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Long Road Home
04:28
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Long Road Home
Haa haaaa
Everybody got something to say right?
Everybody got an opinion
Everybody got their own experience
You just gotta move through that shit man, do you
They say I'm running in the wrong direction
Like I've been trying dodge my own reflection
Hold me down to a mirror staring at with resentment
And I bet I have the same perspective
A little grease on this white Tee
Excuse me, I don't care if you don't like me
Couldn't care less what you say
When I been working everyday and there ain't nobody like me
Married to this game, and she Mrs. Rayre
I ain't been home but I'm getting there
Consider this my voicemail, babe I'm on my way
The train is running late, I know it isn't fair
But no worries, I'm nothing if I'm not my word
Here's a kiss a seven kilohertz
Using everything within my power I'll be damned
If it's another day at stake that I be missing her
It's a long road home
A lot of steps but I found my hold
Solid as a rock I could hold you down
(Hold you down)
Heavy is the head underneath the crown
('Neath the crown)
It's a long road home
It's a long road home
I'm not sure if this liquor I'm sipping is holding me up
Like a crutch, or weighing on me like it's country cooking
I guess it's better than sitting with both of my wrists tied
Getting my FaceTime, at central bookings
I ain't got answers for questions targeting people
That speak a language in common with you that ain't present
I'm not an ambassador or a counselor
So get your ass out of here 'fore I cancel you
Get your as out of here 'fore I get to four
Three, two, and to the one
Tripping that this lady maybe gave my ass a son
I was simply stressing, I ain't say that I ain't want him
But I ain't know where to go, I was barely twenty-one
I was barely fucking grown
And you ain't want me in the picture
I never should've listened but I moved the fuck on
It's a long road home
A lot of steps but I found my hold
Solid as a rock I could hold you down
(Hold you down)
Heavy is the head underneath the crown
It's a long road home
It's a long road home
Nothing worth something is ever easy man
I ain't talking 'bout getting on TV man
Don't want to be a star for y'all to try and read me
Don't want to get involved with any drama
Got enough on my own
Can't afford to let it get me out of my zone
Get enough of that from my phone
Beckons for attention when I busy penning songs
Yo, I need a second dawg
Tryna find my peace
I been tryna reconcile what's inside of me
See I'm not looking for approval or a slice of beef
I don't need a blue check or a Nike cleat
I mean, it'd be a nice sight to see but...
You already know, let the motherfucker run
It's a long road home
A lot of steps but I found my hold
Solid as a rock I could hold you down
Heavy is the head underneath the crown
It's a long road home
It's a long road home
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They say, "Leave things better than the way that you found"
So I got it for a quarter, and sold it for a pound
Chilling with your dawgs, while I release the hounds
Looking for a version of myself I never found
A corridor of mirrors, resound around the crown
In the throne of Damocles drunk off the power
It's more than just a setback if I lose the balance
The violin bow splits once more and I'm out
Sitting court-side sipping wine from my chalice
Never been one to back away from a challenge
Nothing worth doing is easy, I doubt it
At it seven years without ever thinking about it
Going through the motions, eroding my fortunes
Moment's grandiose, though I refuse to notice
Illusions of grandeur grinding through my focus
Y'all dilute solutions; I'm proven something potent
What's the motive, tell me where it's at
I refuse to settle on the values of the pack
You can blend in or you can stand in the back
With your hand on the heater
CLACK BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT
What's the motive, tell me where it's at
I refuse to settle on the values of the pack
You can blend in or you can stand in the back
With your hand on the heater
CLACK BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT
You happy as a being? What you doing, what you seeing
This an oversight, might want to pray the spiritual beings
What you touch and what you rep not even true
Might have meaning now, but can't take none of it with you
And them so calleds just waiting for you to topple
Any sign of weakness waiting for the stride to get hobbled
This a stain, like it follows
A big pill, big truth, too hard to swallow
This a tale that's been told six ways from Sunday
I could give you one more, if you want to take a chance to dance on the blade
The masquerade comes to an end by twelve or six
The only way it sinks in; if it's followed by a GIF
A skull and cross bones, yeah that can't warn
And I know right now you inside feeling torn
And just know you not alone
And every single day there's a new sucker born
There's a new sucker born
There's a new sucker born
There's a new sucker born
And every single day there's a new sucker born
What's the motive, tell me where it's at
I refuse to settle on the values of the pack
You can blend in or you can stand in the back
With your hand on the heater
CLACK BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT
What's the motive, tell me where it's at
I refuse to settle on the values of the pack
You can blend in or you can stand in the back
With your hand on the heater
CLACK BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT
Hand crafted diamond rings, tailor made designer jeans
Project the power of the man that can acquire these
Every chain is a double edged blade
A set of armor on the target it creates
Assets of homage in the carnage you partake
Born into a war that even Gandhi can't escape
To change the course of history you're bound to face some misery
And hopefully the subjects of the crown commiserate
And back you to the fullest, don't ask me why I do it
Vassals out by Power-Inn to Nevin stay the truest
That's the M.O. that's why I never let go
Breathe in, breathe out, they gonna test your mettle
Upgrade to iPhone, used to have the Ghetro
Bet your ass I ran so I could have the throne to settle
Sword above the crown ain't a thing when the mental
Is sitting in positions you'll pass down when they get you
What's the motive, tell me where it's at
I refuse to settle on the values of the pack
You can blend in or you can stand in the back
With your hand on the heater
CLACK BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT
What's the motive, tell me where it's at
I refuse to settle on the values of the pack
You can blend in or you can stand in the back
With your hand on the heater
