How Long's It Been - The Streets, Flohio

Fail and cry

If you don’t shout and sing and roam you’ll be in your house with your doubts

Do you want to go out and wish you were home, or be home and wish you were out

I’m in a weird phase of life somewhere between birth and death

Four days past my bedtime putting one word in front of the next

When you’re around you you get down on you

But who’s around you and who’s down for you

Fail and cry and see the light, I’ve failed more times than you’ve even tried

How long’s it been since you’ve wondered that?

I’ve had cups in my room longer

than that

I’ve had thoughts in my rooms that were longer than that

And the thoughts in my head overstayed some more years

Even though they’re pretend they’re still needing more help

And I don’t fit myself anywhere around here

All I see is my wealth

I tried to go for them

I come rolling up

I don’t need no more blems

The head coming up

I’m making it all blend

They’re all trying to come, need more than a token

What you coughing up?

It’s all in the open

I need no more love

Tattoo — close the chapter

I keep myself warm with the cup I’ve just poured

You know you can’t run more than the signals are gone

Fail and cry and see the light, I’ve failed more times than you’ve even tried

How long’s it been since you’ve wondered that?

I’ve had cups in my room longer

than that

Money don’t matter but all I ask is the chance to earn it for myself

No doubt they’re bluffing;

we are all crabs trying to get out of the bucket

You won’t reason, you are all story

Luck doesn’t give, it lends that way

I’m on season 2, episode 4 of your shit

The fuck I give went that way

I can’t unsee that, I can’t rid the image

Cry and try and unspill milk

Mates are gunna' mate and others cry

Haters gunna' hate and lovers lie

Fail and cry and see the light, I’ve failed more times than you’ve even tried

How long’s it been since you’ve wondered that?

I’ve had cups in my room longer

than that (long)

Fail and cry and see the light, I’ve failed more times than you’ve even tried

(how long?)

How long’s it been since you’ve wondered that?

I’ve had cups in my room longer

than that

I am never ever far from the swan

What you think I was born for?

War money coming up in lump sums

Bet they wanna' take me off for ransom

Maybe I might be the last one

They be in my heart that’s a hard choice

Now I gotta' run it up the last time

Don’t even try coming past nine

Needing my time

Creep up at night

Hit the lab, buss a little hi-hat

Fail and cry and see the light, I’ve failed more times than you’ve even tried

How long’s it been since you’ve wondered that?

I’ve had cups in my room longer

than that

Fail and cry and see the light, I’ve failed more times than you’ve even tried

How long’s it been since you’ve wondered that?

I’ve had cups in my room longer

than that

You’ll be in your house

With your