1. |
Now I'm Back
05:38
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It's been a long time coming
A lil too soon, let's do it one more time
Just like me
It's been a long time coming
I done moved away from my family
Away from my friends
Away from my problems and my familiar pleasures
I done loved and lost
I found out how well I can know someone
And how little I know of myself
I done drank all my liquor and wasted time away
I found out what I'm good at
And what I'm lacking
Not a whole fucking lot
I done took account of all my history and wrote it down
Tried unraveling the reasons why I want this token crown
Why I think that your perception is value and somehow
It adds some quality that otherwise I couldn't live without
Like you're the reason for my being, for my breathing, for my smile
In reality my being here is why you still around
I'm the source, I'm the key, The bar before the keep
I'm the courage that you're looking for
The pick-me-up you need
I'm your strength, I'm your rock you need in a hard place
Al-Capone in a world when you need you a scarface
All yours if you with me, all mine if you ain't
All my cards on the table, all my chips in play
I got hard in the paint, I'm the post man
I don't need to boast my repertoire is finna play coast to coast man
I'm the one you're looking for
I've been gone some time again
But I'm here to clear your worries
Spread the gospel to your friends
Ain't no reason for your sorrows
Clear the rivers from your skin
'Cause now I'm back
And I won't be gone again
As a precursor for you and a rehearsal for me
I got some things I'm gonna harp on 'til my story is complete
That loyalty is special but for sure it isn't free
You gotta earn it and then keep it, it's a life subscription fee
They get comfy, try to push you down like you was Humpty
And tell you that they love you when they show you some receipts
Know the right things to say to get something
But now I'm not the place for you to wipe your muddy feet
Not that boy that you knew in school from OTP
I done grown up and sho' nuff they like what they see
Used to laugh about my rhyming now recite what I preach
It's for my hometown; a town that wasn't for me
I done moved on and got my groove on
Kuzco and Mulan
The emperor, my temperature is always got my shoes on
Even when I'm cooking up my food raw
Ice in my veins I was made to stay cool calm
Collected
I'm the one you're looking for
I've been gone some time again
But I'm here to clear your worries
Spread the gospel to your friends
Ain't no reason for your sorrows
Clear the rivers from your skin
'Cause now I'm back
And I won't be gone again
I'm the Rayrest motherfucker that you'll meet
I been truant so long y'all thought I died
And tried to take my degree
But now I'm back from hibernation
My hiatus at a cease
My sabbatical was practical
I need a reprieve
I switch lanes made an exit to escape the police
The most wanted man alive for how I murder these beats
They can't catch me, I'm too slick, oil the streets
Pop a quarter in the Mach-5
Defy what you think
About what's possible and who I be
From nobody, to this disembodied voice
By which I speak
In ways you can't imagine from ways I seem
When I say "Hello" when we cross the street
I ain't gotta be a Gemini, I'm a gem and I have many facets
How you interact determines how I shine
If you wanted something valuable then treat me like a diamond
If you mining, then some coal is all you'll find
Me, myself and I go sapphires and brimstone
Baby if you want it come and get some
It's been hot up in this kitchen whipping sauce up with my wisdom
Baby if you want it come and get some
I got recipes for those that want the best of me
Just follow the instructions as I wrote 'em and stop testing me
We barely just begun and already you out here sweating me
And stressing me, and stretching me thin for some attention
Acting desperately
Let's go
Let's go
Let's go
Aw shit
Welcome to the EP
Wipe your shoes before you come in here
Turn off your fucking phones
I'm the one you're looking for
I've been gone some time again
But I'm here to clear your worries
Spread the gospel to your friends
Ain't no reason for your sorrows
Clear the rivers from your skin
'Cause now I'm back
And I won't be gone again
It's been a long time
Just like me
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2. |
Faces
03:15
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I be seeing faces in my dreams
When I'm laying in my sheets
And some nights I don't get sleep
Quarantine me for a week
I don't ever leave the house
It's a game of cat and mouse
I'm allergic to the beast
Don't let it puts it's claws in me
I stop breathing, I start wheezing
I start sneezing, like it's cold
Ice inside my veins and on my chains
Encrusted what I own
I made it now I saw it
Anytime that its appro'
'Cause I never thought I'd ever
Get to say that shit before
Wait up, tryna get this weight up
Tryna fill this duffle bag
With more than just some paper
I don't give a damn about no Franklins
Stick it in my bank account and save that shit for later
Tryna buy a house in the hills
I know that's where all of the rich people live
Looking down on us with nothing
