[Verse 1: Illmac]

Watching hours go slow thinking ‘how’d I grow old?’

With no rain on my roof then my flowers won’t grow

Been in hibernation

Tired of waiting, I lie awake and think about time I’m wasting, am I complacent?

Psh, I shoulda knew winter was coming, shit I’m from the north

That’s the quiet before the storm that’s coming forth

I watch the world burning from my porch

I woulda tried to put it out if I wasn’t bored

I throw a Dixie cup of water at it then it’s back to drugs and sports

Drunken snorts, like addiction is a love of sorts

I’m more convinced than uninformed, cut the cord

Ignore the cliff that we running towards

I need money or, someone who would love me for

Who I am, oh I got that, and need something more

No it’s not that, I mean I just wanna put my city and my family on

Shit, when I started I ain’t know I’d last this long

[Chorus: Illmac]

I told myself I’d do it my for my neighborhood, I’ma take the north worldwide

I told myself I’d do it for my city, left and now I’m feeling like a lie

Told myself I’d do it for my family, couple people had to cut ties

Now I gotta do it for myself, but that’s between you and I

[Verse 2: Illmac]

What to do, watch a movie or play Call of Duty?

They got us on lockdown now, I’m scared I caught the cooties

A homebody already, the world just caught up to me

Take a trip to Portland and order the laksa at Nudi

Stop at Yoko’s if I wanted sushi

Talking sashimi nigiri, no no no no rolls I’m not a newbie

Nobody put me on, when I was young

Underdog, yeah that’s where I’m from

I’m from the Johns, my comfort zone, was on my own

Yeah that made me strong, my pops and mom couldn’t get along (divorce)

The love was lost, it all falls when the summer’s gone

Winter comes and it thaws, guess I was wrong, when

[Chorus: Illmac]

I told myself I’d do it my for my neighborhood, I’ma take the north worldwide

I told myself I’d do it for my city, left and now I’m feeling like a lie

Told myself I’d do it for my family, couple people had to cut ties

Now I gotta do it for myself, but that’s between you and I

[Verse 3: Illmac]

I FaceTimed my niece and we battled, I killed her though

My girl like ‘mm, you got 30’d by a six-year-old’

‘I mean, let’s just say debatable, she might’ve got a round

But you left the room and missed my rebuttal, so calm it down (chill)

And I didn’t choke in that moment you thought I lost the crowd

I just paused ‘cause I thought I spilled some coffee on the couch

A’ight if she out-performed me last time I dare you to

Look at our bars on paper, her handwriting’s terrible (look at it)

And I’m not sure she lives what she raps

I was busy and didn’t take it serious ‘cause it isn’t on SMACK (facts)

Plus half of her flips were probably premeditated

I sent a fist bump emoji and told her keep elevating (yeah yeah good shit)’

Aaliyah you still family though (family though)

I got the screen captures in my camera roll (camera roll)

But it didn’t get the audio, but you can tell I’m winning

But anyways Uncle Ill loves you, rematch you when I’m back at home (back at home)

[Chorus: Illmac]

I told myself I’d do it my for my neighborhood, I’ma take the north worldwide

I told myself I’d do it for my city, left and now I’m feeling like a lie

Told myself I’d do it for my family, couple people had to cut ties

Now I gotta do it for myself, but that’s between you and I

[Outro: Illmac & Aaliyah Russell]

[?] rappers

So you might wanna stop being a coward

Because you’re so low, because you go slow

And you don’t think of your punchlines before you go home

Alright, alright, that was cool

It sounded written

I didn’t write it down I just thought of it

Is there anything you wanna say to the people, if you’re on my album?

Yeah

Thank you so much for listening to my uncle

Ay, that might end the album