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Free Jewelry
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Bridge::
With all this money that we can make,
Why donʼt yʼall just lead the way,
Do you wanna get money or not, do you,
Do you wanna get money or not, do you
Verse 1:
My first view of what it do was with my crew posted on the stoop,
gold chain, small rope but bitches peeped the cool,
wore mine, all the time, inspired by the corner kind,
foreign ride, tints on 35, trap door inside
for the stick, 95ʼs for the kicks,
neon green, I had ‘em too but was married to Penny 1ʼs,
where habits could get you done and the addicts was on the run,
Biggie shit was the Bible and the Magic had almost won,
And it all made sense but the pattern it would become
when youʼre watching a BMW advocate all them jums,
it seemed, more or less like the havoc that could be done is relieved,
As long as you got a bag and a muffled tongue and I seen,
How it be when it comes to Idolatry,
we just wanted to cop an Aviʼ and see what Idalis need,
you know, pop bottles, chicks that favor Idalis,
you jump off the stoop like “I got us”,
It only takes one,
be it a vision on how to get it or a kid who can picture it when the dayʼs done,
growing up outta pocket while being shown how to make one,
my mans followed the flute of whoever played one,
Theme songs recorded until the tape done,
I heard ‘em all but was juggling how my tapes run,
13 with a view of how good a crown fits,
word to everyone I was floating around with
Hook:
Caught a vision and saw it like there it go,
There it go!
Tryna fly off the stoop to where it go,
Where it go!
Celebrate with a bottle like here it go,
Here it go!
Like “pour me mine”, yo fuck if I wasnʼt grown
There you go!
(Repeat 2x)
Verse 2:
My first view of what it do was with my crew posted on the stoop,
dope name, all the OGs would call me Zoo,
first rhyme, I was 9, but rhymed like I was corner tied,
kicking what I saw from off the line, I was fortified
With a pen, what a Stuy corner did,
turned me out to follow my neighbor
when Luigiʼs wouldnʼt pay us,
we was too young, still went everyday as soon as school done,
he used to float by in the black Lex, the new one,
I knew son, from right up the block, they called him B.I.,
rolled around with D-Roc, posted up by the C line,
biggest in the hood while, all black with his hood down,
St. James Liquor shooting dice like “who nice”?,
Fast forward overnight and a video shoot is on,
Iʼm watching from ‘cross the street, Iʼm picturing me involved,
Iʼm only in junior high but fuck if I wasnʼt grown,
and I had 100 verses that hit like 100 zones,
Fast forward even more to a throne
with BIG sitting inside of, mafia in tow,
and Iʼm tryna get a role,
and as far as 18 and unders, not a soul could follow me off the go,
whole hood know, but I was just tryna be him in time,
he wrote an album about my block, The Source shouldʼve gave it 5,
right? 13 with a view of how good a crown fit,
word to everyone I was floating around with
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Rich Rhetoric
03:38
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Humble Brag
03:00
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Plugs and Connections
02:35
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Verse 1:
As true as you and me thereʼs a mayor on every block,
singing The Dramatics and playing with ready rock,
usually it seem like heʼS waiting to catch a drop,
youʼre clinging to his habits, he saving you from a spot,
‘Round the way work, jewels in the ground, hit the pay dirt,
love is love, youʼre in good hands, Dennis Haysbert,
openly protected by who you be neck and neck with,
ʼtil you looking over like “look at what they done made work”,
Circling the block, I know your call before you start,
put your phone down, Pyer Moss to the heart,
word to all of that, love it or leave it weʼre afforded that,
20 D batteries, count them wrong, brought them back,
Attracted to what you see on the screen
but then thinking you can recast it to keep who you need,
keep it cool, shit is cool, you donʼt need me to leave,
word to God itʼs nothing to let you be who you be,
I mean for real though
Hook:
Thereʼs a fire sale in the Stuy,
30 floors up,
burnt the vibe clear out the sky,
Had a view worth a mil but
Views get for real and,
Usually get killed when you in here to buy,
(Repeat 2x)
Bridge:
Please Philly donʼt let this happen to you
Please Atlanta donʼt let this happen to you
Please DMV donʼt let this happen to you
Please LA donʼt let this happen to you
Please Detroit donʼt let this happen to you
Please Chicago donʼt let this happen to you
Please Texas donʼt let this happen to you
Please New Orleans donʼt let this happen to you
Verse 2:
To whom it may concern donʼt let this happen to you,
true to what you heard they want this back like a loop,
they gave you a curb and kept you back on the stoop,
and now what they prefer is to help you pack when you move,
And an argument is made, for calling out a blame,
visions of a doorstep and all that it became,
they ainʼt have the heart to stand on it ʼtil today,
the smoke all clear and they just wanting the remains,
Funny ainʼt it, the bottom of the bag is what you make it,
jump the line ‘cause, I ainʼt never seen money waiting,
shit you ran from is what you tryna run away with,
and brownstones is looking “Salvation“ underrated,
Told us tag a dotted line if you care to survive,
and if not pick a spot and just be here for the ride,
the aura of quarter waters over Mary J Blige,
my neighborhood give you life but was you here when it died,
riddle me that,
Verse 3:
Block party every summer, 40 acres and a mule,
same block where it was from and it became the living proof,
last of a dying breed, praises is due,
while youʼre cursing out the stage from your roof,
You came here itching for the vibe, take it with us if we gone,
no money in Salʼs, blame the pictures on the wall,
a box of Kennedy fried got you thinking you involved,
shit is smooth, I was there too before I moved along,
funny ainʼt it
Second Bridge:
Damn Philly I see it happened to you
Damn Atlanta I see it happened to you
Damn DMV I see it happened to you
Damn LA I see it happened to you
Damn Detroit I see it happened to you
Damn Chicago I see it happened to you
Damn Texas I see it happened to you
Damn New Orleans I see it happened to you
Damn...
Post Bridge:
Chopped cheese and,
Kennedy friend and,
Dollar Arizonaʼs and,
Four wings with fried rice
and extra duck sauce,
All of the reasons you was out front for,
Coming with us if we up and gone
(Repeat 2x)
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