Fatherhood the Rapper - Floral Auras Lyrics

Floral auras coming back
Most people are worthy
But the plants have earned my respect
Cuz the plants they got my back

See Santa Maria
Held my hand and taught me how to play again
I was sad and broken
Mary Jane became my friend
But she was childlike wonder
And I wondered
What's it mean to be a man
Anxious avoidance


I tried blending in
But eventually, I fell in love
With a girl named heroin
She brought me high highs
Taught me what it means to skydive
Then she took my chute
Flashed a deuce


I was so confused
Went from being a scared boy
To a scared bird who flew the coop
And when I crashed up out the nest


The Grandfather spirit and I were introduced
He showed me the pain I'd been given
The path I'd been living and the cuts
That caused me to bleed
On all the people who tried to bring me peace


I asked him what his name was and he just said to me
I am death
But the vessel and the message are e-boga
We sat in honest reflection
And when my guards showed up


He taught me that my guards were just projection
I was still a scared boy
Just tryna prove
I could do what all the real men do


We parted ways,
And when I left that day
I stepped up to the plate and made a deal with God
That I would improve before
This hero's tale concludes


Time began to pass
I had trouble balancing thoughts of the future and the past
But still I walked and grew


Eventually, I stumbled on a pasture filled with morning dew
The smells were so electric
And the sounds were so serene
And when I looked beneath my feet
There was something in between


My two feet grounded
Mind dumbfounded
Is this a mushroom or a being
I could feel the energy enter me


Floral auras coming back
The world slowed down and the narrative retracts
The shame and judgment
Fell wayside and the emotions started coming back
Funny I hadn't felt my emotions in a while
So I cried and I laughed
I felt the pain


And decided that I would continue on the path
The pain and shame were now my companions
No longer would I abandon
The things that made a man
Capable of standing
Rebranding


Drawing lines up in the sand
N commanding
My heart to be a place of peace
Where vessels could start landing
I stepped away one fateful day
Vowing to return


This was not goodbye
It was
You've inspired me to learn
Take a sacred trip
Follow the river
And embrace its twists and turns


And finally, I found in my nakedness and fear
There was a missing piece
The piece was crystal clear
As I continued on my quest
Immersed in so much stress


I began to focus on the breath
I guess
All roads lead to Rome
All rivers reach the sea
My pain and suffering became salvation
Because they brought you here to me


Or vice versa
Honestly, time is often misconstrued
I believe we were destined to meet
Like the birth and the body in the hearse
As time continues the path becomes unearthed
Future and past become merged


And the breath of life becomes observed
Rise n fall
In the end it doesn't matter not at all