Time of the Essence

(Doe Boy, how you make this?)

(That **** B on the beat)

I'm feelin' like the time of the essence

Too young to understand life but we knew it was stressin' (We knew it was stressin')

I'm tired of rightin' my wrongs and always blockin' my blessings (Yeah, uh)

We strapped up in every city, we young, wild, and reckless, who else gon' protect us? (Who else gon' protect us? Yeah, yeah)

And I be feelin' like these **** all out to get me

I be feelin' like the odds stacked up against me

The cold part is when you die, them **** still envy

These **** say that I got rich off pain (Pain)

Honestly, I just want the money, fuck the fame (Fame)

These **** always trying to lower my rank

Talk bad on my gang, play crazy, get spanked (Get spanked)

Easy to see I'm off a four of that drink (Four)

****, we outside, we play the frontline, I never run into these **** at the bank

Respect that gunfire, you can run from it, but you can't run far (Far)

Innocent bystanders, guess that's just the art of war

Bullets, they fly past you and make your soul sore (And make your soul sore)

'Cause he wasn't cut from the same cloth, that's what he told for

About bands, about bodies, they just want more (Ah)

I'm feelin' like the time of the essence

Too young to understand life but we knew it was stressin' (We knew it was stressin')

I'm tired of rightin' my wrongs and always blockin' my blessings (Yeah, uh)

We strapped up in every city, we young, wild, and reckless, who else gon' protect us? (Who else gon' protect us? Who else gon' protect us?)

And I be feelin' like these **** all out to get me

I be feelin' like the odds stacked up against me

The cold part is when you die, them **** still envy

And this one for my young ****, strictly for my young ****

This is a young **** world

It's a young ****—

Ayy, yeah, we get—

Say we get high to get by (By), stay fly, tote five

Real **** never die, yeah (Real **** never die)

And we push a hard line, forever we ride, ****, we forever lie (We forever lie)

And **** ain't lit like this with this shit, I know they livin' a lie (I know they livin' a lie)

Reminiscin' 'bout the times we was pissin' up our lines, now we pourin' out the pint (Pourin' out the pints, yeah)

I'm feelin' like the time of the essence (Ayy, ayy)

Too young to understand life but we knew it was stressin' (We knew it was stressin')

I'm tired of rightin' my wrongs and always blockin' my blessings

We strapped up in every city, we young, wild, and reckless, who else gon' protect us? (Who else gon' protect us? Who else gon' protect us?)

And I be feelin' like these **** all out to get me

I be feelin' like the odds stacked up against me

The cold part is when you die, them **** still envy

Yeah, the cold part is when you die, them **** still envy

I be feelin' like the odds stacked up against me

Yeah, and this one for my young ****, strictly for my young ****

This is a young **** world

It's a young ****—

Ayy, yeah, we get—

Say we get high to get—

I'm feelin' like time is of the essence