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Flowers [Intro]
03:12
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Hey Kelechi
Yeah?
Brew and VJ talkin' bout going out tonight, wassup? You tryna ride?
Honestly bruh, I'm staying in the house. I'm straight. I'm tryna stay inside
Man, cmon dawg, it's Saturday. Let's go bruh
Yeah, I know it's Saturday, we been going out since Wednesday. I'm straight. I'm chilling. Nah
Well shit, that's on you, bruh. We finna ride. Shit finna be lit tonight. It's homecoming weekend, niggas won. You trippin'
"Door slams*
Yeah, yeah, yeah. Shit, I'm trippin' at home. Y'all go ahead man, I'm good...
[intro]
Quarter life, quarter life, quarter life, quarter life, yeah
There's gotta be more to life, more to life, more to life, more to life
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Said...said
[Chorus 1]
Now I lay down to sleep
I'm prayin' to heaven my soul to keep
But what if I leave the world while I lay?
Just gimme my flowers while I'm awake
Now I lay, Now I lay down to sleep
I'm prayin' to heaven my soul to keep
But what if I leave the world while I lay?
Just gimme my flowers while I'm awake
[Verse 1]
Wake keepings for the young boys
Make my momma hold tight to me
So I pray that I leave the world better because of me
Instead of in spite of me
And I pray to God they dig me
Till the day that they bury me
Till the pallbearers carry me
Out on the lawn and put one in the air for me
Guess I think about death a lot
Prolly why I don't stress a lot
Cause if imma be the next to drop
Imma pierce my ears, Imma dread my locs
And imma park my whip right next to cops
With this bumpin'
Tell'em it's somethin'
Bout a badge and a strap that don't match if you're black
Did I miss somethin'?
Agree to disagree and fist bump him
Just an immigrant son, with some limited funds
An unlimited tongue
And a macbook
I said I wouldn't curse or say the N-word in a verse
Well, shit nigga. Look how long that took
Hating on a visionary, that's a bad look
No foot fetish, I won't get off on a bad foot
I used to wrap backwoods, Now I'm on r-a-p backwards
STNDRD in Atlanta to be backwoods
That good
[Chorus]
Now I lay down to sleep
I'm prayin' to heaven my soul to keep
But what if I leave the world while I lay?
Just gimme my flowers while I'm awake
Now I lay, Now I lay down to sleep
I'm prayin' to heaven my soul to keep
But what if I leave the world while I lay?
Just gimme my flowers while I'm awake
(x2)
[Refrain]
I'mma live forever (x3)
I'mma live forever and ever and ever
I'mma live forever (x3)
I'mma live forever and ever and ever
And never die
[Verse 2]
This the happiest song about dying
Well, how you write this song without cryin'
Fantasies of me and Lauryn Hill marchin up to Zion
But if you don't know God, then you're lying' bout the Lion
Of Judah
Welcome to Atlanta, Land of Luda
Boost cars like Mobile and they booties on Buddha
No religion, but these babies tryna see the Lord sooner
Cause they marchin' with the peace, but I ain't talking Martin Luther
Bang
Goes the banger with his eyes closed
Young guerrillas, all these shooters Baby Milo
Momma asks God: "Where does time go?"
Every body wanna go to heaven, no one wanna die though
No, no, no, no. Nobody wanna die though
No, Every body wanna go to heaven, no one wanna d-
Gunshot
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01:36
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Chorus:
Sample:
"I'm a black man in a white world"
[x4]
Beware of me
Be scared of me
No care for me
Nowhere for me
Cause I’m..
[Verse 1]
Naija boy. Nah I ain't black like them
Raised different. I ain't act like them
My parents landed in the 80's and they never smoked crack like them
My daddy here. Nah I wasn't raised by rap like them
My pants high. Never rock a backwards hat like them
That low fade. Don't you braid your hair in plaits like them
Wait I'm a Naija boy, I told you I ain't black like them
The Police rolled up on me. Put me in the back like them
Why?
Cause I'm a...
[Verse 2]
Law abiding car riding scared of police
Maybe cause our brothers dead in the streets
What you saying to me?