But what's in our pockets
But still ain't got nothing to give
Trust if I make it I'll take it I'll break it
To split with the six, seven, and eight
It'll be great, we could be neighbors
Don't need any favors I'll buy the estates
I be seeing faces on the streets
Cruising in my Legacy
When it's thrity-two degrees
And they smiling more than me
Don't they know it's fucking cold
Out in this Tacoma snow
I can't navigate the roads
Tire sliding down these slopes
Wait up, tryna get this weight up
Tryna fill this duffle bag
With more than just some paper
I don't give a damn about no Franklins
I ain't got a lot but if you need it you can take it
Setbacks but I'm all in
Karma's credit I'm balling
Maybe someday I'll call in
Cash out on my fortune
Put me inside a Porsche
Black leather, gold rims
Two seater, two litre
One passenger bad bitch
Put me up on my fashion
Help me put down a classic
Help me write me wrongs
Help me write my songs
Help me pursue my passions
Put in a word for my last chick
The way she love is fantastic
Unconditional, wish I didn't know
Only wish I could match it
I wanna say that I'm sorry
For keeping you waiting on something you need
I bided my time, I tried and I tried
My Legacy couldn't keep up with your speed
You want the house, the yard, the kids
I wanna tour in Japan and Berlin
You were too fast, I was off key
We missed on two different frequencies
Wait up, tryna get this weight up
Tryna fill this duffle bag
With more than just some paper
I don't give a damn about no Franklins
Run across my mind anytime you see it's vacant
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3. |
Play it on Vinyl
02:52
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Summer of '99
I remember when my pops taught me to drive
Sit in his lap in the Cutlass
In the summer of '99
He would pump the gas, I'd turn the wheel
I remember setting it inside the lines
Loving how it feels
Mama in the whip
Brother in the back
I wish I could express to you
How much sometimes I want it back
I could feel the distance
It's on more than just a map
Let me paint a picture for you
One thousand words or less
'Cause I don't need the length
Brevity is skill
Expand upon your vocab
Know that letters are a bill
Cost me of my conscience
Rob me of my will
Tell 'em when I die
I left my wish where they could hear 'em
Play it on vinyl
Decision is final
Decision is final
Play it on vinyl
Play it on vinyl
Granny said that she don't ever worry no more
She got faith, she believe
She thinks that I can change the world
I can't lie I love to hear it
Love to know she feel my soul
I been working, I been dreaming
They ain't all that different no more
I'm basically a baker picking flowers
Rollin' dough before I'm pushing daisies
Anybody looking in my kitchen
Wishing I would would need 'em
Couldn't pay me
Couldn't pay me, to tolerate your kind of crazy
Honestly you not my type
We had a night, not a baby
I ain't mean to make you catch feelings
I ain't tryna send a vibe
You a mother to a daughter
I ain't tryna father children right now
Got enough on my plate
I still wanna see Paris
Still got tours I wanna headline
Still got GOATs I wanna meet
Number one is Hov
Number two Tariq
Inspired by the greatest someday I'll be number three
And I ain't ever lied in pen, I ain't ever write off beat
Hold my to my scriptures 'til I'm lying six feet deep
Play it on vinyl
Decision is final
Decision is final
Play it on vinyl
Play it on vinyl
Slow your roll, I know you mad
But don't call me Shady
I ain't Slim, I ain't ever try to act like Em
'Cause I ain't him, I know what it is
You tryna get under my skin
Get under it then, the thunder within is thumping
I wonder if bumping The Show 'til she go is too petty to win
I do what I gotta, I said I'm sorry mama
Try to hit a FaceTime when I make time
I'll try again tomorrow
Maybe I'll be busy though
I'm cleaning out my closets
I'm off a fifth of vodka
You're better off without me
Play it on vinyl
Decision is final
Decision is final
Play it on vinyl
Play it on vinyl
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4. |
I Wonder
04:03
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I'm afraid of this impending fame impeding on my freedom
Chasing chains until their on my neck so tight that I can't breath
I think it's time to leave 'em in the dust, I don't need 'em
Yeah, my Subaru's a bucket but it gets from A to B
Stunt with my arm out the window flashing gold on my wrist
And they questioning about the way I live
Priorities are twisted, they think they know me well
Stacking gift cards for this watch, plus a sale
And I Stay buying, yeah, I stay trying to live
This standard of life I wanna provide for my kids
Trying times for my lady I supply her a kiss
In hopes it creates a moment that inspires her bliss
Fire from lips, scripture from a thought on my phone
Sit down rapping, bar stool for a throne
City of rain, new empire Tacoma
Still repping the Bay never too far from my home
And they wonder 'bout the things he do
And they wonder 'bout the way he live
And they wonder if that boy is fake
I wonder if I should even give a shit
And I wonder if they even care
Enough to buy a CD
Do they care while I'm alive?
