Habits

## Song by Machine Gun Kelly

> "*the song 'Habits' is about personal struggles with cocaine. u can end the debate now. XX*"
> ― Machine Gun Kelly
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"**Habits**" is a song by Machine Gun Kelly, released as the fifteenth track from his third studio album, *Bloom* (2018). The official music video was directed by Jordan Wozy.

On Facebook, he revealed, "i wrote "Habits" because i was tired of hiding behind a false smile and a bullshit truth. i heard my daughter singing it last night in her headphones and it tripped me out because how could an 8 year old connect with those words, but i forget, she's been around me in my darkest times, seen things i never wanted her to see, kept me from quitting like a fuckin loser, and she maintained a smile the whole time. im nowhere near the greatest dad, but at this moment, i am the most grateful one. xx"

## Personnel

* Alexander Tyus – writer, producer
* Brandon "SlimXX" Allen – writer, producer
* Colson "Machine Gun Kelly" Baker – vocals, writer, vocal producer
* Rami "Rami Beatz" Eadeh – writer, producer
* Steve "BazeXX" Basil – writer, producer
* Steve "Rock Star" Dickey – mixing

## Lyrics

**Lyrics**
[Verse 1]

Ay

Complicated

Frustrated

Underestimated

Can't sleep, mind racing

Hard to stay concentrated

Foreign towns, missing home

Please don't forget about me

Tell the story, all the glory

Fuck what they say about me

Some days I feel

So out of place with all these fake people in my face

I cannot relate, yeah

Sometimes I feel

Like I create, and they just take everything I make

Turn around and then hate

Maybe I was living off expectations

Or I was born in the wrong generation?

(That's probably it)

Meanwhile I'm crushing weed overseas

Hopefully tonight we'll find more

Long days on tour

Backstage getting boring

But step on stage and they roaring

[Bridge]

I fell in love with a very bad habit

But I feel alive for the very first time

[Verse 2]

I don't wanna die

But I don't, I don't wanna hide

Or keep shit inside

I will not cry, so

I deal how I deal with it, deal with it

I am 13 hours clean and still counting

Save me from these day dreams about it

Under full moons, night swims, and tattoos

I cannot stand these fucking rules

I been sailing too long in cold water

Restrain me from these pills and more doctors

And erase me from this page and start over

I wanna start over

[Bridge]

See

I fell in love with a very bad habit

I was alive for the very first time

[Verse 3]

You said goodbye when I was trying to say

”Something ain't right inside of me”

I wanna run away

(I want to run away, run away)

I don't wanna stay

(I don't wanna stay, I don't wanna stay here)

I wish you could relate

I'd wish upon a star- fuck that, leave it up to fate

We are who we are so don't judge me

Just 'cause it's hard to smile

Read between thin white lines

See what's in my mind

[Outro]

I fell in love with a very bad habit

But I was alive for the very first time

You said goodbye when I was trying to say

”Something ain't right inside of me”

I wanna run away, yeah

I don't wanna stay here

## References

1. ↑ "Machine Gun Kelly (@machinegunkelly)". *Twitter*. February 28, 2018.
2. ↑ "Machine Gun Kelly (@machinegunkelly)". *Facebook*. March 30, 2018.