Raining Syntax

Came a long way from that green house on Court street Concrete steps but that wood made the porch creek Before a chat ever snapped was A number to a pager At the bodega spending stamps wit funny color faces... Funny how only the blue ones survived They gentrifying Hip-Hop but still the blues'll survive Why the hyped up songs more formulaic each year That's how you codify an art form and take it my dear... The-diffrence-be tween-me and-you My-bars are-Hot! I-speak the-truth Because I got nothing lose and I done lost before I'll build back up for the 4th time and get out of Nippur... I Fail Falling forward, I Fail Falling Forward... The-difference-be tween-me and-you My-bars are-Hot! I-speak the-truth Because I got nothing lose and I done lost before I'll build back up for the 4th time and get out of Nippur... I Fail Falling forward, I Fail Falling Forward... Deacon had us on our knees praying in the vestibule Then homie went to Essence no tickets to festival Dropped out of Morgan State friends at home called me Hotep When Drake was so far gone doing V-logs with Joseph Karl Kani boots and Filas sneakers they had dumb jokes Went to school slinging candy for the forces wit the gum soul Cum home Momma heard me spitting said I'm gifted Tape recorder for Christmas Mic from Radioshack came with it Just Me Nices in basements unfinished yeah we was spitting Stolen box of family dollar blank cassette was in our clinches School felt like jail take a test n see why I say so We had a plan secure the bag Spitting essays for pesos Pants smells spongy Crabbie patties in her bikini bottom Focused before they riddling Claiming that A-D-D the problem Beside she paid straight cash for the mixtape The Sky started raining syntax before the shift change Came a long way from that green house on Court street Concrete steps but that wood made the porch creek Before a chat ever snapped was A number to a pager At the bodega spending stamps wit funny color faces... Funny how only the blue ones survived They gentrifying Hip-Hop but still the blues'll survive Why the hyped up songs more formulaic each year That's how you codify an art form and take it my dear... The-diffrence-be tween-me and-you My-bars are-Hot! I-speak the-truth Because I got nothing lose and I done lost before I'll build back up for the 4th time and get out of Nippur. I Fail Falling forward, I Fail Falling Forward... When it rains it pours my family drenched while their under roofs It's that way since them onesies and them UnderRoos Fuck drowning in your sorrow just figure out what you gonna do Cause your kids cant wear an eviction when they run to school Lights all cut off credit cards told you fuck off You contemplate pawning your wedding to get them bucks off 8th round toe to toe with Misfortune with our gloves off I could take em 7, if someone would take these cuffs off... I need my own stream sick of this run off I need my own team cant be depending on these one offs Got too many niggas I-O-U's that I cant dust off So many dudes I helped make moves give me the brush off But I remember no oil for heat in winters Cuddle in December triple comforter shivers This feels like a warm up compared to those times Suicide drilling focused on goal lines Came a long way from that green house on Court street Concrete steps but that wood made the porch creek Before a chat ever snapped was A number to a pager At the bodega spending stamps wit funny color faces... Funny how only the blue ones survived They gentrifying Hip-Hop but still the blues'll survive Why the hyped up songs more formulaic each year That's how you codify an art form and take it my dear... The-diffrence-be tween-me and-you My-bars are-Hot! I-speak the-truth Because I got nothing lose and I done lost before I'll build back up for the 4th time and get out of Nippur... I Fail Falling forward, I Fail Falling Forward...