Or will they care when I'm deceased
Student loans stacking right beside my photographs
Picture perfect future happens prioritizing my craft
Idolizing the greats, trying to make papes
Trying to find the kind of resources it can create
This backpack is heavy I'm carrying more than raps
Feel the whole world weighing down on my back
I got a long list of promises, I'll follow through I promise this
I know I lost my way but my loyalty's come along again
I know, I know, I'm singing this old song again
Tried to run away but cannot outrun all my problems
LaLa, Jaz, and God and them
Looking down on me, I want them to say they proud of want
Want to plant ideas like seeds and grow a garden
Ain't asking for permission, I ain't begging your pardon
My cousin asked, "Why you acting brand new?
Stay in your lane, but take your hands off ten and two, cousin."
And they wonder 'bout the things he do
And they wonder 'bout the way he live
And they wonder if that boy is fake
I wonder if I should even give a shit
And I wonder if they even care
Enough to buy a CD
Do they care while I'm alive?
Or will they care when I'm deceased
I used to think this rap thing was cash for words
Now I listen to the radio it's backwards
The more you say the less that you paid
And even worse producers gotta use a clap and 808s
And suddenly, conveniently, I ain't jot pages in days
Am I in it 'cause I love it or the bank
Am I above it or just one of the fakes
Was I hungry or tired of the crumbs on my plate
Looking for a budget that included a steak
An abundance of a substance to reduce all the pain
Settle for a distraction, a numb for the pain
Help me forget solutions I'm responsible to gain
Yo, what am I in for
To help my peoples or simply dine on a dinner roll
My cousin asked, "Why you acting brand new?
Stay in your lane, but take your hands off ten and two, cousin."
And they wonder 'bout the things he do
And they wonder 'bout the way he live
And they wonder if that boy is fake
I wonder if I should even give a shit
And I wonder if they even care
Enough to buy a CD
Do they care while I'm alive?
Or will they care when I'm deceased
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5. |
God's Plan
03:57
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And this is God's plan
And this is God's plan
If this was God's plan
Tell me, tell me
If this was God's plan
Man I wish he woulda told me
Could've gave a couple little pointers to the old me
No signs are coming that you know how to read
But you can feel it in your bones that you gotta
Up and leave, and it's okay
The fam will be okay, let energy rotate
Take it in put something on your plate
Life doesn't prorate, the battery sulfates
Twenty-seven's coming you about to be so late
My vision 20-20 in 2020 I'm chasing money
No time for business that's funny honey I'm running something
Run the check up, the balance is due
'Cause I've been tryna work this music and balancing you
I got no crowd to groove with, but found me a few
And if you caught up on a female I'm challenging you
There's more to life than hoes, vices and devices
Got a lot of drama with ICE and with ISIS
Police pulling triggers like that's just what life is
Neutralize the threat of a child he goes lifeless
We the judge and jury don't like it then go try us
Fight us in the courts if you like, but they like us
Something ain't right up in this hen house
Encouraging these white folks to show us what they been 'bout
It was right under my nose, the shit smells now
If y'all was really tryna to fix it, it would've been out
Stanley Steamer couldn't get this country cleaner
Deep routed in hate and this fake demeanor
If freedom means for all
Then why these private prison systems looking like a cotton yard
Someone's getting paid by the state to make plates
By drug dealers who probably won't ever get a date
All for a little bit of weed that will put them in a place
