Music: Tommaso Zuppa
And they thought like I was,
I was like a nice guy and shit man,
I can't keep it in any longer man
I just gotta get it off my chest
Now let me tell you bout the lies
I been living now I'm safe
Started on the line
Now they watch me setting pace
From the Jackson 5
I'm the one who changed the race
Money on my mind
Got me craving for a Wraith
I ain't begging for a date
If I'm Diaz then I'm Nate
Ronnie Biggs in this bitch
I done made my escape
I done seen Shanghai
I done seen man fry
I'm in touch with my spirits
I don't drink red wine
Coz the body of Christ has been sacrificed
I suffered like he suffered
But I done survived a hundred knives
From hungry guys who've come for mine
I see the world through Nixon's eyes
Terror shit I don't negotiate
My policy is clear though
You gon' feel it if you hear slow
My policy is clear dough
you gon feel it if you hear slow
Attitude is shitty but I don't care
Left em in the corner like a broke chair
Power rudder undercover I don't roll fair
Could've hid behind a mask but I chose bare, bare, bare
Facing the truth like a movie scene
A few good men on a moving team
Removal of the energy, it feels like a lucid dream
(It feels like a lucid)
Controlling the perimeter
Push it to the limiter
Convincing her to give it up
Necking at the cinema yeah
I seen it all
Running up on suckers at they city hall
8 ball and Paul Wall
Martin Fowler on a market stall
I made it y'all
These other suckers past tense
Like did and didn't
Tunes they missing
Too busy focused on they opps
They didn't see what they was missing
And Nas It Was Written
Stuck in little Britain
Now they acting like some kittens
Life ain't worth a pittance
When parents ain't parenting
Uncomfortable when they stare at him
Playing with fire I'm enjoying the warmth
The heat wave riots are just par for the course
My handicap five when I tour I'm alive
Decorated soldier adding stars to my stripes
I'm like Mike Tys before he came nice
Hurricane nights I dug deep I survived
My roots run deep like a wild fig tree
All this chatty patty talk a mek me gwaan skin teeth
Man a bun these freaks like the sun on the beach
Shots on the rocks like the stones on the reef
The barrier strong but it shakes when I speak
Shabba Ranks swag I don't play with the beat
She just came here to eat, and that's fine
Chatting with the waiter bout the sides and the wine
RosΓ© two times, and no ice
Balling but I'm conscious of the price, that's life
They love it how I speak, urban and intelligent
Add a little swag yeah
But still I keep it relevant to what I'm talking'bout
Specific never general
Now they just talking shit they never do
I don't wanna hear about your crimes
I don't wanna hear about your knives
I don't wanna hear about your Tecs or your Glocks or your Macs or the rest of that shit
I'm on the vibe cause
I don't wanna hear about your crimes
I don't wanna hear about your nines
I don't wanna hear about your Tecs or your Glocks or your Macs or the rest of that shit
I'm on the vibe like
Yeah, yeah
Shout out to the ones
Shout out to ones who didn't make it yet
Or who thought I was like off my head or I was like
I was delusional
Like man was Delulu or something yeah
Hmm, hmm, hmm
And now you looking from the sidelines like
Is it the shoes?
Nah it's not the shoes man
It's not the shoes bro
I'm stomping barefoot on y'all innit
So if it ain't the shoes what is it? What is it? What is it?