They say ‘1 step forward and 2 steps back’ nah
I’m trying to keep all my life on track
It’s like ‘10 steps forward and no steps back’ yeah
I’m trying to live all my life like that

Verse 1:
A wise man once said the present is a present
I’m taking every step like the section of a lesson
jotting notes on my faults and my flaws
how kindness and guidance can open up doors
born with the gift
but bored with the news
I won’t let the world around me pick the path I choose
I chose handshakes
I chose happiness
I chose living without ‘I’
there is only ‘us’
upped the mindset
and up the mind grew
the ego is the best thing to say goodbye to
I still fight with mine
I try to shake it off
I ‘yoga’ I ‘boulder’ I ‘ride waves’ I ‘Wim Hoff’
I found a home in the moment
I recognise my mind can open an ocean
there’s no limit to the goals that I set
as I dig for every dream with my butterfly net

Hook:
Digging for dreams in the city
trynna define the fire that lies within me
It took a while to see
that the best thing to be in this life is just ‘Be’
Digging for dreams in the sand
trying to find the fire within my hands
it took a while to see
that the best thing to be is just ‘Be’

Verse 2:
I looked for love at the bottom of a bottle
my teenage days seemed to lack a role model
I would look down to poetry
I looked up to pain
I looked out for work
always looked who to blame
never looked at myself
never looked at my voice
never looked at the fact ‘it was ‘I’ made the choice
It was ‘I’ built the bricks of those self-made fences
the walls of my city left my freedom defenceless
where Masculinity is a medal
that all men where like the strings of Geppetto
It took growing wings
It took risks
for me to recognise ‘there is love in a closed fist’
there is a more to a life than excuses
the mind is a masterpiece, depending how you use it
and with that open novel on my shelf
I love friends, love fam, and love myself

Hook:
Digging for dreams in the city
trynna define the fire that lies within me
It took a while to see
that the best thing to be in this life is just ‘Be’
Digging for dreams in the sand
trying to find the fire within my hands
it took a while to see
that the best thing to be is just ‘Be’

Verse 3:
So if the chips are down
and bad cards been dealt
when there’s nothing else to love
then ‘Love Yourself’
if dreams are laying underground in past tense
better dig them up and learn to ‘Love Yourself’
if you found nothing much makes sense
well embrace the mystery and just ‘Love Yourself’
as we spin around this wild existence
there’s so much to love when you ‘Love Yourself’

Hook:
Digging for dreams in the city
trynna define the fire that lies within me
it took a while to see
that the best thing to be in this life is just ‘Be’
Digging for dreams in the sand
trying to find the fire within my hands
it took a while to see
that the best thing to be is just ‘Be’