[Verse 1]

I hit the weed, I told myself the last time would be my last

I don't trust my own niggas, now my mind racing fast

Got my foot up on the gas, got a hundred on the dash

If the police run up on me, I ain't stopping for they ass

Boy, you know my L's dirty, if they stop me, I'm goin' to jail surely

I'll be next to my brother in the cell, no bail for me

"Man, let me out, send me back to bitches that smell pretty"

And all I gotta do is call once and she there all ready

Yeah, buddy, can't you tell I'm goin' through hell?

I don't even open my mail

I'm in the shower with a soap and a towel, I need cleansing

Bad bitches all on the prowl, they need Benzes

Pussy niggas running they mouth and we ain't flinching

They names ain't even mentioned

I got dreams bigger than your whole team

You niggas so broke, yet somehow, you so green

I guess it's envy, started with a penny, now I'm getting plenty money

[Chorus]

Huh, and one time for the city, yeah

And two times for you, hey

And one time for the city, hey

And two times for you, uh

[Verse 2]

Look, kid, it's raining outside, boy, fuck an umbrella

Niggas banging outside, boy, they guns'll dumbbell a

Nigga, tired of telling niggas that's deceased rest in peace

We tired of only having just a piece

And fuck policing, they killing niggas, what's the reason?

His daughter starving and she fucking freezing

So no wonder why he fucking squeezing

They out here bustin', leavin' niggas stuck and bleedin'

On the floor

Bullets wet you like it's semen on a ho

Breathing slow, man, I'm in Hell

One day, you tryna make the rent, next day, you in jail

Lord knows he meant well

So I take the pencil and write like a pen pal

Some shit that's darker than the tints up on the windshield

Uh, welcome to Sinville

Where niggas on base, shit is looking like an infield

High as a Sprint bill

What you think? That's the reason why this ink in my pen kills

Phony niggas 'til they are extinct, bitch, I've been real

[Chorus]

Huh, and one time for the city, hey, uh

And two times for you, yeah

And one time for the city, hey, hmm

And two times for you, hey

[Verse 3]

Them old niggas sayin', "Cole the wrong one bringin' the city shine

All he ever doin' is paintin' pictures of crime

Tellin' stories of pain, paintin' pictures of dope"

Bitch, if you listenin', I'm paintin' pictures of hope

Huh, that boy in class embarrassed because he broke

Hopin' today he won't be the butt of somebody's joke

See, me, I lived it all, from dirt-poor in a trailer

Worried about my mother and never trustin' my neighbors

To middle-class with a backyard and my own room

To bein' the only Black kid in my homeroom

Academically gifted and followed my own rules

Was runnin' the streets, hey, ma, I'll be home soon

Was out chasin' hoes, was out hoopin'

Them niggas wasn't ballin', but yet, they was foul-shootin'

Uh, so meet the newest role model who don't know how to fake this shit

Never sold a rock and, look, I made it, bitch

[Chorus]

Huh, and one time for the city, yeah

And two times for you, hey

And one time for the city, yeah

And two times for you, hey

[Outro]

Girl, it's been so long, I've been gone from you

But you ain't gotta worry 'bout the things I do

It's hard, but the thought of you would ease my pain

Girl, I promise they gon' know our name, uh

Ain't seen you smile in a while, but I been dreamin' 'bout you

Oh, oh, oh