[Verse 1]

This joint should've been done

A year late, dollar short, and then some

Talked big shit, now my face is blazing red like fire engines

And I wonder now that I have it, do I really want your attention?

'Cause my literary expression just preliminary extensions of the real me

That's why it took twelve albums plus a mixtape to reveal me

And now you're listening to the sonic memoirs of a real G

So don't take none of these words too lightly

Funny thеse verbs and nouns just might be

Fast bеcoming your life preservers on this current LP

No Killer Mike, but I'm much too prone to kill a mic with no remorse

I'm so devoted, I vowed my faith to these bars for life, that's no divorce

And now that we might break up, I am holding court

Got the silent treatment for so many years with no retort

Now I'm so in mode to just emote until my throat is hoarse

'Cause they wouldn't recognize a trailblazer until the road is torched

So if you follow me, beware, my accounts are probably jaded. Maybe a characteristic of the underappreciated, Sa-Roc

[Chorus]

I know, I know, I know I'm just talking

They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin

Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer

I just wanna leave 'em with some options, oh God

I know, I know, I know I'm just talking

They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin

Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer

I just wanna leave 'em with some options

[Verse 2]

This urge run through me like electric pulses, my tongue convulses

And spits out pieces of my shattered past, unfiltered and rather impulsive

But they don't want the army of me

They want an R&B audio freak that they can digest and swallow in small doses

Fuck a snack, it's a muh'effing buffet

Ask Chico, Stoney, Isha, Tony, and the day one homie Zack

They can vouch, MLK didn't raise no shrinking violets

My streets didn't shrink from violence

I can still see the aftermath beneath my eyelids

But I'm built tough like Ford trucks

A fortress of secrets and forced trust

And yet they say that no woman's an island

But when I throw my fist up and post my politics up

They say that this chick's just much too defiant

I'm just a product of my environment

You either learn to take the heat or get up out the fryer then

And I've been rather callous since I been burned, just a side effect

So y'all gon' take this lyrical rehab to my retirement

[Chorus]

I know, I know, I know I'm just talking

They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin

Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer

I just wanna leave 'em with some options, oh God

I know, I know, I know I'm just talking

They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin

Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer

I just wanna leave 'em with some options

[Verse 3]

If these words move you, I can prove it's worthwhile

'Cause I had to push and pull this deep from out the church aisles

For this Holy Ghost has haunted me for a million Earth miles

And I had to walk it solo and that's no fair like jumping turnstiles

You feeling it or not? Are these sentiments forgot?

Once your interest diminishes, we rekindling the spark?

My flow limitless from renegades to remnants of cotton

But I feel like I can't reach you, I'm antenna-less and blocked, bwoy

This shouldn't be so hard still

But I guess it could be painful sharing a piece of your heart like a three-course meal

And they think if they throw cash, they deserve to see cartwheels

But I don't bend and I have no tricks, just my beliefs in God's quill, so

So we gon' see what happens, what frequency you packing

Maybe we meet up on the tracks I'm frequently attacking

And see the difference 'tween MCs and simple re-enactments

F the image, I just want the caption, Sa-Roc

[Chorus]

I know, I know, I know I'm just talking

They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin

Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer

I just wanna leave 'em with some options, oh God

I know, I know, I know I'm just talking

They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin

Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer

I just wanna leave 'em with some options