Overall about difficult moments of disappointment and vulnerability. Having hope and longing, while remaining optimistic for the future. Encourages the belief that with each new morning there is a chance for things to improve.
The chorus offers a glimmer of optimism and a chance at a resolution and redemption in the future.
Captures the rollercoaster of emotions of feeling lost while loving someone who is not there for you, feeling let down and abandoned while waiting for a lover. Lost with no direction, "Now I'm up in the air with the rain in my hair, Nowhere to go, I can go anywhere"
The bridge shows signs of longing and a plea for companionship. The Lyrics express a desire for authentic connection and the importance of Loving someone just as they are. "Just in passing, I'm not asking. That you be anyone but you”
Six million ways to live, we live lavish
Superior deluxe rap status
To carry that mattress with no bounce
A sharp cactus, blanket
Leavin' scratches across the atlas
Buildin' above civilians
Takes two looks to recognize the villain
Two blinks to make your heart sink
Three-sixty degrees like a roller rink
That's how my life moves upon a solar ring
Try so hard my soul to sing,
But still my pen moves on to bolder things
Can't hang like a soldier around you
He who can't compete against|a flowing thing
Blood is the life through the mainframe
Keepin' on top of stray slayings
Six million ways to live
Six-Six-Six million ways to live life
Boy, there's six million ways to live life
Whole lot to give, yo So we grab mice
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
Oh, there's six million ways to live - Six million
Six million ways to live - Six million
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
'Cause there's six million ways to live
Six million ways to live
How you livin', power driven to the maximus,
Passionate Innocent to where the action
Is a small fraction of the population
Holding down his occupation
It's wrong concentration
A simple conversation
I'll listen to the rhythm
Sometimes we don't agree
But not afraid to talk about it openly
I took it overseas to lock it down totally
Package it like groceries You take it to the apex
Even straight brothers golden
To my peeps across the ocean
Brother you sober or stay smokin'
Down-Down to earth or stay floatin'
Flood gates about to break open
Six million ways to live
Six-Six-Six million ways to live life
Boy, there's six million ways to live life
Whole lot to give, yo So we grab mice
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
Oh, there's six million ways to live - Six million
Six million ways to live - Six million
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
'Cause there's six million ways to live
Six million ways to live.
Superior deluxe rap status
To carry that mattress with no bounce
A sharp cactus, blanket
Leavin' scratches across the atlas
Buildin' above civilians
Takes two looks to recognize the villain
Two blinks to make your heart sink
Three-sixty degrees like a roller rink
That's how my life moves upon a solar ring
Try so hard my soul to sing,
But still my pen moves on to bolder things
Can't hang like a soldier around you
He who can't compete against|a flowing thing
Blood is the life through the mainframe
Keepin' on top of stray slayings
Six million ways to live
Six-Six-Six million ways to live life
Boy, there's six million ways to live life
Whole lot to give, yo So we grab mice
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
Oh, there's six million ways to live - Six million
Six million ways to live - Six million
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
'Cause there's six million ways to live
Six million ways to live
How you livin', power driven to the maximus,
Passionate Innocent to where the action
Is a small fraction of the population
Holding down his occupation
It's wrong concentration
A simple conversation
I'll listen to the rhythm
Sometimes we don't agree
But not afraid to talk about it openly
I took it overseas to lock it down totally
Package it like groceries You take it to the apex
Even straight brothers golden
To my peeps across the ocean
Brother you sober or stay smokin'
Down-Down to earth or stay floatin'
Flood gates about to break open
Six million ways to live
Six-Six-Six million ways to live life
Boy, there's six million ways to live life
Whole lot to give, yo So we grab mice
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
Oh, there's six million ways to live - Six million
Six million ways to live - Six million
'Cause there's six million ways to live lavish
Beyond all the misery and mathematics
'Cause there's six million ways to live
Six million ways to live.
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Six Million Ways to Live Lyrics as written by Barry Ashworth Baqui Abdush Shaheed
Lyrics © BMG Rights Management, Universal Music Publishing Group
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