SHELL

You give me hope, girl

You give me joy

Let me say something that you should know (COUPE)

Oh, baby

Oh, baby

They never showed me a Black god, only a trap god

Wanted some zapp, so after my last job, I started to crack cards

I can adapt dawg, I can dodge an attack, I can attach parts

Good kid in the city but raised in the mad parts

My blood on the asphalt, my brother was half out

I told him what happened, he ready to crash out, my mama had passed out, yeah

Too woke to know what awake meant, I made it out of the basement

Too broke to know what a break meant, but not enough to do a break in

Still I don't take shit, 'cause sometimes it was nigga with glistening golds

That I seen out here kickin' in doors

That I seen out here risking they soul

Is it Earth or Hell? I can't tell

My niggas loadin' up K shells

Thinkin' of holdin' up a shell, I know that idea won't age well

Not good at acting my age well, from age 12, up to grade 12

Every reason to hate 12, came apparent to me like a daycare

Bitch, I'm original nine gang, you can tell by the nine chain

Who gon' be here when my mind change?

Who gon' be here when the time change?

You give me hope, girl

You give me joy

Let me say something that you should know, girl

Oh, baby

Oh, baby

They want me to pray to the most high, to me, that's a crackhead

In the city with closed eyes, a city with no god, impending the nosedive

Spinnin' the block and spendin' a long time pretending I don't cry

I be tellin' a lie the day I tell you I don't lie

My mom on the phone line, remind me to tell you when I make it home now

I'm reachin' my goals now, the notes in my phone resemble a gold mine

I'm here on my own now, I thought a few G.O.A.T.s would reach out and show how

To maneuver the game, but it feel like they goal is keepin' us closed out

Keep it on me, for sure, it ain't for show, it show

It's gon' be the last shit you see before a side of me they never seen before

Keep the heat in the heat, the cold, the rain, the sleet, the snow

Delete a foe, impose defeat, and fold him, he never been on the street before

Chew before I swallow fruitful knowledge that I seek

Shooter by the car door, he like Cardo giving wings

Put that gun on you like barcodes if his car get low on cream

Nigga we all gon' go out one day make no difference if it's today

I know my dog is steppin' on shit, if he don't get caught, he never gon' quit

I know that fire been wettin' up shit

Them boy won't try, they catchin' on quick

Them hos gon' slime they settin' up licks

I know they fine, they settin' up hits

I know my mind been settin' up tricks

Yeah

I been practicing pushin' my brain

You start changin' the way that you look at shit, then the shit you start lookin' at change

Now you lookin' at change

I'm forever original nine gang, you can tell by the nine chain

Who gon' be here when the time change?

Who gon' be here when my mind change?

Oh, baby

Oh, baby