"save" lyrics

Gotta save myself
Gotta save myself (Save)
I love you dearly, but I gotta save me

Uh-uh, grade seven kept the hood down
Kept it on my scalp like a bonnet
Self soothing, turned to default presentation, I wore it as a badge of honor
The one thing they couldn't take from me, self deprecating tunes in my pocket
I love the dirt, I kept the laces bummy
I lose all my soul if I wash it, right?
Do it make a choice authentic when you flaunt it?
Surely this my honest disposition
This is not no K-Pop Ebonics
I mean it don't feel like nothing missing
But couldn't pay me large enough to promise
Do I use agency or not?
Lighter question, do I got solace?

Alright, I got my answer I think
Right now I'ma say yes, but it flip flop by the day
All the brief moments where I dig up my truth be the ones I try to save
Don't ask me shit about me, I don't know him from a can of paint (Whiskey)
Where the shards of his essence fly to when his source of pride start to change?
Let me know, I'm asking on the behalf of a couple homies
That's what I would say if I still had love for the cozy
Gloom bring me back to Earth, but I won't stay 'cause that shit blows me
Never thought I'd see the day 'til I put my ears to the lips of Rosie, praise God

Gotta save myself
Gotta save myself
I love you dearly, but I gotta save me
(I gotta save, I gotta save, I gotta save, oh)
Gotta save myself
Gotta save myself
I love you dearly, but I gotta save me

'Cause who's saving me?
'Cause who's saving me?
'Cause who's saving me?
'Cause who's saving me?