NF JOURNEY: LOST

Song: LOST

Artist: NF feat. Hopsin

I have NO idea what to expect from this video or song...after CLOUDS, I'm prepared for anything! I have full confidence in NF's ability to bring it no matter what, he can do any style he wants. He's proven that he can be trusted time and time again. He always hits the nail on the head!! Going off the title, I think this song might fall under his more hard-hitting and "sad" songs but we'll see...you never know with NF! Also, this is the title that we saw Nate writing at the end of PAID MY DUES! I love the connections!

I'm going to do something a little different with this song today. I usually always listen to the song while following along with the lyrics and then watch the video but I'm going to jump straight to the video first and then go look at the lyrics...we'll see how it goes!

5 SECONDS IN AND...I already gotta point some things out!

• The opening made me jump a little, haha. THAT WAS COOL!
• I see we're going back to The Search! He's got his balloons (although it looks like there's fewer of them...❗❗👊) and his black clothing and hoodie up...OK. Let's see where this song goes...
• I CAN ALREADY TELL I'M GOING TO LOVE THESE LYRICS!! 🔥👊😍
• Not the vibe I was expecting but I'm LOVING it! I love intense Nate; when he's singing with a lot of passion...it's not aggressive and in your face so much as it is, "I need you to LISTEN to me." HE'S PREACHING!
• THE FREAKING BEAT SWITCH UP WITH THE STRINGS!! 🔥 THAT WAS COOL!!
• Shout out to the GORGEOUS scenery too! 
• I see more balloons in the distant...separate from the ones he's carrying in his pack...what does that mean!? 
• THE FREAKING VISUAL OF HIM STRUGGLING TO CLIMB THE MOUNTAIN AS HE RAPS ABOUT FACING YOUR STRUGGLES BUT TO KEEP GOING!! 💙🙌😭 I know this idea/concept has been used a million times before but it's really hitting home for me! His videos never fail to hit!! 👊
• 😱😱 OK! I FOUND OUT WHO THE OTHER BALLOONS BELONG TOO! Nate just unburied featured guest Hopsin's face from the snow!!
• HOPSIN'S GOT BAAAAARRRRZZZ!! 🔥🔥 I love when the feature is as good as Nate! This is AWESOME! Also, I don't know if this is suppose to be something or not, but I like that they're walking and struggling together...they may still be carrying burdens but it's always easier when you have someone by your side. Especially if it's someone who understands...kinda like the way it's comforting to listen to NF's music because he "gets it" and you feel less alone. At least that's the way I feel. 💙
• THE ENDING GOT ME SHOOK AGAIN!! 😱🤯All the other balloons they see floating around...if only he'd made a video for JUST LIKE YOU I feel like this would have been the PERFECT place to pick up!! It's showing "there's a lot of us out there who feel weighed down and buried" by our burdens. WE'RE NOT ALONE!! "There's millions of us just like you, like you, like you, just like you, like you..."
• This video blew my expectations clear out of the water! 🔥💣💥 As usual! Fire beat, fire lyrics, fire scenery, fire feature....this was another MASTERPIECE!! BRAVO NF and Hopsin! 👏 

I think I will go back to my original way of doing NF songs though...following the lyrics and then watching the video. His visuals are so stunning they're a little distracting and I can't soak in everything he's saying...even though I can tell I'm already obsessed with the lyrics and love them and relate to them to death!! If you haven't noticed...every NF song has been italicized for a while now. Whether it's because I relate or I love the way he phrased something, it's ALL GOOD! 

[NF:]

Look

Self-awareness, pride's a coat and yes, I like to wear it

Buttoned up, don't like to let no air in

With a pair of gloves, that I hope doesn't perish

I discovered, though, when I get holes in 'em and I let joy in, I'm in higher spirits

My mistakes are like a screamin' parrot

Just repeatin' lyrics, I can barely bear it when I'm lost  🔥🔥🙌

Road is narrow, I'm lookin' down it like a gun's barrel

Aren't we all searchin' for the serum that could help us breathe and leave our state of peril?

All of us have made defensive scarecrows, that we scatter 'round our fields and treat like heroes

When they scare away the things that we should cherish

'Cause we're too embarrassed to admit that fear is that we're lost  😱🔥🔥 THE SCARECROW PART IS WHAT SENT ME!! It's going to be one of those songs...where I break up chunks of the lyrics to obsess over!

