The Story so Far-McKinley Dixon

[00:00.000] 作词 : McKinley Dixon/Seline Haze [00:00.388] 作曲 : Sam Koff/McKinley Dixon: Costantino/Seline Haze [00:00.776]Tryna escape this bodega with no avail [00:03.285]The corner store committing robbery, ripping me off [00:06.056]Making this agave passionfruit for sale [00:08.587]Tried to fight it but to no avail [00:11.094]Chips here are probably stale [00:13.413]Yet i’m with it: I’m high and I’m hungry [00:14.918]I see a sign and it’s hung above me [00:16.926]It says “What does your life entail?” [00:19.436]Damn, my moms hasn’t heard from me in a while [00:21.944]And my pops even longer [00:23.700]Need to speak to his daughter and see how she’s doing [00:26.209]Scary world for a little melanin girl, it truly is [00:29.971]I need to call you, too; I know you missing me [00:33.234]Exit the store, cover my eyes, the sun's hitting me [00:35.741]But I have never seen the sky, so differently [00:40.414]Until the day that you died [00:42.921]Until the day that you died [00:45.430]Until the day that you- [00:47.185]Yo [00:48.189]I do this 'til the day that I die [00:49.944]My nigga cringe when he hear fireworks in July [00:52.453]You ain't need to know why [00:53.959]I just hope he recover [00:55.213]His mother miss him and I miss him too [00:57.470]I hope he play this and he thinks of all the things we been through [01:00.230]But if he doesn’t, I wasn’t the type to stop him from getting money [01:02.990]My cousins is hungry; he hustling for their tummies [01:05.501]Is he wrong? [01:07.606]Dear God, is he wrong? [01:11.018]Son wanna be a reverend, pops clipped in 7/11 [01:14.027]He asking his moms, "is Daddy gonna go to heaven?" [01:16.286]"Is he wrong? [01:18.043]Dear God, is he wrong?" [01:22.124]Yeah [01:23.639]One step at a time [01:25.894]Two-step at a time [01:28.150]Walking through the pressure, this life make me sharper than a knife [01:30.405]Money gettin' tight like depression: the cost of living life [01:32.914]And if inside it's safe, pay attention, or later pay the price [01:35.674]It's always mind over matter, my nigga; get it right [01:38.435]No, nothing that's worth it comes easy, I'm setting piss at my toes [01:41.697]But I can't follow the sequence, can't go the Yellow Brick Road [01:43.956]I thought I'd lost all the meaning when Daddy passed off the hole [01:46.722]You know we rose from his semen and built foundations with soul [01:49.982]Yeah, it's like that [01:50.946]You know they make it hard for us, I come from where they fight back [01:53.955]I got the spirit of the tough, I'm covered, keep me guided [01:56.466]I'm never blinded, 20/20 vision on my iris [01:58.976]Said we can't settle for less [02:00.732]And being solid don't mean "built for the test" [02:02.739]Just hold on to your integrity; got to breathe through the stress [02:05.248]Hm, or maybe sigh because we deep in the stretch [02:08.259]And placing bets on my guidance, this passion beat through my chest [02:10.767]Hm, word from the wise: the rain don't need breakin' sweat [02:13.529]That it supplies if you choose 'em right, ain't no need to digress [02:16.539]So pick a side, hah [02:18.549]What you decide on, yeah [02:21.560]When will you ride? [02:24.320]So can we ride? [02:30.640]Beloved [02:35.847]Paradise [02:42.121]Jazz...