[Chorus: Mick Jenkins]

I played the fool, removed the wool

Over my eyes, I wiped the drool

I was sleep... I was sleep

[Verse 1: Mick Jenkins]

I like my coffee black as all her favorite movies

Never going back to jail, I say that loosely

Before the handcuffs, they'll probably shoot me

I'm taking it back to '67 sped off in a two door

My notebook got me extra loose leaf

I'm in a function, fifteen minutes, then I chuck the deuces

Keep it raw, I'm on a roll, no sushi

Had to wrap my green and black, that avocado maki

The Parmesan will have you thinking that it's time to Bruce Lee

But I am no Goofy, hell my horses niggas love to jockey

Flows too cold, needs no Zamboni, wе already polished

We know thе phonies using makeup and they switching stylists

Held up attacking, these niggas childish

We need them truly, call the academy, he acting all of that emotion

I call my shorty, she the only one who knew me

[Chorus: Mick Jenkins]

I played the fool, removed the wool

Over my eyes, I wiped the drool

I was sleep... I was sleep

I was sleeping

[Verse 2: Mick Jenkins]

Deep in REM, I swear this shit the matrix

Like he fresh up outta coma, I'm relearning basics

I used to think my shit didn't stink because it smelled so different

I guess it's kinda like when racists swear that they're not racist

I'm owning up, I'm doing work, I'm not gon' play it down

These days can't knock me off my square, I'm not gon' play around

Felon locked two damn niggas hate the sound

Grinding up the jack hammer, niggas breaking ground

When I see flows, heard a joint from muscle memory, need a icy hot

6 a.m., I'm on Twitter with a spicy takes

This shit take time, you couldn't change that with an icy watch

For a fashionable nigga, I was high key late

Ricki Lake, I had to lose some fucking weight, I did

Once I woke up, all my dreams became some great ideas

Then ideas just as quickly became some shit I did

You talking jokes, you think I did this shit to say I did

Say ya'll did, never see 'em walking what they talk

Thousand words later, no Gordon Parks

In the deeper parts of water where it's more dark

[Chorus: Mick Jenkins]

I played the fool, removed the wool

Over my eyes, I wiped the drool

I was sleep... I was sleep

I was sleeping

I played the fool, removed the wool

Over my eyes

I was...