Road Ahead Lyrics

[Verse 1]
I don't know where I'll be in a year from now
Kick back, in class, or buried deep in the ground

I'm just trying to make it known that I'm making it loud
But nobody knows my name, it's like I haven't made a sound

I'm climbing up the ladder, I can see the top ahead of me
Ready to attack the game without the right weaponry
You'll never see the better me if I end it all at seventeen
Never say you beg for me so ready, go ahead on three
Future's getting closer but I still don't have a clue
As to what I want to do until I'm fucking 22
Until the fog clears, and I can see right through
No idea, no plan B, no life to tell the truth
As it stands right now, I'll never leave Connecticut
Unless I go to hell, when I do, I'll still be celibate
I'm better, don't you ever forget it when I wreck this shit
Nah, I'm just playing, well maybe, I'm kind of hesitant

[Hook]
I swallow my pride
Hope I choke and die
Push it all down before I move it all aside
Ain't no way I'm getting by
There's no time for me to cry
Working every day and getting nothing on the side
I, know that everything will stay the same
Even when freedom reigns or when the season's change
Maybe we can break out this cage called our minds
Or maybe we're all trapped inside waiting for our time

[Verse 2]
I never let 'em tell me what I could and couldn't do
Because I knew it all along and I admit that it is true
I will never make a record, never sign the dotted line
Never achieve my life goals, never better my own mind
I'm working every moment just to say that I had tried
Even though it doesn't matter if you never hear my rhymes
Never tell me anything about my own life
Nobody knows it better cause I live it every night
Nobody sees my dreams, they're buried deep in my thoughts
If you think you can relate, try to get your help across
Cause I'm lost without a clue, stumbled far away from truth
Right into the arms of you, searching for something new
So I just sit back and go along for the ride
Play some music in my head just to pass a little time
I can make it if I tried, I don't want you but I lied
I will reach my life achievements even with my hands tied

[Hook]

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Genius Annotation

“Road Ahead” appears as the fifth track off JAS' sophomore mixtape “yeah…” Contemplating the future is a common motif in JAS' lyrics and in this particular song, he focuses on toil and determination.

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