Ain’t no one cause less terror than me
Still Momma taught me be prepared for the heat
She ain't just teach me not to steal
Taught me not to look like I'm stealing
Take off hoodie
All green I see low, but my mob goodie
(Mumbles)
Lights in our faces but couldn't see through the dark could he?
Black male
Black questions
Black answers
Bad luck
Turn black cat to black panther
July sun burnt blacks skin
Black cancer
Black coal in good black stockings
Ask Santa
Touch your roots and have black thoughts
They'll cat scan ya
So we hide from black ghosts in black phantoms
Black market. Black business. Black anthems
Black magic In black Mecca
It’s Atlanta
Still
"I'm a black man in a white world"
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Bang With Us
04:37
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[Verse 1]
Ask if we run the block
Ask if the sun is hot
Ask if the biggest dogs turn to pussy cats when they run from cops
Ask where the evidence. A 100K in cash and a ton of rock
Ask If I get more than a wrist slap when a gun is shot
Serve and protect?
Nah we murk and neglect
My gang bang MLK out in Memphis
Rodney King, now Ferguson next
What you talking bout guns?
Talking bout drugs?
Talking "click clack" just to earn some respect?
Talking bout bloods?
Talking bout cuz?
Tellem' look at us, they gone learn from the best
Run the country and we know it now
Kill a nigga and don't go to trail
Half a million and a TV special
That's my OG, Darren Wilson hold it down
Rock a badge. We don't rock a flag
Confiscate it then we pocket that
Bullets spittin at these black cats
Gotta keep'em suffering like succotash
Sheesh
Ask if we run the block
Ask if the summers is hot
Ask if the biggest dogs turn to pussy cats when they run from cops
Investigate ourselves, "Oh we not guilty!" How we gonna stop?!
Ask if we give a damn when a momma cryin' cause her son is shot
Look...
[Bridge]
My gang dangerous
Rock blue, bleed blood if you bang with us
In black hoods cause the white hoods tainted us
Hold up... listen to me...
My gang dangerous
Rock blue, bleed blood if you bang with us
In black hoods cause the white hoods tainted us
Ain't too many could bang with us
[Chorus]
Armed and dangerous, Label us No-
Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't--Ain't too many could bang with us
Notorious. Dangerous
Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't too--Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't too many could bang with us
(x2)
[2 Pac's Interlude]
I think this country was built on gangs. Republicans, Democrats, The police department, the FBI, the CIA. Those are gangs! I had correctional officer tell me straight up: "We the biggest gang in New York State." Straight up
[Verse 2]
It's some niggas not rocking our colors and they on yo block
(10-4 Can I get a description?)
They gonna front like they kids but I know they opps
(Roger that, I'm in pursuit)
G-Checkem let'em know this whole road ain't they spot
(Alright I got it)
But if them boys act foul. You gon have to unload them shots
Where you from lil nigga?
(Yo, you see me all the time man)
Oh word? where yo momma stay?
(Up the road...)
Lemme see you ID lil nigga
And you can be on your way
(I ain't got time for this shit man)
Look me in my face, man
Give a damn who's time I waste, man
I turn your whole hood into a wasteland
If you looking like you reaching for your waste band
(Why you always down' this shit man!)
My gang turn St Louis to Baghdad
My gang can turn to fitted to snap backs
Turn truth into lies, and kids into threats
My bullets turn niggas to hashtags
It's for me to explain if you're being detained
Only a smart ass would ask that
I got probable cause to start an applause
I dare you lil niggas to clap back
[Bridge 2]
My gang dangerous
Rock blue, bleed blood if you bang with us
In black hoods cause the white hoods tainted us
Now they laughing all the way tot the bank with us
Have mercy on your soul if you ain't with us
Dirty money if you tryna hit a stain with us
In black hoods cause white hoods tainted us
Ain't too many could bang with us
[Chorus]
Armed and dangerous, Label us No-
Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't--Ain't too many could bang with us
Notorious. Dangerous
Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't too--Ain't too many could bang with us
Ain't too many could bang with us
(x2)
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5. |
You Got Me feat Phay
04:53
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6. |
Now or Never
05:34
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8. |
Heavenly Mother
04:30
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9. |
How Does It Feel?
03:40
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10. |
Thank God
03:48
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11. |
Slow Down
03:06
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12. |
Flowers [Outro]
02:56
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