BASQUIAT (feat. Saba)

They wanna see me angry

Wanna see me bare my teeth, yeah

I'm a stovetop, baby

I smile in your face but the oven's on high

(Don't get burned)

I told you that I'm anti

I'm reclusive, I sleuth it

I already know

What you're thinkin' 'bout me

(Are you mad?) Yes, I'm mad

(What make you mad?) I don't fuckin' know

You should tell me so, you done done it

(Are you mad?) Yes, I'm mad

(What make you mad?) I can't recall

I plead the fifth, writing's on the wall

After, after all

These teeth are not employed

You can't police my joy, no

After, after all

My smile is not employed

You can't police my joy, no

They wanna see me angry

They wanna see me bare my teeth, yeah

I'm a stovetop, baby

I smile in your face but the oven's on high

(Don't get burned)

I told you that I'm anti

I'm reclusive, I sleuth it

I already know

What you're thinkin' 'bout me

(Are you mad?) Yes, I'm mad

(What make you mad?) I don't fuckin' know

You should tell me so, you done done it

(Are you mad?) Yes, I'm mad

(What make you mad?) I can't recall

I plead the fifth, writing's on the wall

After, after all

These teeth are not employed

You can't police my joy, no

After, after all

These not em, not employed

You can't police my joy, no

Yeah, can't police my, can't tell me when to release my

What you looked into and didn't find

Brought up the same news the last time

I wasn't hidin', that was just private

That was dear diary, why you entitled?

Why are you pryin' sayin' I'm too quiet

Watch how they flip it, that's not how I'm in it

But that's how they write it

I'ma hear about it in a written column

If they gon' misquote me what's the point of talkin'?

It is not promotion, only nonsense and it's not important

Not headlinin', I was unimportant

I didn't talk about it, I don't talk about it

But that's how I like it

I don't go outside so they don't invite me

Interview or not there's no need for the spyin'

(Are you mad?) Yes, I'm mad

Yes, I'm black, no, I don't elaborate

I said all that I had to say

No, you ain't got the answer, Sway

No human is an accolade

Want me dreadlocked and tatted faced

That the story they'll gravitate

Stovetop, they want what I don't got

Devil's advocate, I saw them play both sides

That's the line they'll cross for exposure

Recluse, reluctant to share most times

After, after all

These teeth are not employed

You can't police my joy

After, after all

My smile is not employed

You can't police my joy

After, after all

These teeth are not employed

You can't police my joy

After, after all

My smile is not employed

You can't police my joy

After, after all

These teeth are not employed

You can't police my joy, no

After, after all

(It's like you want me to be, tryin' to provoke me)

(This shit hereditary, the pressure risin' in me)

My smile is not employed

(Some days I'm almost carefree, some days I wish I could be)

You can't police my joy

(So many women in me, you beggars can't be choosey)

After, after all

(It's like you want me to be, tryin' to provoke me)

These teeth are not employed

(This shit hereditary, the pressure risin' in me)

(Some days I'm almost carefree, some days I wish I could be)

You can't police my joy

(So many women in me, you beggars can't be choosey)

It's like you want me to be, you're tryin' to provoke me

(Tryin' to provoke me)

This shit hereditary, the pressure risin' in me (The pressure risin')

Some days I'm almost carefree, some days I wish I could be (I am carefree)

So many women in me, you beggars can't be choosey (In me, in me)

It's like you want me to be, you're tryin' to provoke me

(Tryin' to provoke me)

This shit hereditary, the pressure risin' in me (The pressure risin')

Some days I'm almost carefree, some days I wish I could be (I am carefree)

So many women in me, you beggars can't be choosey (In me, in me)

It's like you want me to be, you're tryin' to provoke me

(Tryin' to provoke me)

This shit hereditary, the pressure risin' in me (The pressure risin')

Some days I'm almost carefree, some days I wish I could be (I am carefree)

So many women in me, you beggars can't be choosey (In me, in me)