Yeah, but what does it matter? I get so combative

Inside of me's a personal canvas, the paint can be splattered

Get messy when I start to get rattled

The heart of a savage, I'm quiet when I lurk in the shadows

But somethin' don't add up, I don't wanna be overdramatic

But look at the data, it's obvious that humans are fragile

We tend to get mad at the ones that call us out but the fact is 

We need someone that'll be honest when we fly off the handle

I admit I throw a fit when I begin to unravel  🔥🔥🔥😱😭 WOWWOWOWOWOW!!! THESE LYRICS ARE WOWWOWOWOW!! #RELATEABLE

Keep my wits, been off the grid but now I'm back in the saddle

My intent is not to rent, I like to own what I value  🔥

I could sit here on the fence or maybe pick up the paddle

I like to row against the current, that's the way that I travel

Opposite of what the grain does, got the brain of a rebel

Take initiative, I'm diligent on every level

I never could settle, I like to keep my foot on the pedal, yeah

I'd love to pack arenas and all

But what I really wanna do is learn to handle my thoughts

And put the reins on 'em, show 'em I'm the one that's the boss

And pull 'em back when they get out of hand, I'm breakin' they jaws

I'm takin' the flaws, that told me I could never evolve

Then pull a Bane on 'em, ask 'em, "Oh, you think you're in charge?"

You oughta know better, ain't no way around it, I'm flawed

The traits that I want, they say I can't afford what it cost  🤯🔥😱THIS WHOLE PART BLEEDS INTO HOPE BEAUTIFULLY!!

But I, manifested this

Failing's how you grow and learn your lessons, kids

Take the worse and try to make the best of it

'Cause when you fail, just know it's a test and if

You can learn to pick yourself back up again

And train your brain to not be such a pessimist

It's okay to make mistakes, just don't forget that

There's a high road but I skip the exit when I'm lost  🔥🔥🔥 THESE ARE BARZ! 😰 I'M SHAKING!!

Yeah

When I'm lost

When I'm lost

When I'm lost

When I'm lost, lost

[Hopsin:]

Wow, these burdens are heavy

And I'm hopin' it don't bury me

I used to be joyful and skip so merrily

But now I'm too cautious and tip toe carefully

My mind left and it's nowhere to be found

Am I a big ol' parody?

'Cause it's no fair to me  😭🙌

And now I'm at the point where I'm spending a grand a week on hypnotherapy  ❗❗

Look, I'm tryna wash away my sins

I got a group of loved ones that ain't my friends

And if I ever take an L then they might grin

And they all wanna see me stay in the cage I'm in

So when it come to anybody, there's no trust for no one

Man, so what? My whole plan's to go nuts

My shoulders ready for more shrugs, I'm gon' judge

Anybody tryna enter my circle with no love (Hol' up)

My sanity's gone, I'd rather be torn from this planet they planted me on

Yes, that's a reward, I'm actually bored with having a sore heart  🔥👊

It's torn apart from a family that I don't have anymore (Now hol' up)

I was livin' so oblivious with millions, it really was a pity, huh? (A pity, huh?)

It's kinda funny what a penny does, mixed in with a mini buzz (I feel stuck)

Life's got me by the neck, with a blade against it (What?)

Guess I was runnin' late for the train and missed it (What?)

The only thing I feel is pain and vengeance (What?)

So I'ma act out like a raging misfit (What?)

And every verse I lay gon' stay sadistic (Yeah)  🔥🔥🔥 

You wanna hate me? Good, great, terrific (Good)

You'll never see the day where my anger's dismissed

You better go and change your wishlist 'cause I

Yeah, manifested this

Do not treat me like some adolescent kid

I am praying to the Lord with the Book of James hopin' he gon' add my testament

This dark cloud, that's my residence

Demons knockin', I don't have to let 'em in

I done made mistakes, day to day, you probably can't relate  🤯😰😱😭🔥🔥🙏🙌 THESE LYRICS DUDE!! THEY'RE KILLIN' ME! IN THE BEST WAY BUT STILL! 💀

[NF:]

I just ain't the same when I'm lost

Yeah

When I'm lost

When I'm, when I'm lost

When I'm lost

When I'm lost, lost