[Intro]

Dring, dring

(Over)

[Verse 1: Mike Shabb]

I went through nightmares and scary episodes

I spent the light years smokin' dope at home

Reflectin' light, mirrors on broken stove

I was right there when they—

I was right there when they buried bro

Slime world forever, keep it dirty nose

When I leave the globe, picture me in all designer clothes

Picture me laying down with a line of hoes

Screamin', "Adiós," they gon' forever rep my name in the body, oh

Twelve lookin' at me like I hold a John Gotti robe

Grindin' for this paper like— runnin' with no cardio

Got my hands on a few bricks like Spider-Man

My shooters ask twice like Pfizer plan

Been a student of this game, I kept a rising hand

Never left school without my vitamins

We did it by our own bloodshed and tears

I was all alone, I was never scared

We was roamin' in the darkness, lookin' for a flare

This shit hard to get over, like an older fear

Nigga took a hit in his girlfriend Cartiers

Drop 50 like I'm in my Vince Carter years

I'm Tracy on LA game, all backboards, I bring my A-game

I bring my A-game, just to prove a point

[Verse 2: Navy Blue]

Whichever way the scales shift, the cripple's where the tail ends

Lift the veil and get the fuck out, if it isn't now, then where, when?

Karma is a well, you fucked around and fell in, you held the hand and heard the death whisper

The loneliness atone, but when it roam, you gotta wrong right

Nigga try and bargain with his own life

It get risky, tryna roll the dice, take a chance

On my Nicolas Anelka, out in France, I'm on my Zinedine

Niggas turn to me when they need answers

I grieve my baba on some Black Panther

Every night, I find a light that casts a shadow on my grandeur

Bodies swingin' in the gallows, walk on water when it's shallow

Who will lead and who will follow, like, Moses with the cattle

Niggas slither, I could hear 'em rattle, uh

Tony Parker how I'm sortin' these assists

And when they hit, it'll bang instead of flames from my wits

Nigga, if they ever pitch, I'm gon' be swingin' for the stars

Stacking brick after brick after brick, until the wall built

Fall ill and recover, nigga, we've suffered, all in

Can't fall in, I can't repeat nothin'

Fall ill, recover, nigga, we suffered, all in

I can't fall in, I can't repeat nothin'

[Outro]

Lord, if you can, save me from that man

Don't let him make a pulp out of me

But, the Lord, he was not quick

The Lord raised up a stick and beat the living hell out of me

And I didn't understand

Why God don't protect a man from police brutality

Being poor and Black, I have no weapon to strike back

So who but the Lord can protect me?

We'll see