Swim For Me - KWAYE

This life is a circus and a stage

Under pretty lights and blind faith

Where we hold onto words that keep us afraid

People say shit every day

No, he ain’t got the answer

But right now he’s the master

You’re heading for disaster

If you wanna be heard

But you ain’t never stop to listen

We fear the furious

For the fury in us

Isn’t able to receive

If you want to be seen

See yourself

Know you’re enough

All I do is suffer through it

Can’t do it

But you said, «You are so special

Don’t dash your dreams like they ain’t special

I see God in you

That’s real

Everything you feel’s just part of the process

So necessary.»

I try to be more than I am for the people

In spite of my ways

You provide space

And I crowd each day for you

Maybe I could use a bit more confidence now

Lately I been drowning

Lately I been drowning in blues

You know, I could use a little bit of your styling

Style

I wanna be fly like you

I saw him as an entirely different person

We’re one and the same, aren’t we?

He looked just like I used to

You look nothing like could have imagined

He knows nothing about me

You know everything about me

Yet, his whole world

So, what do we do now?

Is in these hands

He said

«Boy, if you can’t swim, then why you tryna jump in the water?»

I told him

«It's for my mothers and my fathers.»

I’m learning to swim for me

Swimming

Swim for me

Swimming

Body to the water

One foot in the ocean

I’m finna be brave

Body to the water

Freestyle, breast stroke, «butterfly» in the water

You really got me treading water, treading water

One foot in the ocean

So glad you’re here

Congratulations

I’m finna be brave

Body to the water

The air is as sweet as you remember

Freestyle, breast stroke, «butterfly» in the water

You really got me

You been lost in those boots

Treading water

Finding your feet

Treading water

You been hiding your blues

Treading water

One foot in the ocean

Daylight will soon enter the fray

I’m finna be brave

Body to the water

'Til that fateful day

Freestyle, breast stroke, «butterfly»

We take to the river

In the water

You really got me

You’ve been better off

Treading water

You’ve been worse for wear

Treading water

Anything could happen

One foot in the ocean

I’m finna be brave

Body to the water

Freestyle, breast stroke, «butterfly»

In the water

You really got me

Treading water

Treading water