Growing Apart (To Get Closer) Lyrics By Kendrick Lamar
Where are we goin'? Why are we slowin' down?
Where are you goin'? We should be growin' now
Smoke to it, ****, smoke to it, ****
Where are we goin'? We should be slowin' down
Where are you goin'? We should be growin' now
That's what she said to me
That place I used to call home is just a bed to me
And we don't even sleep, neighbors can hear her weep
Meanwhile, I'm in these streets with everybody
I'm tryin' to get it, and she know they got me
I watch her feelings watch me
As they starin' with the saddest eyes of loneliness
Look each other in the face and barely blink
I tried to make it right, but the pen ran out of ink
So if my letters don't reach you, I hope these lyrics in sync
Where are we goin'? Why are we slowin' down?
Where are you goin'? We should be growin' now
That's what it said to me
But that place I call ambition now dead to me
Gone and forgotten, I'm off-track like Dale Earnhardt
My liver rotten, alcoholic trippin'
Fuckin' bad bitches, and they got bad intentions
Club night, guys and dolls
Ballin' out, but I'm 'bout to drop the ball
I'm callin' out for help, my engineer called
Told me, "Come to the studio", I wanna tell him, "Nah"
Where are we goin'? Why are we slowin' down?
Where are you goin'? We should be growin' now
That's what he said to me
But that place we call Heaven unfair to me
Only a hundred and forty-four can go
Seven billion people on planet Earth today
Is there somethin' that I don't know?
I know to follow Him rather followin' people
Or follow vanity 'cause that means I'm followin' evil
Guess I'm followin' evil, I should follow cathedral
Blessings I need, but live like I don't need you
Where are we goin'? Why are we slowin' down?
Where are you goin'? We should be growin' now
So in conclusion, we all seem to stumble
Plannin' our own demise
Forgettin' the big picture and makin' it wallet-size
So to what's important in my life, I apologize
I promise to stay faithful, focused, and sanctified
We all get distracted
The question is, would you bounce back or bounce backwards?
Would you not know how to act or take action?
It's just a part of life, and if your vision's impaired
You'd probably lose it all tonight
I'm tryin' to visualize how to get it right, but my vision's so blurry
Tryin' to slow it down, stay close to the ground, but we're always in a hurry now
And if I could make this world spin a little slower
Then I would, then we could grow a little closer
I think we're getting closer
I think we're getting closer