That's harder than on the streets they was raised
The time adds up, the math gets long
His daughter's getting grown without him and that's hard
Genetic Repo money she selling her body parts
'Cause her mama can't afford to pay rent by the 24th
All for a little weed
Is that what you want to see
If you someone that believes
Tell me, tell me
If this was God's plan
Man I wish he would've told me
I wish he would've told me
Tell me, tell me
If this was God's plan
Man I wish he would've told me
Could've gave a couple little pointers to the old me
Stand up for what's right and play your part
Don't be soft when this situation takes being hard
Try to see life from all angles and sides
Got it rough and I see the way you take it stride
'Cause you strong don't mean you gotta hold it inside
When you older it gets harder to cry
When the nights get lonely
And the days get quiet
And your job gets hard
And the money gets tight
And your brothers ain't 'round
And your girl said bye
I just hope they was right
And this was God's plan
And this was God's plan
This was God's plan
Tell me, tell me
Dear Lord
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6. |
Change My Name
04:37
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Sometimes I wanna change my name
So the past can't find me
I've been escaping all of these caves
Yeah, I been rock climbing
I been tryna look away
From this hate that'll blind me
Show love, show love
Show love and you'll get it right back
Sincerely, I wanna thank everyone that said that I couldn't be shit
All that negativity bled on my shirt so it's stained and I live with it
Wore it on my sleeve never took it off, never let it leave
Never let it hurt for anyone to underestimate me
And lately it's paying off
I mean I'm getting paid good so it's paying off
I know the raps go cheap it ain't working out
But I know it can next week
You as dope as me it don't matter if you late to the scene
To the game, yeah I'm no longer a teen
I'm a grown man, living on my own 'cause my old man
Wants it quiet in his home I respect that
He was cool with the strings, he don't mess with the rap
But he still wants a patch
Only come to one show, I ain't mad, but on the real kind of am
Mama always broke but she heard about a show
Fuck a bus and a bike, she ran
And I don't care who are, what you copped, she my biggest fan
And I can't bother to hit her back
Everybody telling me that I'm intelligent
I don't know how to live with that
Help me if you can
Sometimes I wanna change my name
So the past can't find me
I've been escaping all of these caves
Yeah, I been rock climbing
I been tryna look away
From this hate that'll blind me
Show love, show love
Show love and you'll get it right back
Honestly the problem is finding the right glasses
Seeing trouble with clarity and the path that's ahead of me
With the same pair of shades, can't afford more LensCrafters
I could tunnel vision hard on the wrongs I should right
But I don't so I profit
Poppin tracks out, pressurized bottles of bubbly guilt
Filling up half empty glasses
Let me fill the void in your hand with some please
And a little bit of passions
You could look me in the eyes
Let me know what you think is finna happen
Be my distraction, my muse, and my deity
My reward and the punishment you deem of me
Reflect the love and the hate that you see in me
Waking up being me
Help me if you can
Sometimes I wanna change my name
So the past can't find me
I've been escaping all of these caves
Yeah, I been rock climbing
I been tryna look away
From this hate that'll blind me
Show love, show love
Show love and you'll get it right back
Whoah, slow your roll
Who are you you, why you knocking on my door
I don't recognize the boy I just recognize the clothes
But he died for a hoe back home
So what you tryna tell me, what you tryna show me
Man you insult me
Thinking I'm a write the same books that I been read
Yeah man, cause I know the whole story?
