden
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[00:55.336] [Verse 2: Aminé]
[01:03.764] Look, I was on 145th and Saint Nick
[01:06.395] Takin' that A-Train down to the mix
[01:08.308] Complex wasn't really payin' me shit
[01:10.296] And Def Jam had me gettin' sandwiches
[01:12.195] Got one for Big Sean, but at least he tipped
[01:14.165] And that twenty saved my life that week
[01:16.267] New York, but I'm feelin' Memphis bleak
[01:18.197] I was eatin' plain rice and I'm far from cheap (Ha, nigga, ha, ha, ha)
[01:21.538] Yeah, bury me before I'm a burden
[01:23.763] DIY 'til my conscious certain
[01:25.133] But the garden can't grow if it ain't got purpose (True)
[01:27.316] Carin' for the seeds since 2014, I been waterin' this mother****er every damn week
[01:31.694] I didn't where I'd be at
[01:33.158] Growth can't slow, but it bloom, now we see that (Believe that)
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[01:35.692] You've grown yourself a flower
[01:42.381] In the garden
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[01:49.790] [Interlude: Aminé's Dad]
[01:58.852] I used to do gardening
[02:03.596] With grandpa Aminé
[02:06.301] He force you to plant
[02:09.559] And keep it maintenance and everything
[02:12.505] So after you come from school
[02:14.532] Then he go to the garden
[02:16.402] And maintaining it, uh, giving it water, stuff like that
[02:22.348] This is how I grow up
[02:23.380]
[02:24.612] And when the sun hits your skin
[02:27.630] I hope you know you belong where you been
[02:33.120] And we'll grow, that's for sure, but in the end
[02:36.434] We'll be back in the ground once again
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[02:39.312] [Verse 3: Aminé]
[02:39.533] Yeah, look, we all want success
[02:41.521] But can you grow more with less?
[02:43.338] 'Cause money change everything, I see the effects
[02:45.705] Lifetime friends think I think of 'em less
[02:47.760] (No, nigga) I am depressed
[02:49.789] If people don't like me, then I don't get a check
[02:51.648] Which means both my parents are stayin' in debt
[02:53.661] And I prefer to be the only one that carries the stress
[02:55.822] Shit, if I never got rich, maybe sunset wouldn't have me sick
[02:59.691] 'Cause that crash almost toe-tagged my sis'
[03:01.729] And my fault that she even had that wrist
[03:03.771] But **** what I can't control, the best advice I'll get from myself alone
[03:07.710] And after all that Portland rain is combined
[03:09.584] All I need is thirteen months of sunshine
[03:12.329]
[03:13.279] And when the sun hits your skin
[03:15.263] I hope you know you belong where you been
[03:20.828] And we'll grow, that's for sure, but in the end
[03:24.510] We'll be back in the ground once again