[ti:Broken (Explicit)] [ar:Little Simz/Dean Josiah Cover/Simbiatu Ajikawo] [al:NO THANK YOU (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Broken (Explicit) - Little Simz [00:00.55]Composed by:Dean Josiah Cover/Simbiatu Ajikawo [00:00.98]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [00:03.66]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [00:06.76]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [00:09.69]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [00:12.11]What does it mean to be broken [00:13.44]A wound is painfully open [00:14.94]The beauty is in the findin' the darkest parts of the ocean [00:18.20]Deep waters in motion the tide was comin' in heavy [00:21.11]I always knew I was chosen to handle whatever chose me [00:24.30]Pickin' all of my poisons abandonin' my emotions [00:27.32]Questions got me feelin' like I shouldn't never have spoken [00:30.49]D**n right I'm spillin' the narrative they keep switchin' [00:33.41]All I wanted to do was uplift the women [00:37.08]You gotta move if you ain't backin' the vision [00:39.61]They wanna see you a victim and givin' up on your mission [00:42.76]I been hittin' some lows and never tellin' a soul [00:45.77]You can have everything and nothing still nobody knows [00:48.83]There's a reason why the doves will never fly with the crows [00:51.66]Chapters eventually close your friends will turn into foes [00:55.30]Everybody's so obsessed with the CEOs [00:57.89]She probably got the most troubles that she'll never disclose [01:01.02]Dealin' with the dark by takin' the white to the nose [01:04.03]Poker face an act she'll continue in with the show [01:07.05]Scrutinise for freein' the truth about the system [01:10.20]All she wanted to do was uplift the women [01:14.23]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [01:16.99]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [01:20.26]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [01:23.16]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [01:25.54]What does it mean to be broken [01:26.77]Feels like your light has been stolen [01:28.29]Can't recognise you are golden [01:29.80]And you don't see that you're loved [01:31.41]Smokin' w**d on your ones isolatin' yourself [01:34.46]"Am I even enough" then you question yourself [01:37.53]"Man this week has been tough" been sayin' that for a year [01:40.60]How do I disappear [01:42.03]Can I hide from my fears [01:43.63]Sometimes a feather can feel like a stone [01:46.14]When your soul weak you can feel that **** in your bones [01:49.23]She was lonely takin' anyone to the home [01:52.34]Gettin' cozy internal insecurities travellin' so deep [01:56.84]We all go through our hardships [01:58.82]But no life books so knees to the carpet [02:01.83]And pray you're bein' guided by a force so you can't sink [02:04.89]Look how far you've come and see you've only just started [02:07.83]You exist you alive you are deservin' of life [02:11.06]You are a beacon of light you are determined to fly [02:14.15]You have a journal inside you have the power to write [02:16.98]You have the opportunity every day to decide choose love [02:21.78]It might just blossom into a new love [02:24.53]But whatever happens just know that you've won [02:27.79]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [02:30.43]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [02:33.75]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [02:36.47]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [02:39.83]Ain't no happiness in it [02:41.44]Fake smiles just to deal with all the pain you've been given [02:44.45]As a child they didn't tell you [02:45.94]That your dreams can come into fruition [02:48.05]You never been to that place you envision [02:50.89]Sky gave you limits you had no choice but to accept [02:53.54]Forced into work to contribute to the profit of Britain [02:56.60]That sneeze'll be blessed but the coffin'll kill 'em [02:59.52]It's the armageddon city this **** might damage your soul [03:02.78]They won't take the weight off you [03:04.06]When you can't manage the load [03:05.82]Like they're just waitin' to hear a ******* crack in your bones [03:08.86]Generational trauma you've had to deal with alone [03:11.88]No father how do you become a man on your own [03:14.99]Did the best that you could with the tools you were loaned [03:17.95]Didn't know how to break the mould [03:19.40]And now you're raisin' a clone [03:21.19]Gives me comfort to believe you want the best for your seed [03:24.15]Wishful thinkin' if the attentions don't align with the deed [03:27.39]And if what you hear contradicts what you read war ready [03:31.24]They travel to this country for peace [03:33.82]Crabs in a barrel your neighbour feelin' the same **** [03:36.75]But he might screw you if someone offers a payslip [03:39.78]No one ever told you your mind is not to be played with [03:42.81]No one ever taught you 'bout moderation and patience [03:45.89]Under all the eyes and the pressure and the scrutiny [03:49.00]Why is mental health a taboo in the Black community [03:53.48]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [03:56.21]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [03:59.52]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [04:02.16]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [04:04.76]It shouldn't be a norm to live your life as a tragedy [04:07.19]To live your life in a state of confusion and agony [04:10.36]Promises you made reflect the promises they gave you [04:13.34]And all these harsh experiences don't reflect your age [04:16.29]No family to save you no friends to aid you [04:19.43]Can't even speak English so there's no one to explain to [04:22.68]Only God to pray to [04:24.33]They denied you of your hope [04:25.91]But you found a way through [04:27.53]That's a breakthrough [04:28.91]Twenty-one landed in London with hardly any funds [04:31.88]Twenty-seven tryna get back to bein' twenty-one [04:34.92]'Cause nothing's changed still no money [04:36.66]But more things to pay for [04:38.50]So the blood pressure rises slowly by the day [04:40.77]Work two jobs just so rice is on the children's plate [04:44.39]Landlord tells you"This is the last time you can be late" [04:47.45]Health issues that you try to suppress [04:50.09]But all your health issues are derived from stress [04:52.96]You tried your best gave an arm and a leg [04:55.84]Only tears and a cold house is what you've been left with [04:59.48]Self-hate for the Black skin you were blessed with [05:02.52]Hard to believe there's somethin' greater you were destined for [05:06.19]Preppin' for gave your life to others [05:08.99]You didn't invest in yours [05:10.62]A broken soul selected for God's plan [05:14.89]Everything will be what it's meant to when it's in God's hands [05:19.14]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [05:21.95]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [05:25.24]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [05:27.97]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [05:31.37]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [05:34.21]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it [05:37.47]Feel you're broken and you don't exist [05:40.28]When you feel you're broken and you cannot fix it