CLACK BLAT BLAT BLAT BLAT
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I need smooth liquor and soft skin
Got a higher thread count bed we can get lost in
Got a couple of fits that you can floss in
I'm tryna get on this bad bitch from Boston
Real recognize the work it takes
Tryna make your dreams manifest, damn it if it's late
Make the team understand if I planned it then it's fate
No days off, burning all my candles at the base dawg
Destiny is calling out my name, I can feel her on my fingertips
I'm tryna get a taste
Tryna hit her with a bit of swagger like
You should know me now before the riches and the fame
When it pours I reign
The weather woman coming in this storm I made
New waves down these roads you pave
Cooking sauce with Water for Chocolate and Wu-Tang
Come through, I know you wanna get a taste of what it's like
To lay inside a bed with a king
Doing everything you can imagine for a ring
Preaching to the choir, when I rap y'all sing
It's easy when you do it this clean
Make it effortless, that's what being clever is
Pair it with the Desert Wind
I'm hot as August get the beverages
You bitches reyes de nada when in comparison
You flexing a lease? Now that's embarrassing
When I'm surpassing your peak? I'll leave a trail then
Just follow the bread crumbs, you said something
You'll falling too far behind me, I been gone
You wanna ride on these coat tails? Then hang on
It's hot as hell in the bars I write so I take it off
You could have what I leave behind
Just leave the rhymes, these are mine
These are the reasons I'm reaching peace of mind
Diamond coated self worth, you can not faze me
You could only ever hope to graze me
The only ones that I allow to judge me raised me
Y'all acting so entitled to my life drive my crazy
You ain't put a lick of energy in this
You ain't help to build this pedigree I live
And we ain't got the history for you to mention me
So whatever you got to say, not a fuck I give
I get it, they just run with this trust I give
'Till it's lost then they want all the bucks I print
'Till it's gone then they on to that fuck you shit
Heard my song get a call like, "Where the fuck you been?"
I'm seeing how they switch it real quick
Make me wonder which homie is only in it for the money clip
Who's really down to ride when the mud is thick
Who really by my side down this narrow cliff
Who gon' save me drowning when I refuse to swim
Who's gon' stay here around me when I refuse to win
Who gon' clear all the rubble when I finally give
Who deserves all the effort that I been putting in
When I finally find em they gonna reap the Benz
I leave the fakes and the doubters out in the winter wind
Peep the lens, seeing foes for who they really been
I done found the fabled looking glass and I removed the tint
So when you see who is riding up in this pretty whip
Don't say nothing about it 'cause you know what it is
This right here is a warning before I flip the script
So you can get with the program before I close the list
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Rise
02:22
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Light as a feather and birds flock together
Birds flock together
Light as a feather and birds flock together
So when I rise we rise, when I rise we rise
The truth is that you make me better
So when I rise we rise, when I rise we rise
A palanquin for my beautiful queen
(I pick you up)
A life of luxury and picturesque scenes
Picture us sitting on a black sand beach
Where we'll be when I reach my peak
When I rise we rise
And nothing can't stop me
I done had nothing now I'm rising to the top like cream
Life is too sweet
Lil' Sweet'N Low packets in the cabinet is all I need
I got no Equal
Stand on high ground can't see hell beneath you
Hotter than a pot of water, used to never seafood
Now that I'm the man don't bite the hand that feeds you
Everything is clear cut
Yeah baby, I see you
Working with your eyes on designer brand bags
And a foyer sea view
And I'm a make it happen captain
All of this from rapping, that's been
All I ever wanted in life
I ain't cut out for dealing in crime
But I'm a steal your heart and send it back covered in diamonds
Yeah I gotta keep you shining
'Cause you the light of my life
You the beacon I keep my eye on
'Cause you the light of my life
Baby show me the way and how to navigate waves
Yeah I can see the lighthouse
Coming home for my prize, I come in on the tide
'Cause when I rise we rise
'Cause when I rise we rise
When I rise we rise
Show me the way
How to navigate waves
I can see the lighthouse
Coming home for my prize, I come in on the tide
'Cause When I rise we rise
When I rise we rise
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5. |
Moment of Silence
03:49
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I been quiet, I ain't made noise
Moment of respect for the girls and boys
Men and women, potential victims
Let me make it clear: I stand with em
So go ahead and cut me off, ain't my loss
It goes for anyone: family, landlord, boss
Made my choice whatever the cost
And I'll die on this hill before I ever fall off
This is not values or standards
This is human life and you manage
To make it political man it's pitiful
I bet it'd be different if they was killing you
A whole lot of humming and hawing
Y'all really on the fence about a whole lot of problems
Making up excuses for the masses in bulk
We can't fix em today? Yo, we not building Rome
Guess you wrapped up in the process
By the way it's going, its nonsense
Let's be honest, your interest is fake
Only in it when it's costing you a personal stake
God bless the American people
Nowhere to be found when they need you
A slice of American pie, I can see by the size
That I know they ain't equal
It's a moment of silence
So I been quiet, I ain't made noise
So now y'all really think that I ain't that boy?
I'm here to set the record straight
Play my tape, here my take, I always been here I say
I made room, I ain't save face
And if you ask me what I thought than you know I ain't
But my voice ain't the one that they need today
And I gladly step aside when it ain't my stage
I ain't know my way like I do now
Always been a guest in this house
Check the room before I grab a plate
Making sure that everybody ate
Nowadays, that everybody's safe
Grab my bloc and hit the streets again
I ain't ever even give my name
'Cause Lord knows that it's not about the praise
This is not a phase, this is not wallet on a chain
This is not Prada Gucci rings, this is ACAB everyday
So say they names: Manny Ellis down the way
Oscar Grant from where I used to stay
List is longer and longer by the day
It's been a moment of silence
It's been a moment of silence
Please, just a moment of silence
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