Speak Gently

Generals, mostly civilians

But when caps start peelin', it was actually sad

Almost like watchin' a fat guy do half a push-up

Scaps was pushed back when the little homies pulled up

Just speakin' gently, simple

"Hey, hey, hey c'mon, hey, homie

Yeah, this nigga's wanted

On the real, though

Ah, sh-on the real, nigga, what?

Oh, shit, nigga

Gimme the, gimme that shit, gimme that motherfucka'

I'm fittin' to let the motherfuckas"

"So we're there, just like, talking or whatever

I'm explaining (whatever, whatever, how's your new place?)

And so anyway

I had missed the whole thing 'cause I didn't get the piece of mail, blah, blah, blah

you know how it goes

"You gotta get your mail forwarded, you gotta get your mail forwarded"

I'm like, yo, I know I know (get organized)

And you know, copping a plea, whatever

But then, later, I'm sit, I'm, I'm like thinking, like

Why I don't get my mail like, you don't get your mail forwarded when you're poor

Let me explain to you, right

I lived in this building for like, almost twenty years (just say twenty years)

And almost the whole time I lived there, I got mail for Rolodon

I got mail for Mr. Sahadi (I got a lot of mail, I was getting everybody's mail)

(People you don't know when they even lived there)

So I'm getting all these people's mail for like fifteen years

I'm getting these people's mail

Twenty years I'm getting these people's mail

And now, I come to another spot and the mailbox full of other people mail

People who don't want they mail forwarded, ya mean?

And you could tell, cause you'd look at the mail, it's creditors, car insurance, it's the-

It's the hospital bills, police man, ambulance, insurance, child protective services

(That's why you don't get your mail forwarded. Somebody getting my mail right now)

After I'm dead, they still gon' be getting my mail

I'm getting your mail

I'm reading it

It says you're broke"