[Intro]
Mhmm, uh, listen
[Verse 1: Unknown T]
The streets always brackin’, I can never show weakness
Fresh off the M charge, rah, I beat it
Always kept a straight face, I never showed ’em …
[Intro: Dave East]
[?] your eyes
Hoffa
Morning comes I’ll be gone [?]
Swervo
La Musica de Harry Fraud
Pablo
[Verse 1: Dave East]
Niggas don’t want me to go off (Go off)
Yola on us, got the blow …
[Chorus: The Game & Jay Rock]
Blood money or die, Blood money or die
I put my life on the line, I put my life on the line
For the love of the …
I bounce to the beat of my own drum
I’m a wow in a world full of ho-hum
I’m a wild young lady, but you know ‘sum?
I’d rather be at home with …
[Intro]
Ghosty
Mhmm, listen
[Chorus: Unknown T]
Man down, man down, now we gotta get equal
Put a foot on it fast, Vin Diesel
Grrr, grab the machine, bro
Run on the grass, let’s boot some people
If …
My face above the water
My feet can’t touch the ground1
Touch the ground, and it feels like
I can see the sands on the horizon2 every time (every time)
You are not around
I’m slowly drifting away (drifting away)
Wave after wave
Wave after wave3
I’m slowly drifting (drifting away)
And it feels like I’m drowning
Pulling against the stream4
Pulling against the stream
I wish I could make it easy
Easy to love me
Love me
But still I reach, to find a way5
I’m stuck here in between
I’m looking for the right words to say (to say)6
I’m slowly drifting, drifting away
Wave after wave
Wave after wave
I’m slowly drifting (drifting away)
And it feels like I’m drowning
Pulling against the stream
Pulling against the stream7
When Mr. Probz conveys “My face above the water / My feet can’t touch the ground,” the idea is the he is treading water some good distance from the shore.
The sands on the horizon are a glimmer of hope, a metaphor for his relationship that is hanging on by a thread.
Waves are a suitable metaphor, because they leave those treading water in a constant upward and downward motion, much like the emotional experience of love.
Struggling to hold on to a relationship is no easy battle. That’s what Mr. Probz is trying to comunicate with the reference to “pulling against the stream.”
The singer cites himself as the troublesome cause of problems in his own romantic life.
Anybody who has been in love understands finding the right words to say becomes an act of desperation when love is not reciprocated.
This song “Waves,” overall, is a song about trying to stabilize a shaky, though still meaningful, romantic relationship.
1 user explanation and meaning
Brandy Jennings
He is using the waves as a metaphor to how he is feeling. Like a relationship where he is slow drifting away from the other person.