Something In The Water-Daveed Diggs/Emmy Raver – Lampman

[00:09.441]There’s something in the water [00:11.558]And everything we spit wet [00:14.424]They keep telling me it’s something in the water [00:16.225]And I ‘em they ain’t really seen **** yet [00:18.508]It’s something in the water [00:20.558]Born bright but the light bent brilliant [00:22.491]Bay boys been above the wave [00:24.059]‘bout business and banks and straight off the building [00:26.291]I’m feeling myself [00:30.357]And numb to the rest [00:32.969]Dumb is a choice [00:34.308]When the world go blind and deaf [00:36.508]Got my ASL co-sign, thank you Maria [00:41.940]Never claimed a gang but it’s **** watching homies [00:43.990]Twist fingers when I pull up [00:45.424]Stylish, got my NY stylist [00:47.107]See me on TV in Comme de Garçons [00:49.508]Soon as it wrap I am back in my Warriors [00:51.674]Cap on a flight back home [00:53.057]And my home holler "go boy, get it, just please don’t forget us" [00:56.140]And I sandwich time tryna get this lettuce [00:58.373]Couldn’t stand with my grandmother Jessie [01:00.073]She took her last breath, I was on set doing hella extra [01:03.805]Look at the desert we made [01:05.924]And everybody know its, nowhere else to go, so it’s home [01:12.939]Look at the desert we made [01:15.123]And can’t nobody see the way it used to be [01:21.423]It’s something in the water [01:23.974]And everything we think wet [01:26.790]They keep telling me it’s something in the water [01:28.590]And I tell ‘em they ain’t even had a drink yet [01:30.805]It’s something in the water [01:32.974]Swam out from a town that was drowning [01:35.224]Came back with a bucket and a bullhorn [01:37.188]And people act like I’m the only ***** shouting [01:39.372]The rush for the land is loud [01:42.940]And every other voice drowned out [01:44.489]People dog-paddle just to stay above it [01:46.105]While there’s new money laughing, yelling "who let the dogs out?" [01:48.872]And I bite vicious, but their chains tight [01:53.322]And the oak trees traded for shade from the high rise [01:55.822]And the eyes might not adjust to the new light hue [01:58.438]Swear it used to be a black town [01:59.739]Chinaka laid my career with those words [02:01.871]Her back is stronger than mine [02:03.539]Maybe she’ll give our city the height it deserves [02:05.805]I am just a wrecking light now [02:07.055]Honestly, it’s too much on me, I can’t see the road up ahead [02:10.888]Homies say I should buy Cartiers [02:12.205]But they won’t keep the salt out, think I should get goggles instead [02:16.622]Look at the desert we made [02:18.489]And everybody knows it, nowhere else to go, so it’s home [02:25.455]Look at the desert we made [02:28.020]And can’t nobody see the way it used to be [02:34.160]Look at the desert we made [02:36.508]And everybody knows it, nowhere else to go, so it’s home [02:43.359]Look at the desert we made [02:45.575]And can’t nobody see the way it used to be [02:51.179]So they keep saying [02:52.459]It’s something in the water [02:54.726]And everything we own wet [02:57.391]They keep telling me it’s something in the water [02:59.158]I can tell that they are gearing up to go get a piece [03:01.758]Lakeshore or the Bottoms [03:03.207]Uptown Temescal and the problem is [03:05.508]Half of these neighborhoods didn’t exist before [03:07.709]You felt a drip and got thirsty there’s something in the water [03:10.679]Look at the desert we made [03:12.275]Where money sucks everything dry [03:13.957]Where culture is liquid and currently in short supply [03:16.491]Where what we once called a community suddenly gets monetized [03:20.125]And once again soil is tilled on our backs [03:22.157]Just when we thought we were out [03:23.991]When picking cotton becomes cottonmouth [03:26.091]Look at the desert they called it a drought but [03:28.193]There’s something in the water [03:31.491]And everybody wanna taste [03:33.358]Rolled in on the high tide [03:35.508]And now the sandcastle’s erased [03:37.591]There’s something in the water [03:39.680]And the well’s dried up [03:42.390]But we at the function double cupping like we don’t give a **** [03:45.574]And there’s something in the water [03:47.208]Look at the desert we made [03:49.041]And everybody knows it, nowhere else to go [03:55.441]So it’s home