More songs by JID
More songs by Vince Staples
Description
Like a chronicle of the streets, where numbers become a tally of shots fired and dreams intertwine with danger. Here you'll find Monopoly with a $200 prize, memories of neighborhoods that are no longer on the map, and the eternal game of survival set to the soundtrack of police sirens. Everything sounds harsh and unvarnished - as if rap has turned into a documentary film: about pain, endurance, and the desire to grab your piece of the sky, even if there is only ash and smoke around you.
Producer: Jay Versace
Recording Engineer: John Kadadu
Mixing Engineer: Leslie Brettwaite
Mastering Engineer: Chris Athens
A&R: Tim Glover
Administrator and Coordinator: Alissa Batista
Administrator and Administrator: Marissa Weekliff
Composer and Lyricist: Destin Ruth
Composer and Lyricist: Vincent Staples
Composer and Lyricist: Jalil Gunther
Lyrics and translation
Original
from Rosewood all around the world.
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Brought to you by the same [ __ ] that
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gave us us free. Reminiscent of the
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depths of Oscarville. Vengeance from the
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ashes of Tulsa. We present to you a
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colossal. [ __ ] you.
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Look, you want a piece of that American
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pie? Probably humble. You want that nice
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crib in the hills. Real comfortable.
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You're Juliet. I'll be Romeo Montigue.
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My mama said me fooling around with you
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is irresponsible. You know how power and
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money do try to monopolize you like the
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man with a monle on his eye. When I pass
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go give me $200 and shoot the fives. I'm
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from the six. No devil [ __ ] Prince of
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Egypt told me look at life through
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heaven's eyes. Seeing evil [ __ ] was
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regular. We ain't recognized to ride in
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common. Couldn't get the god to testify.
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They wearing wires and camouflage
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espionage. Hopping to the rise of
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Hellcat with a vessel of God. Cops
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probably stop me anytime. Think you're
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jeopardized. Pull me to the side. I go
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IG live. If I feel in danger, I'mma up
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my do it for the squad because there's
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no child ever left behind. Hold me down,
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dog. Have my back and just protect my
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spine. And if they at your neck, just
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know it's record time. Only one shot can
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cause a second line.
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1 2 3 [ __ ] riding through the city
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with strap on. Four [ __ ] at the gas
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station on the trap phone. 5:00 traffic
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on the block, they in the mix. But the
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plot twist is [ __ ] done made it out to
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6. 7 in the morning off a boulder some
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flash shows. No, I haven't ate. I'm
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going to eat from off of rap songs. Nine
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on this waist. You better straighten up
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your backbone. 10 times out of 10 [ __ ]
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is in attack mode. Everywhere I go, I'm
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good cuz I know the codes. I open up my
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soul and then it open doors. I ain't
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killing [ __ ] cuz of cold. It's cuz I'm
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cold. But I ain't do this [ __ ] alone. I
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make known. I got all of this on my dome
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as I write more sentences. If I explode
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like a truckload of nitroglycerin, you
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just a bump in a road. [ __ ] you might
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go missing. I'm psycho. I keep a pole
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like I might go fishing. I'm from with
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shoes from power lines and light poles.
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A light skin hole. Want a corner her
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braids micro. She on a nice scroll and
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he going to buy the price low. He walk a
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tight road. By saying the ride is mine.
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I hope
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[ __ ] going to be fine.
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But why [ __ ] get better with time? See
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the movies now rewinding my friend. We
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turn the VC on the dinosaurs. The money
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we spend just leave us wanting more. But
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money make the continent spin. Build the
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world in seven days. Road to seven,
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you'll get paid in all the line. We was
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lying pressing in our better days.
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Raising hell to get a taste of heaven
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gates. They can't relate. I wouldn't
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wait for them to figure it out. They
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want the dreams without the nightmares.
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Heads in the clouds thirsty for clout.
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They don't know the burners. I got
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murders. I caught cuz they say a word
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and got shot. Grabbing his heart. Now we
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just a scattering thought. A part of the
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art. Just a casualty of the war. It goes
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1 2 3 5 7 snub hanging out the window.
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Four do g r stole it off a [ __ ] 5
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years later I was still on 65th. I'm a
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seven figure [ __ ] but I never will
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forget eight top rhying every day like
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it was gourmet. Nine times out of 10
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[ __ ] beat the 4ks doing two 11s ain't
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never make us rich. This a 12 gau shy I
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ain't got an angel. Who the unlucky
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13th? They made an angel out of man that
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used to be an earthling. And you can say
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it's dirt cheap cuz when they shooting