Nah, I got it all right now, you ain't in it
So you're nothing but a buster
I hope you hate your new job you deserve it
Made it my own way this ain't a Burger King service
A Number 5 with a large spite
Another wrong that you can't song
Another song that you can't fight
'Cause I know that you see me with the wrong eyes
And you show up to the crib with bitch like intentions
Like, I don't care
You a coward and pretentious
Check this, word from my mouth
I don't ever wanna see you round the house
Or even speak to me 'cause I know what you about
Yeah, you need to leave while you can peace out
Close the damn door don't let the motherfucking heat out
Sometimes I wanna change my name
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7. |
Over the Edge
03:37
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I always knew it was true
That old saying
You don't know what you have
'Till you throw it away
I never doubted for a minute of its honesty
I never fully realize what it would mean
It's kinda crazy we living different lives
Giving different vibes and feeling it all the same
It's something we can't explain
We was growing apart occupying the same space
How you deal with seeing a cliff over the dash
Wanna brake but your foot don't wanna let off the gas
Lookin over the edge
Praying, Baby, I'll beg
Kill the motor for me, 'cause now it's out of my hands
I done all I can
Lookin deep in your eyes
We got a language of our own without a word or a sign
I know exactly what you wanna convey
I wanna cry
For all I know I might be looking for the very last time
It breaks my heart
Saw it miles away
And it broke my heart
I gave you all that I could
Now that it's gone
I wonder maybe I wasn't the one for you all along
It breaks my heart
Saw it miles away
And it broke my heart
I gave you all that I could
Now that it's gone
I wonder maybe I wasn't the one for you all along
It's bittersweet to have connections this deep
Somebody in the world knows me even better than me
You know my dreams, all my worries
All my features and flaws
My crooked smile to the lines you traced inside of my palms
But now you gone and I'm bitter
It's not your fault
It's all about the timing and baby we got it wrong
It's unfair the way it happened
That it happened it all
I only wish before it happened that I knew how to talk
You tried to lead by example, I had wall
I pushed you out and couldn't soften the fall
I think I did the damage that tore us apart
So now I love you still from afar
It breaks my heart
Saw it miles away
And it broke my heart
I gave you all that I could
Now that it's gone
I wonder maybe I wasn't the one for you all along
It breaks my heart
Saw it miles away
And it broke my heart
I gave you all that I could
Now that it's gone
I wonder maybe I wasn't the one for you all along
I swear I'm glad to hear your growth the phone
How you navigate these obstacle you couldn't before
But I'd be lying if I said it wasn't hard to control
The way I feel when you be telling me the places you go
And you spending your time with
And how you giving them a piece of you that used to be mine, listen
Maybe this is jealousy
You still got the best of me
Any only one of us is doin fine
It's kind of crazy what we see with different eyes
Mine were on the road
And yours were on the horizon
It's no surprise where I could see the downfall
You could see all the ways in which we would fly
It breaks my heart
Saw it miles away
And it broke my heart
I gave you all that I could
Now that it's gone
I wonder maybe I wasn't the one for you all along
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8. |
Want to Be
03:44
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Get my hair out the way bro
I just want to be happy
I just want to be loved
I just want to want to want to want to want to want to
Tell them that we won
I just want to give back
I just want to be me
I just want to want to rap rap rap
I just want to be free
I just want to spit game
I just want to ride beats
I just want to be honest with you now
I just want to find peace
I just want to be thriving
I just want to be seen
I just want to be present
I just want to be
Put me on a pedestal, you know I rise to the occasion
Looking at the podium I'm noticing
The only spot there is First, and vacant
Ain't no time for lullabies
No sleep I'm spying destinations
Eyes on the prize, I want to die like life was
Living endless vacations
There's always work to do though
I just want to love what it is
I just want to help love the kids
I just want to help love exist
Prioritize my time with loved ones higher on the list
I Been doin it all my life, I don't quite know what it is
(scratch that)
I got it from my mama
She epitomize the gift
But maybe it's a curse,
You'd know it if you seen the way we live
Different to the naked eye
Way too similar when you squint
Always in the way of what we really want to want to want to want to get
I just want to be happy
I just want to be loved
I just want to want to want to want to want to want to
Tell them that we won
I just want to give back
I just want to be me
I just want to want to rap rap rap
I just want to be free
I just want to spit game
I just want to ride beats
I just want to be honest with you now
I just want to find peace
I just want to be thriving
I just want to be seen
I just want to be present
I just want to be
Trying to control what can
And expand my confort zone
I feel growth when I navigate spaces
