2nd Call (feat. Masta Ace)

I set the record straight

Ruler when they measure tapes

Scotch come on the rocks

When my medulla got a heavy weight

Punch out of boxes 'til my freedom ring

Got proposals if agreed to would be guillotines

Keep a XVI without the Louis

Paper cuts without scenes

Taking in the view of what this all really means

Bullied the beats when they questioned

Should she compete right

Paying leases while mostly dreaming of sweet life

When moments sour

It shows who cowers

God said use your light to walk by faith

And I'll show you power

We put in the work over the time

But can't count the hours

When duty calls

The devil ain't sending 22s from Juilliard

Won't let go of tellin' myself I'm special

Never

Life gon' keep lifin'

It ain't gon' check your schedule

Lived some tragedies while sayin'

It'll be fine

Waited for awhile

Then when I got it said

I need time

I hope and pray I'm ready

I hope and pray I'm ready when you call

I hope and pray I'm ready

I hope and pray I'm ready when you call

Ayo

Greed calls the weak to an early grave

And bloody be the hands of the burly slave

See we always the ones on the heavy liftin'

And we stuck while the whole world steady shiftin'

Things are very different

When the shoe's on the other foot

Her all into her son's what my mother put

Cause she wanted me to rise from the circumstances

Will my dark skin really hurt my chances

The devil dances in a pair of red bottoms

My man danced in 'em too then the Feds got him

He ain't know the deck was stacked against him

Common knowledge ain't common

They trapped and lynched him

God pinched him

He woke up but he overslept

A fine line be careful you don't overstep

Only a few stayed balanced

The rest are fallin'

Nobody ever told 'em

There's no second callin'

I hope and pray I'm ready

I hope and pray I'm ready when you call

I hope and pray I'm ready

I hope and pray I'm ready when you

Callin' when you callin' to collect

Gassin' me and callin' it respect

I'm just out here tryna get a check

Tell me what you know about perspective

Tell me what you know about no weapons formed

Workin' I don't even break a sweat

That's what happens when you do the reps

I work a week's worth of wages

In like two days or three

Everyone who thought this grind was fake

I'm gonna make believe

Instant gratification makes peeps delay they needs

They don't know the way they think

Affects the way they read

Interactions situations stipulations

No trial is free

So I'm speaking on tribulations

Sometimes embracing fundamentals isn't basic

Dreams may take up shape

In the risks that you isn't takin'

Are you ready