Consequences (Remix)

Baritone hums low, almost like a sigh of memory

I took a step on broken pavement

Chasin' dreams I couldn't name yet

Mama said,"Boy, think 'bout what you sow"

But I had fire, didn't know how slow

The burn could be. I was movin' fast

Chose the moment, let the wisdom pass

Left good love for some empty highs

Now I see it clearer in her cryin' eyes

Every choice got a shadow

Every lie leaves a stain

Tossed my heart in the river

Now I'm drownin' in the rain

Thought I had forever, turned out to be pain

Now I know the truth, and the truth got a name

Consequences they always come for ya

Consequences even when love was pure

Ripples in the water, from a stone I threw

Now I'm prayin' for peace

But the waves roll through

There was a time when I had your trust

But I traded gold for silver dust

Friends said,"Life's short, live it loud"

But I was foolish, just tryin' to be proud

Skipped out on the slow love, the deep kind

Now I'm sittin' here tryna rewind time

Karma don't shout, she just show up slow

Dancin' in the dark with the seeds you sow

Every choice got a shadow

Every lie leaves a stain

Tossed my heart in the river

Now I'm drownin' in the rain

Thought I had forever, turned out to be pain

Now I know the truth, and the truth got a name

Consequences they always come for ya

Consequences even when love was pure

Ripples in the water, from a stone I threw

Now I'm prayin' for peace

But the waves roll through

Wish I could hold her one more night

Fix all the wrongs I didn't write

But the book done turned its final page

And I'm just stuck inside this cage

If I could talk to that younger me

I'd say"Boy, slow down and breathe"

Love is rare, don't let it bleed

Don't trade roots for fallen leaves

Every choice got a heartbeat, every moment's a thread

You stitch a future with the things you said

Consequences ain't no running from truth

What you plant today, gon' grow in your youth

Consequences they the echoes of time

Remindin' me, love don't always rhyme

Mmm, consequences

Just ripples in the water still movin', still movin'