That I find most uncomfortable
I don't like to talk to y'all if we honest
But I want to though
I don't want to be going out on a Friday
Getting drunk on Rum and Cokes alone
It's hard to get past fears that I have
Pen and my pad may be a crutch
I keep talking on beats I be popping
In person though I don't be saying too much
Do not approach me if you be hoping
I'm easy to open and ready to fix
I'm not a project or real estate property
Ready for paint or your renovations
Freah coat of paint, new marble floors
I don't think I can afford a new mortgage
Not interested in a property loan
The investment you made is a loss of your fortune
You want a piece of pie, I'm in or I'm out
I don't serve soul by the portion
Tell me you want me and leave me alone
'Till you want me to fuck is a form of extortion
I just want to be happy
I just want to be loved
I just want to want to want to want to want to want to
Tell them that we won
I just want to give back
I just want to be me me
I just want to want to rap rap rap
I just want to be free
I just want to spit game
I just want to ride beats
I just want to be honest with you now
I just want to find peace
I just want to be thriving
I just want to be seen
I just want to be present
I just want to be
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9. |
Karma
03:33
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That's why I do fine
'Cause I always know
The way it's gonna go
They say Karma's a bitch
But she's mine
That's why I do fine
'Cause I always know
The way it's gonna go
Karma's exchanging favors
Lately I'm changing neighbors
And nothing stays the same, no
Everything goes in cycles
Hate you, love you, and spite you
All in a single day, whoah
Can't stick with a decision
Angel I never listen
Devil pitching his vision, oh
Ferraris and fast women
Houses they all worth Millions
All he needs is my soul
Had a dream I was lost when I woke
On a beach there was moss on the boat
There were shadows in the tree-line
Tryna make a bee-line
I don't know how to find home
Tryna find me a place that I can stay
I ain't got no place to call my own
I don't even like this skin I'm in
Barely like this hair I've grown
Y'all be checking in on me too much
Put my phone on airplane mode
I don't need no time to think on it
I don't think I need to be consoled
Let me soak in my feelings
Box em up in a minute
I don't need time I just feel it
I don't do crime I just kill it
Every time I'm in the zone for spitting
Hot or cold it sure don't make a difference
Y'all be tripping off my freestyles
I don't see you dissing on my writtens
You want "rap" I'm filling the prescriptions
Dr. Grip associate in business
You want lines I'm crushing every sentence
Hit my line don't fuck with Twitter mentions
@ me if you want, I might reply
Put your biz on blast won't tell a lie
I ain't tripping ain't got shit to hide
Better hope that Karma's on your side
@ me if you want, I might reply
Put your biz on blast won't tell a lie
I ain't tripping ain't got shit to hide
Better hope that Karma's on your side
'Cause Karma's exchanging favors
Lately I'm changing neighbors
And nothing stays the same, no
Everything goes in cycles
Hate you, love you, and spite you
All in a single day, whoah
Can't stick with a decision
Angel I never listen
Devil pitching his vision, oh
Ferraris and fast women
Houses they all worth Millions
All he needs is my soul
Tryna flip the switch and get my clicks up
Money bags and bands to get my chips up
Perfect plan and still might catch a hiccup
The back is where we fuck it's like a pickup
The front is like a car the way it rides
El Camino, El Portal Drive
Heard Caleborate shout it in a line
Maybe we could link and we could vibe
I go hard for those that rep the Pablo
I ain't gotta hate I ain't a asshole
Room for everybody in the game
But switch your lane, I'm clearly tryna pass you
Nowadays I rock with local functions
Yeah, I always try to go
Even if I can't I make sure
To tell a homie 'bout it though
So if you tryna hate on me
Better find a new direction
'Cause I don't need your jealousy
Your energy or fake affection
I give you everything that you deserve
Better or for worse, and that's my word
Reflect the energy that I incur
Send it back a hundred fold or worse
Damn
'Cause Karma's exchanging favors
Lately I'm changing neighbors
And nothing stays the same, no
Everything goes in cycles
Hate you, love you, and spite you
All in a single day, whoah
Can't stick with a decision
Angel I never listen
Devil pitching his vision, oh
Ferraris and fast women
Houses they all worth Millions
All he needs is my soul
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10. |
River Road Remix
03:40
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River Road Remix
Lately I been shifty with ex bitches who been with me
Hit my line, like the pen with me
Better off alone let the text miss me
Airplane mode if we been kissing
I don’t need ruin the mood
We doing what we came here to do
I ain’t scared I don’t care that you came with a dude
You leaving with me, we left, I guess that it’s true
And I don’t do well dwelling in thought
I’d rather drown in the well of a thot
It feels good, give a hell if it’s not
A morning of strange better than a night going without
I’m a hypocrite, I gotta live with it
Giving out advice to anybody that ask
But can’t stick with it
That’s the fucking trick with it
You can be wise to these guys
