Your Good News | Alternative Hip-Hop

Your Good News | Alternative Hip-Hop Original lyrics (written version) No, tell me. That's good. You were trying not to sound too pleased, I made you say it twice Said I knew it was a matter of somebody getting wise And I meant it for a second; I was proud enough to feel it Then I heard the part of me that asked why you got there before me I remember every promise that we made at the beginning Funny how I count the ones that leave me in the winning I keep calling luck the part of work I never watched you do Find a flaw in every compliment that isn't meant for two You were there when I was nobody, you never made it sting Now I measure what you tell me by what I haven't been I can name the people standing in the way of what I want It's a shorter list when I stop leaving one of us off Your good news Comes out of my mouth wrong I say I'm happy for you I mean it till you're gone You haven't taken anything That ever was my own Why am I keeping score When nobody knows? Someone asked me if you earned it; I could have said Of course I said It's complicated, let the doubt complete the thought Gave them just enough to wonder, not enough to call a lie Then I hated how relieved I felt to hear them take my side There's ambition, there's resentment; I've been changing what I call it Depending who is listening and whether I can profit You keep saying we should celebrate; I say I'm doing fine Like you asked me where I'm failing, like your joy was aimed at mine I want everything I wanted when I thought we'd get it soon I don't know how to want it without wanting less for you And the worst part isn't losing, isn't being left behind It's how quickly I could dress it up as having better taste Your good news Comes out of my mouth wrong I say I'm happy for you I mean it till you're gone You haven't taken anything That ever was my own Why am I keeping score When nobody knows? If you failed tomorrow Would I call to help you through? Yes. And some small part of me Would be glad it happened too I don't like the way that sounds It doesn't stop it being true You said there's more to tell me; I was ready with a reason Why it's not as good as it appears, why nothing comes that easy But I know you didn't call me for a careful little verdict You were happy. You remembered me. You thought I'd want to hear it Your good news Comes out of my mouth wrong I say I'm happy for you Still mean it till you're gone You haven't taken anything That ever was my own I hear myself keeping score This time you should know Tell me the good part All of it Next listen — Make It Look Light | Boom-Bap Rap:    • Make It Look Light | Boom-Bap Rap   More Rap, Hip-Hop & Trap:    • Rap, Hip-Hop & Trap   Tempo Orchard    / @tempoorchard