Heartwork from Heartwork EP by Francis Arevalo

Heartwork
Heartwork

I’ve been thinking bout the open road and all the places that I hope to go
To showcase my soul, take my flow coast to coast
I know I boast but I’m also low, often
So I move with so much caution that I always end up going slow
Or not going at all, ignoring calls, homies know
That I’m prone to sit at home scrolling every show
On the floor til my bones are sore, passing time
Busy losing track with a passive mind pacified
I’ve been scared of my potential, living up to it
Or maybe not being enough, but giving up isn’t
A realistic way forward if I’ve barely tried
While still having bipolar and I haven’t died
I’m still here, I don’t feel like I can overstate it
I underestimate myself but now I’m over blaming
Everything around me, at the core, I know I’m changing
No more complaining, just transformation and rearranging

Heartwork
Heartwork
Heartwork

Another year of recollections, dissections of my wins and losses
Another beer while I'm reflecting on effects and causes
Inspecting fears that led to every harm and every pause
Times I said I got it, but really not if I'm being honest
Another year of some to-do lists that I didn't do
Now I'm just never living in it if it isn't true
Is it giving you a new me? In the booth,
I won't think about improving, I commit to being living proof
I envision you when I think about the future
So I'll be the best me for me, but you'll get used to
A love that doesn't waver when I question myself
And a love never afraid to ever ask for some help
Used to think about losing weight, it was heavy to hold
Now I'm dropping what isn't mine to carry no more
So I pray more, but I don't say to a lord
I keep staying the course and stay close with the source

Heartwork
Heartwork
Heartwork

What I need's a quiet place
Somewhere to hide today
Somewhere I'd never leave
Somewhere I'd like to stay
That feels like inner peace and outer space
Also outer peace and inner faith
Where I can sit and pray
At a slower pace
Where my heart beats at a lower rate
Maybe even float to a higher state then I'll lean to its warm embrace
Then I’ll fall asleep deeply in the light of a brighter day
What I need's a sign to say
I am on the path
I've embraced my past
And lessons I've amassed
Universal math
Is keeping me on track
To the point where I don't really even have to ask
What I need is time to heal
Some time to feel
Some time to deal
Til it’s time to build
Heartwork (repeat)

• Hip-Hop/Rap
• Vancouver