Say That Cool

Say That Cool - written and performed by Collin Gibson

INTRO

This is payback music

That laid back, way back music

Go’on **** say that cool shit

That Midwest bringing fades back music

VERSE 1

Dunks, Ones, and Air Max

Young ones with guns prepare straps

This is the ‘E

If you cant listen to your heart, listen to me

If you think that this isn\'t art, this is the streets

And you can\'t sweep us under the rug

They quick to dismiss a **** as a hood or a thug

So what he do?

Took the ball and run

Now they waiting on the slip and fall

From winter to fall, summer to spring, and everything in between

You gotta want to be what they don\'t want you to be

You gotta squint to see what they don\'t want you to see

But I can see it all, put it all to a beat

From the producer that brought you the heat

(Mello Dope)

My city produced the giver of truth

If this was my last breath, I would give it to you

If this was my last step, I would kick it with you

You being yall, yall being us, us being we, we being black, black being me

I damn near turned my back on the street

Now I can\'t wait to get back to the streets

Mainly to give back to the streets

So every chance given me

I cop squat, wipe my ass with the beat

Like hopscotch, or rubber bands on your wrist

I\'ll take it back to the past with this shit

CHORUS X2

This is payback music

That laid back, way back music

Go’on **** say that cool shit

Go’on **** say that cool shit

VERSE 2

I remember watching ‘Pimps Up (and) Hoes Down’

My momma made me get up and go out

She aint want me to see what the world was ‘bout

If she only knew what I know now

The world is a shame

We still in the rain

No Motrin, we learn to deal with the pain

The Mil’ is the same

The killing is raised

But ain\'t nobody leaving

The will of the brave

I spent the last couple days trying to get it straight

I found the time to bathe, but I didn\'t shave

My **** said ‘Fuck God’

They called him a sacrilege, but I understand the kid

‘Cuz when you already down and shit

And life, while you on the ground, come around and kick

But then again, that\'s the way it always is

I kept repeating it until it all made sense

Now a black hole couldn\'t steal my sunshine

How a black soul living in the slums thrive

Let alone survive

Man, they cant tell a **** that he gon’ die

Not now, not ever

Not until I get my cheddar

Get my head up over the waves

The only way I keep my head up

Preach goddamnit, Imma tell ya

But the pulpit is too full

So I take to the streets like a young Malcolm X does

Did, was, is to me what a friend was

And he lives in me

So in killing him, they tried to get to ‘We’

We being me and you, you being you and us

Us being beautiful, black aint it beautiful

We being me and you, you being you and us

Us being beautiful, black aint it beautiful

CHORUS X2