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Royce Da 5'9"
Gottaknow
1,792
Hip-Hop/Rap
Gottaknow was released on April 15, 2016 by Bad Half Entertainment, Inc. (Royce Da 5'9) as a part of the album Layers
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AlbumLayers
Release DateApril 15, 2016
LabelBad Half Entertainment, Inc. (Royce Da 5'9)
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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
R. Montgomery
R. Montgomery
Rap
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
S1
S1
Composer
Epikh
Epikh
Composer
S. Lowery
S. Lowery
Songwriter
R. Montgomery
R. Montgomery
Songwriter
L. Griffin Jr
L. Griffin Jr
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Ryan Highland
Ryan Highland
Engineer
S1
S1
Producer
Epikh
Epikh
Producer
Chris Beast
Chris Beast
Engineer
I.V. Duncan
I.V. Duncan
Engineer
Morning Estrada
Morning Estrada
Engineer
Mauricio Iragorri
Mauricio Iragorri
Mastering Engineer
Steve Daniel Baughman
Steve Daniel Baughman
Mastering Engineer
Mr. Porter
Mr. Porter
Producer
Pat Viala
Pat Viala
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Cash rules everything around me
I ain't claiming I'm street
I'm just saying everything that surrounds me is concrete
In the 'burb a lot, ride all because I bubble like Don P
Right besides me's a dime piece
College girl, looking 'bout as good as I sleep
That's 'cause I keep it low, the opposite of high key
Y'all **** got the wrong idea 'bout what's really going on out here
Y'all weird, I see, they told you, keep your ears to the streets
Y'all **** laying down and y'all ears out here in these streets
I guess you took it literal
Guess the only code you live by is forget it code
[Verse 2]
Uh, if I should get my own guilty verdict
May the next man learn from it, then flourish
You could put it on the news
You could put my face on the front of a shirt
Then the latest video, then blur it
Y'all **** fucking with the next ****, bitch
Mostly attracted to her 'cause she the next **** bitch
One of my **** made a name for killing ****
Now, he on the slaying spree for dealing ****, I call it the **** niche
Life is set up for you to dig a ditch
God is looking down on all, being carried by the crisp pallbearers
Like, just ball player
You ain't even gotta pull a trigger, you can still assist
I'ma keep it real as this
[Verse 3]
Gottaknow when to row from the madness
Gottaknow when to give these **** passes
Gottaknow when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em
Gottaknow when to beats **** asses
Gottaknow when the money ain't good money
Gottaknow when somebody ain't good for ya
Gottaknow when to open and when to close it
When being silent exposes, and when it's golden
[Verse 4]
Gottaknow all I gottaknow
Gottaknow all I gottaknow
[Verse 5]
God made us ****, then made us all breakable
Then gave us all decision making, that'll make or break a ****
People tryna blaze with you just so they can lace a ****
All because of public sensationalism
With brothers with faces that people see and can relate to
When the place where the foundation of eating's higher
Population is based on popularity
Gotta be careful where you place your wisdom
All it takes is just one conversation
Where you, unbeknownst to the fact, you're talking to an abomination
At the wrong place, at the wrong time
With the wrong crime taking place
That'll put you away for a long grind
Where it's locked, where it's not safe
Unless you know them combinations
[Verse 6]
Yeah, it's just a way of man to be taken by the same
Thing that took his brother
We don't learn from each other
We learn to look the other way
When one of us in trouble
That karma looking to catch you, it's patient
It'll wait till you think you would love to come get you
'Cause it know that women been the downfall of men
Ever since pussy was discovered
Dearly beloved, you soul searching for nothing
Just follow the instincts the Lord versed you with historically
That feeling that you get in your gut been getting ignored
More than that poor person
Who's living under the gun in this cold, cold world that we live in
That's under the imminent control of the consumer
And indigenous war merchants
[Verse 7]
More religion and more churches, doctors, more nurses
'Cause it's the American way to make anything
That'll finish you or drop you, for purchase
Who said I couldn't buy my way into Heaven?
All I need is a bottle, a couple dollars
A couple people that'll keep me company
And who love misery as much as me
You got to know your pedigree
Got to be yourself at all times
Your true self at all times
Ain't gon' hesitate to let you know when you should let it be
A lot of these brothers done died tryna follow their pride
Gottaknow the alert signs
Them butterflies as reliable as your first mind genetically
[Verse 8]
Gottaknow when to row from the madness
Gottaknow when to give these **** passes
Gottaknow when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em
Gottaknow when to beats **** asses
Gottaknow when the money ain't good money
Gottaknow when somebody ain't good for ya
Gottaknow when to open and when to close it
When being silent exposes, and when it's golden
[Verse 9]
Gottaknow all I gottaknow
Gottaknow all I gottaknow
Written by: Epikh, L. Griffin Jr, R. Montgomery, S. Lowery, S1

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