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Derby's Dose
Hip-Hop/Rap
Derby's Dose was released on August 28, 2022 by Triple Underscore Recordings as a part of the album Yeba
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AlbumYeba
Release DateAugust 28, 2022
LabelTriple Underscore Recordings
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy
BPM81

Credits

COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Saadiq A. Muhammad
Saadiq A. Muhammad
Songwriter

Lyrics

A thousand shots on the hour
You can count em
Is it stopping, I doubt it
A thousand different **** who thinking they really 'bout it
Rife with the gunpowder
Rifles and lil' shouters
Neighborhood of the scoundrels
Sought return of the prodigal, prophesied
Sick and tired of hearing they savior has not arrived
Acting like Janet Jackson
Grab his leg when you ask him
Beg him for winter jackets
Thistlewood'll be happy
Hey
How you turn from the hero into a villain?
Friends turn to enemies
Hey
Derby Dose, the daily **** condition
I'm a model of black indifference
A callous you can't abrade
I'm defying my own impossible
Watching it all decay, so I'm bitter brash and dismissive
Of pressure to obligate me to making good on the promises
All of you bought and paid
You begging with interest
To the point where I don't care if you call me pretentious
Mamas asking me for favors by sending they children
I'm cutting another tie every time that I visit
Not a time that I miss it
Not a time that I miss it
My stomach tied in a knot and I fear for my safety
Cause if you know what I know you know what a vulture will take
Already know you call me heartless but I'm what's at stake
Started plotting last week on relieving a man of his money
If he's walking your street
I know it cause that was me
I was part of the team when we'd Killer Mike and LP 'em
Making 'em learn his lesson
Aiming it at his head
And then we'd hear his question
When I come around the corner, why you pocket-watching?
When I pull up in the stores, why you pocket-watching?
You just want it cause I got it, I ain't falling for it
Why you looking at me crazy, why you pocket-watching?
Ain't no family love, ain't no family love
When I step inside the city, why you pocket-watching?
I got money problems too, and you ain't gonna solve 'em
Another day, another hater steady pocket-watching
Believe us
We need you, we need you
So, please
I need you, believe me
I need you
I remember my mind in the gutter
Working off prideful assumption
Not enough time for discussing
Options above the disruption
I was pining for nothing
I decline in the rubble
Wasn't kind to myself
Till I shined I was humble
I been in the kicks of **** who wishin' they had it all
I been in the place of power to clean the blood out the cloth
Generational wrongs
Sitting put in a spot that's on fire for far too long
It'll make you think you belong
But why am I the one responsible
Why am I so guilty?
Is it just cause I'm the one who made it out the quickest?
I'd almost even be inclined to try and help a little bit
But when a **** takes an inch they want the goddamn stick
That's why when I'm around the corner that's you pocket-watching?
When I pull up in the stores that's you pocket-watching?
You just want it cause I got it, I ain't falling for it
That's why you looking at me crazy, cause you pocket watching
There ain't no family love, there ain't no family love
When I step inside the city, see you pocket-watching
I got money problems too, so what am I supposed to do?
Another day, another way to separate myself from you
Written by: Saadiq A. Muhammad
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