Black Keys - Intellectual

[Verse 1]

Look, I’m only trying to make it baby, pardon my assumption

The only way to function

Keep them squares out my circumference

Tell me how did I become this

Facade that you created

I could probably be your favorite if your mind was just sedated

And I'm trying to say I'm slated to murder this shit forever

You can blame that on the first time I heard 'Can I Get A...'

Which led to the first time my pen touched the paper

And now it's just my nature

I'm out like the Vapors

No chaser straight shots my nigga deal with it

And don't step out of line thinking I'm your meal ticket

A harsh reality can knock you off your heel's pivot

If you don't see what I see then I'ma make it real vivid

H-D-M-I (am I) the only one that's watching from this angle?

Man, I got to be it's shameful

If you're watching I thank you

And those that mean a lot to me remain to

My heart don't pump love that's just PayUp! in my blood

Motherfucker

PayUp in my blood!

(Repeated)

Man, I’m just happy I got a pot I can still piss in

But just to keep it real there's a lot that I'm still missing

Sometimes I feel my thoughts should be locked in a real prison

But if they did that, they'd be blocking this ill vision

These little rappers making a mockery still spitting

Let's have a foot race to the top if you feel different

Got all these hoes begging for guap and you still pitch in

No matter what they say, if you got it it's still tricking

At least to me

Keep it going I need more

I'm trying to double the pot, you know what I reach for

I'm never afraid to fail, I know the feeling too well

But if winning wasn't everything you wouldn't keep score

I’m making sure I deliver but they still don't get the message

Feel like I'm super gifted but they still don't feel my presence

It's kinda like a high, from something that we invented

But I don't need drugs I got PayUp! in my blood

Can I just tell you, just tell you

Can I just tell you what you need to know?