Jeremiah Fauntleroy - Drown

{intro}
Remember lil nigga
Everybody not gon like you
Everybody ain't your friend
Some people rather see you drown then to rise in the end
Remember that!

{chorus}
Ohh, don't let me drown
Please don't let me drown
You'd rather let me drown then to see me rise up
But don't get your hopes up
I'll rise again in the end
Ohh, don't let me drown
Please don't let me drown
You'd rather tear me down then to build me up!
But don't get your hopes up
I'll just dust myself off & get back up again!
Ohh, why'd you let me drown!?

{verse 1}
You left me drowning & sinking into the depths of the sea
You had me thinking & believing you would only support me
When in reality, you did nothing but envy me
And you wonder why i don't trust nobody but me!
When i was climbing to success, your narcissitic, inflated ego couldn't take it
But when i was falling & depressed, your mind couldn't believe it
You made it seem like you hated me because i was different
When that wasn't the case
If you had to choose to be me or you, you would choose me any day!
You had everything i did as long as it had nothing to do with you
You were cool with me climbing, as long as i didn't surpass you!

{chorus}
Ohh, don't let me drown
Please don't let me drown
You'd rather let me drown then to see me rise up
But don't get your hopes up
I'll rise again in the end
Ohh, don't let me drown
Please don't let me drown
You'd rather tear me down then to build me up!
But don't get your hopes up
I'll just dust myself off & get back up again!
Ohh, why'd you let me drown!?

{verse 2}
I still can't believe you let me drown
When i lift my hand out the water, all you did was push my down
Sinking deeper into the bottom, i guess it represents my problems
Left my hopes & dreams at the shore, let the water wash it all
You never even cared to take my place, just as long as you saw me fall
I'm struggling to breathe, lost in this ocean of despair
I try to call for help, but nobody's there
Could hear your laughter from a mile away
But if only you could feel my pain
You would try to help me out
But no, you would rather see me drown!

{chorus}
Ohh, don't let me drown
Please don't let me drown
You'd rather let me drown then to see me rise up
But don't get your hopes up
I'll rise again in the end
Ohh, don't let me drown
Please don't let me drown
You'd rather tear me down then to build me up!
But don't get your hopes up
I'll just dust myself off & get back up again!
Ohh, why'd you let me drown!?

{bridge}
At the bottom of the ocean, all there is, is black!
Could barely open my eyes, all i see is darkness
As soon as i was on the verge of passing out
I feel a force lifting me out
Don't know what it is, don't know who it was
I'm just glad that somebody finnaly rescued and took me out
I thought i was gone, but i rose above it all
When they saw me afloat, their look of disbelief says it all
You were mad at me because i finnaly get out
But you were more mad at yourself because you wasted all your energy on me

{outro}
Ohh, you let me drown
You really thought that it would take me out
But i rose again & now you're mad again
You thought that you win, but in the end, you lost again!