Poster Child!

By REASON

On Porches

Released on August 11, 2023

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[Intro]

Yeah

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ayy

One-two, one-two, one-two

(Yeah, one-two, one-two, one-two)

(Yeah, yeah)

Yeah, turn me up a little bit

Classic shit, nigga, look


[Chorus]

I'm gettin' high, hop it land me close to God

Yeah, yeah, I park my bucket next to whips that I'm supposed to drive

Shit, I'm the overthinkin' dramatic poster child

Yeah, yeah, I wish my granny and my granddaddy both alive

So they can see how far we took it


[Verse 1]

Hoodie and some Timbs, walkin' through the streets of Brooklyn

Times feel like I belonged thеre, I done had some strong yеars

Priorities fucked up whenever my goals near

Still find time when tequila and some hoes near

Never learned expression, I've been fightin' back some strong tears

Think I'm irresponsible, way I keep losin' people

Always pessimistic, lose a homie due to Crippin'

Done seen that shit in threes, now I'm waitin' on a sequel

God tell me there's a plan for me, Iraq got hit, it wasn't even in his damn city

Sit down with Dot, he gave me tips to be the man, really realized, it's sad

While he talkin', I just wanna take a pic with him to brag

Thinkin' niggas had me twisted like I wouldn't make it here

So when I post these pixels, probably make it clear that I'm chosen, nigga

Old enough to see the shoes I done grown in, nigga

But young enough to still get game from the older niggas

Open time, I never advance

Ain't enough hours for me to touch every single fan

Signed my deal, now I'm everybody cousin

I aim to be the greatest and I put that on my brother, nigga, fuck it


[Chorus]

Park my bucket next to whips that I'm supposed to drive

Nah, just let it run

I'm gettin' high, hope it land me close to God

Shit, look, I wish my granny and my granddaddy both alive

Yeah, I'm the overthinkin', dramatic poster child

Yeah, soul


[Verse 2]

Look, I was raised on College Dropout

I was on a Ye high since I was yay high, we gathered like a seance

Debate time on who the G.O.A.T., Wayne, Yeezy or Hov?

The portraits in which we rose, no heater, we used a stove

Have perspective there since day one

Ken got hit with a bullet, lost his life before his daughter was grade one

He died on impact, I'ma die tryna make one

Opportunity ain't there, but I'ma take one

Real shit, poster child for the hustle, poster child for the feelings

Poster child for the niggas that came up 'round the dealings

Poster child for the niggas associated with flags that never wanted to bang, but pressure would make us sad

Change dialect, twist fingers, why, yes

Signed to a label that ain't only pushin' violence

No wonder Top experiment, he came up from the projects

No wonder this shit mine, nigga, I blew up off the mindset

We gon' give you hell, nigga, tell us we can't beat the odds

Don't believe them tales, nigga, you can't say I came with Mel was facin' murder, Mel did it

How I keep this drive? Motivation from my L's, nigga

Poster child for ones that know their family from jail visits

Yeah, them portraits wasn't luxury, but gave me a perspective thick as glue and so it's stuck with me

Ghetto, bougie and uppity, treat the block like it's cutlery, they used that shit to eat

Later on I told them tales and turned wealthy pockets healthy, guess I used that for a feast

That cutlery helped my company, was sittin' on up steps, cars rollin' by suddenly

Tinted windows, we don't know the whip and now we duckin' him, most times it was nothin'

But that sudden thought, I may be joinin' my granny for company, enough to make me duck every time

You can hear it in these verses, truth cut from these lines

Make this album, 'cause them haunted moments stuck in my mind


[Chorus]

Straight from them Porches, park my buckin' next to whips that I'm supposed to drive

Shit, yeah, yeah, I'm gettin' high, hop it land me close to God

Yeah, I wish my granny and my granddaddy both alive

I'm the overthinkin', dramatic (Dramatic)

Yeah (Yeah)

Porches


[Outro]

See, these young niggas, they gottta understand that

We all come from somethin'

And that somethin' we come from connect us

Whether that shit gang or, your income, your family

It don't matter what the fuck it is, man

It shapes us, that's what I'm sayin'

That's what we learn from

And niggas gon' call it an excuse or whatever to say I'm doin' the same old shit

Naw, nigga

It's what defines you, it's some real shit

No matter how far you try to get away from it

It's gon' be a piece of you

That you gon' carry with you everywhere you go, that's just what it is

You learned your life, you movements, your vernacular

Traditions, beliefs, everything, right here, on this porch

You New York niggas call it a stoop

Rich white motherfuckers, hell

I don't know what the fuck them niggas call whatever fuck they sit on

Communicate, Kumbaya, [?] but they got some shit

I ain't no rich white motherfucker

But they got some shit, okay

So it's not about gettin' away from it

You can move, you can do whatever you wanna do

You just gon' take it with you, I guarantee you, I promise

It ain't 'bout where you go or how far you try to get away from it

It's 'bout what you do with it, boy