You can still be slick with it
I ain’t got the answer
I am not the deacon or the pastor
Or the preacher or the teacher or the master
Take a long look at my life and my apartment
You’ll see that they both disasters
I con’t even fold the fucking clothes
Or do the dishes
Got a lot of pictures I gotta send
I can’t even bother to edit them
Let alone, turn the damn computer on to look at them
Come on, Come on, Come on
Come on
I just sit my ass on the couch
Binnge on Netflix in excessive amount
How many nights I’m afraid I can’t count
Tell me how many lies have I said now
Anytime I said, “I was busy”
Anytime I had a friend with me
Anytime I was working past 4:50
If I said I was tryna smash a bad bitch
…I was tryna smash a bad bitch
Nowadays that’s the average
Pussy and piano that’s the magic
The fantasy is rain made of wax drips
A little bit of anger when I grab hips
Feel the pain in the passion
I’m about to pressurize the cabin
I’m a need your jeans unfastened
I hope it goes better than the last one
The lowest that I’ll settle for
Is business class action
A little bit of turbulence
It never hurt a bit
She want it missionary
I ain’t ever heard of it
I wanna see what you teased
You was working with
It’s no time to be shy
I just want a taste of the peach pie
If you belong to the streets
I give you back
But you can validate me in the meantime
I with that I could rewind
To a time it felt okay to be fine
I didn’t try to be kind
I didn’t need to try
I would just be kind
I wish I didn’t feel the need to be lying
I wish that I could stop and smell the tree line
What’s that saying bout the destination
It’s the journey, I hope that I ain’t too late to realize
My age is in my forethought
Another birthday closer to thirty
I thought I made a handshake with Time but he forgot
Did I utilize it all? Of course not
I switch visions, change shades and prescriptions
Twenty-Twenty is coming, I can’t miss it
It’s one of my last shots
The magazine seems lighter than I last thought
Bang, bang, I heard the Glock sing
Bang, bang, I heard the clock ring
Bang, bang, I heard the pots dropping
I was cooking up before I let something stop me
But this is our year
It’s our year
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11. |
In My Palace
03:46
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One more take
All the way through
'Cause I'm just feeling it right now
I'm not really religious
But I like the idea you know
There's a place for me up in heaven
In my palace I can't find malice
Trying to find a beef to squash is my challenge
Keeping all the dogs at bay is my talent
I can't even find no sins in my shower
I play God with fates, I chisel the slate
It's my world you with me or you ain't
In my world you don't get a second chance
I make all my plans to taste, like you should
What's the good if you can't swallow what you made
If the recipe is tainted from the gate
You could bake it at the temperature it says
But it'll never finish like the picture in the end
You'll never fix it with a little bit of bread
You already told your guests what you expect
When you invite the devil and decide to let him in
I don't know who else you thought you gonna get
I build it up
I see a vision
I hear a voice
But I don't listen
I know better
I know better
I'm the architect of my Heaven
If I love you then you got a ring
I know the number of the people that I need
So if I gotta search for your number in my contacts
It's a guaranteed thing I won't call back
I keep my circle small, my currency is dimes
You a ten if I been fucking with you all this time
I don't believe in splitting up my energy
Laying in my grave I want to know how they remember me
Close your eyes for me, for a minute
Think about somebody you lost for a minute
People don't recall every moment that they had
It's the feeling that you give them that's gon' last
And that's gon' be my legacy
You gon' be warm
In the winter when you remember me
Up in your crib with some Hennessy
Pouring one out for Jess so he can rest in peace
No time to make no enemies
No heart to be hating on some jealously
And I ain't got the mind to invest in anything
If I can't see it as an investment
Maybe that's selfish I live with it
Rather have the guilt than shelves of wolf tickets
To much shine to fake what I'm getting
To much pride to fake what I'm spitting
That's a code to live by, that's how I get by
I just keep it real and know I'm one of the good guys
You could never paint me as a villain, when the truth rise
I won't be the one in the rope when the noose ties
I build it up
I see a vision
I hear a voice
But I don't listen
I know better
I know better
I'm the architect of my Heaven
I build it up
I see a vision
I hear a voice
But I don't listen
Yeah I know better
I'm the architect of my Heaven
And I split it six ways
Y'all deserve it all working through your sick days
Y'all been stuck in this maze
I been making calls trying to get y'all saved
Breaking walls, let you see the light of day
And I hearing nothing 'bout no messy red tape
Lord, I might flex but I 'sho won't cave
Won't settle for a check it is not the same thing
You can't buy me or find me shiny diamonds and glitter
Trying to undermine me
I know my worth is in my cause
I know I'm worthless when I'm lost
I drew a map and read the stars
Keep cryptograms inside my bars
So if I lose my way
Just know I'll be back before long
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