[00:25.87]I hope I hope
[00:27.36]I hope with the highest of hopes
[00:29.03]That I never have to go back to the trap
[00:30.80]And my days of dealing with ****
[00:32.29]So I I only spit fire and ****
[00:35.44]So later on you can go quote
[00:37.10]My lines to your people and folk
[00:38.62]And they say damn damn
[00:40.64]That boy be spitting that pressure pressure
[00:42.12]And he be smoking that pressure pressure
[00:43.65]And he smart as a professor yes sir
[00:45.36]25 lighters on dresser pound of that pressure
[00:47.13]Sitting right next to next to
[00:48.47]Next to a book and a gun
[00:50.05]Ballot or bullet you better use one
[00:51.66]One time for the freedom of speeches speech
[00:53.28]Two time for the right to hold heaters heaters
[00:54.96]Just give to the fifth and the cops in the house
[00:56.92]Close your mouth and pray to your Jesus
[00:58.50]Ask why cause the devil a lie lie
[01:00.00]So I stay holy and high high
[01:01.48]May never get rich but I never *****
[01:02.99]'Cause I made it here by and by
[01:04.59]My my y'all
[01:06.21]I coulda died y'all
[01:07.74]A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
[01:10.95]I know a few people pray for my demise y'all
[01:14.22]But like cream I had to rise I had to rise y'all
[01:18.04]Oh my y'all
[01:19.16]I coulda died y'all
[01:20.70]A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
[01:24.02]I know a couple people pray for my demise y'all
[01:27.29]But even birds with broken wings want to fly y'all
[01:32.16]Ya gonna need a bigger boat boys you're in trouble
[01:34.72]Eh gonna need a little hope boys on the double
[01:37.92]Eh you muckin' with a g here here see talk to me
[01:41.49]Or maybe listen to the man that barely dodged his own lobotomy
[01:45.22]Pop the tape in baby we got s*it we wrote for you
[01:48.30]Came from feeling what a pure absence of hope can do
[01:51.24]Only to leap through flaming rings and break the nose of crews
[01:54.43]Still in their wings'll be them darling's of hope they've broken you
[01:57.69]Yeah they better hope that I'm a full force full and a cold fact
[02:01.18]See the cold floor where I licked dirt when the dough dried and pride died
[02:04.41]Had a bud max had to shop right
[02:05.94]Gimme two meals and the lights on
[02:07.16]I'mma do right get a new crew
[02:08.53]Make a new life never boo hoo
[02:10.08]Never lose sight I'm true dude
[02:11.67]With a burst heart from a old soul
[02:13.49]Better stop drop when the squad's hot we don't stop a lot
[02:16.10]We don't talk a lot about it we just pop it off a lot
[02:18.90]I'm high man I'm a cosmonaut
[02:19.98]Scream **** 'em 'til they lop our bloody noggins off
[02:22.30]I promise y'all
[02:23.49]My my y'all
[02:24.31]I coulda died y'all
[02:26.00]A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
[02:29.31]I know a few people pray for my demise y'all
[02:32.53]But like cream I had to rise I had to rise y'all
[02:36.40]Oh my y'all
[02:37.48]I coulda died y'all
[02:39.02]A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
[02:42.39]I know a couple people pray for my demise y'all
[02:45.70]But even birds with broken wings want to fly y'all