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”
I guess you and I different than them after all
Booted up, Molly jolly, no Adderall
I got tired of eatin' PB&J, noodle casserole
All my niggas behind the wall
All my niggas, they in the pen
Or they in the grave
Flyin' in the dub, nigga, fuck a Wraith
This what it sound like
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Booted up, I'm high, booted up out my mind
I'm booted up out my mind
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a child cry
I be tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I was tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I couldn't even watch you cry
Jumped up out the womb like my daddy the devil
My son jumped up out the womb like his daddy the devil
Life's been better
I thank the Lord life's been better
Ever since I dropped up outta school, nigga, life's been better
Since I ran out with the tool just to get me some cheddar
Had to jump out on a fool, whacked him, teach him a lesson
Lil' nigga, I ain't explainin' to you, so I don't need you to spell it
I had jumped up off the porch headfirst, I was ready
But the feds take a nigga ass away from his family
To hear my nigga tell it, man, that shit damn embarrassing
Go back to hittin' licks, got me thuggin' in Maryland
Smokin' gas, got my tank on 93 supreme
Smokin' gas, drinkin' oil, no kerosene
Had to fill all my guns up with blackheads
Fill my guns up with diamonds, so I run the biz
Fill my guns up with diamonds, look like catchin' bodies
All this money got me lookin' like Illuminati
He done caught his first body, swear he did enough
You can't tell him nothin', feel like he a real dog
Even in the rap shit, I get real love
But how you knowin' real love when you ain't got a feeling?
What you know about trust when you not feeling?
I came up, now they pay a nigga top penny
Birdman tryna give the kid a couple million
Before Atlanta Records signed me, I was gettin' chicken
I was scammin', I was plannin' on the same dream
I got tired of baloney sandwich, no canteen
Got tired of PB&J, noodle casserole
I drink the coffee with the Molly, no Adderall
I guess someone not different than him after all
Stayin' focused lil' child, I be spazzin' now
Why you think they call him Kodak Black? I be blackin' out
These niggas want me in the books like I'm Pacquiao
Losin' all my niggas, started drinkin' alcohol
I jumped out the womb like my daddy the devil
I walked up in the building like I'm young and I'm clever, yeah
I walked up in the building like I'm young and I'm special, yeah
I got a couple million, I still tote them Berettas
I dropped out of school just to get me some cheddar
This what it sound like
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Booted up, I'm high, booted up out my mind
I'm booted up out my mind
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a child cry
I be tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I was tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I couldn't even watch you cry
Booted up, Molly jolly, no Adderall
I got tired of eatin' PB&J, noodle casserole
All my niggas behind the wall
All my niggas, they in the pen
Or they in the grave
Flyin' in the dub, nigga, fuck a Wraith
This what it sound like
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Booted up, I'm high, booted up out my mind
I'm booted up out my mind
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a child cry
I be tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I was tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I couldn't even watch you cry
Jumped up out the womb like my daddy the devil
My son jumped up out the womb like his daddy the devil
Life's been better
I thank the Lord life's been better
Ever since I dropped up outta school, nigga, life's been better
Since I ran out with the tool just to get me some cheddar
Had to jump out on a fool, whacked him, teach him a lesson
Lil' nigga, I ain't explainin' to you, so I don't need you to spell it
I had jumped up off the porch headfirst, I was ready
But the feds take a nigga ass away from his family
To hear my nigga tell it, man, that shit damn embarrassing
Go back to hittin' licks, got me thuggin' in Maryland
Smokin' gas, got my tank on 93 supreme
Smokin' gas, drinkin' oil, no kerosene
Had to fill all my guns up with blackheads
Fill my guns up with diamonds, so I run the biz
Fill my guns up with diamonds, look like catchin' bodies
All this money got me lookin' like Illuminati
He done caught his first body, swear he did enough
You can't tell him nothin', feel like he a real dog
Even in the rap shit, I get real love
But how you knowin' real love when you ain't got a feeling?
What you know about trust when you not feeling?
I came up, now they pay a nigga top penny
Birdman tryna give the kid a couple million
Before Atlanta Records signed me, I was gettin' chicken
I was scammin', I was plannin' on the same dream
I got tired of baloney sandwich, no canteen
Got tired of PB&J, noodle casserole
I drink the coffee with the Molly, no Adderall
I guess someone not different than him after all
Stayin' focused lil' child, I be spazzin' now
Why you think they call him Kodak Black? I be blackin' out
These niggas want me in the books like I'm Pacquiao
Losin' all my niggas, started drinkin' alcohol
I jumped out the womb like my daddy the devil
I walked up in the building like I'm young and I'm clever, yeah
I walked up in the building like I'm young and I'm special, yeah
I got a couple million, I still tote them Berettas
I dropped out of school just to get me some cheddar
This what it sound like
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Look what it sound like when a vulture cry
Booted up, I'm high, booted up out my mind
I'm booted up out my mind
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a vulture cry
This what it sound like when a child cry
I be tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I was tryin' to cry
When my nigga died, I couldn't even watch you cry
Lyrics submitted by Mellow_Harsher
When Vultures Cry Lyrics as written by Dieuson Octave
Lyrics © Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
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