Shades of Jade Songtext
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LB, baby
LB, baby


Now people don′t know all this
But behind the performances and those poems I spit
All the showmanship and those cold ass fits
I struggle with extreme loneliness
Overtures and bids
To connect with folks go unnoticed and miss
I try holdin' it in
Play close to the vest
When I scroll through my phone
I notice all my closest friends
Disappeared like the ocean mist
The light along the coast
It grows so dim
How do I cope with it?
All those cliche ways you can think of
Drink up
One cup, 2 cups, 13 cups
Link up with people beneath my frequency
My inner circle got inner circles
Got inner circles like a tree trunk
Thirst to be perfect, be worthy, be enough
Hard to keep up
I just keep adding beads on the string til I′m freed up
And one day I'm healed up
Pain and uncertainty are free but
Peace takes effort and we ain't guaranteed love

Shades of jade
Cloudy or clear
Beads on a string
Keep adding on
Keep adding on


First of motherfuckers could nary be me
Know how I know?
I can barely be me
Pretty as I am
Witty as I am
Some can′t embrace what ethnicity I am
Not everybody ready to mentally expand
Get beyond whatever barrier they in
Got called racial slurs every day from the age of four
Til I was of age to pour
That creme liqueur
By then my spirit was scathed and sore
I thought fame was the cure
For what I wasn′t getting and the pain I endured
Saw pops once a year
But he ain't speak the language
Moms problematic
Unc′s in the streets active
I was caregiver, peacemaker
Therapist of the family
A lot for anyone
Let alone a 10 year old
That's why show biz the perfect venue though
Hey look at me
Look how great I am
Look how paid I am
All the fame I have
All of this is really a repayment plan
Cause I needed fam to give that validation stamp
I needed parenting
I needed security
I might be in therapy but I made it man
So while they debating
Who the best Asian this and that is
Best LB statement
Greatest piece of work I′ve ever created
And recreated
And keep creating
And repeat daily
Is LB baby
LB baby
LB baby

Shades of jade
Cloudy or clear
Beads on a string
Keep adding on
Keep adding on

LB, baby
LB, baby
LB, baby
LB, baby

LB, baby
LB, baby
LB, baby

Shades of jade
Cloudy or clear
(Go on and change your mind again)
Beads on a string
Keep adding on
Keep adding on

Day after day
Cloudy or clear
(Go on and change your mind again)
Beads on a string
Keep adding on
Keep adding on