Pressure feat. Erykah Badu (Prod. Stephen)

I feel sad because people’s, uh, emotions and fears were being manipulated

You know, the lowest parts of people have been manipulated

To really believe or think that they can

Um, separate, from the whole

We, we want all, there's no separating, it's an illusion

They tried to get me under pressure

But you know I never settle

I got my eyes on the medal

So you know I'd never let up

Pressure, pressure, pressure

When I was 9, SWAT team came rushin' in

Daddy on the floor, they put a gun to him

Ever since, been runnin' from the government

Lessons as a kid to be a better man

Lookin' back at it, I was fortunate

Still was a kid, it could have haunted me

New to this country, I was growing up

Still wasn't strong enough, took some of my innocence and burned it down

Life's not fair, I learned that way too quick

Most important lesson, man, just please don't quit

Runnin' in a circle, tryna figure ourselves

Police on the corners tryna put us in cells

If God exists then why he put us in hell?

Sirens all around, it's like we're stuck in a spell

Lookin' for the light, it's like I'm seekin' for joy

It's like I'm seekin' for help, it's like I'm seekin' for love, no

They tried to get me under pressure

But you know I never settle

I got my eyes on the medal

So you know I'd never let up

Pressure, pressure, pressure

Look here dad, I'm a man now

I know the world is scary, I can't back down

'Cause everything I learned back then made me sharp

This is coming from the heart, paranoia from the start

A wise man once told me

Watch out for those you call friend 'cause they all phony

Time will tell their story, so I do it on my lonely

What the **** am I doing?

Lord forgive me, I feel so ruined

Been a few years since I been to church

Feel so loved, yet I still hurt

Maybe I need a therapist

Maybe this is was just destiny

Come on, everybody, quiet down

I need some sense of peace

Go long

But I always stay strong

'Cause life goes on, so you gotta hold on

Angels comin' in the mornin'

That means I'm goin' home

They tried to get me under pressure

But you know I never settle

I got my eyes on the medal

So you know I'd never let up

Pressure, pressure, pressure

Stay strong, baby, nah

Stay strong, baby, yeah

Stay strong, stay strong, stay strong, oh

Stay strong, baby, nah

Stay strong, baby, yeah

Stay strong, stay strong, stay strong, oh

There are energies and we feel them and they could be parts of our—ourselves

Could be parts of us

You know the parts of us that are

Are vibrating on lower frequencies

That are fighting to, uh, stay on top