Family Therapy (Skit) lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Hey, welcome back
How's my boy Joyner doing?
Ah, I don't know what's going on with him, doctor
He's outta control
He just doesn't listen
He does whatever he wants and fights with me
And now he refuses to take his medicine
Man, this some bullshit
Ah, I see
And yesterday, I told him to clean his room
And he called me a stupid bitch
No way, Joyner, why would you say that to your mother?
It's okay, baby, shit
Yeah, doc, I mean, we tried everything
I took his PlayStation, I even whooped his ass
I've had plenty of talks with this kid
And even yesterday, he told me to go fuck myself
Wow
I mean, at this point, he just doesn't get it
We get a call from school like every single day
They ready to expel him, kick him out of the school
And at this point, I can't keep missing work for this kid
I get it, I get it, I've heard enough
Do you guys mind stepping out for a second and leaving me and Joyner alone to talk?
Yeah, yeah, sure, no problem
Babe, get my purse
Joyner, come sit next to me so we can talk
Ah
Hey, I'm proud of you
You're doing exactly what I wanted you to do
Wait, what?
Hey, look at me
You made me proud, kid
You're a good boy
Don't listen to what your parents are telling you to do
They don't know what's going on
So what do you want me to do?
I want you to continue to do what you're doing
But this time, I want you to do more, Joyner
You mean, more like what?
I want you to open this bottom drawer right here and tell me what you see
Uh, that looks like a handgun
It sure is
Man, what you expect me to do with that?
I want you to do what we both know you really want to do
I want you to put this gun in your waistband and walk out of my office and go on a rampage
Wait, what?
I want you to kill everything, anything moves, you kill it
Man, I don't think I can do that
Come on, Joyner, we both know you're a natural
Don't let that ADHD go to waste
Pick up the gun
Man, I don't know if I can do this
Pick up the fucking gun
I said I can't do it
Pick up the fucking gun
I Wish I Knew lyrics - Joyner Lucas
[Snoop Dogg:]
Nephew, it's your uncle Snoop Dogg
I need you to show these motherfuckers how it's done, loco
Show these bitch niggas what this ADHD 2 shit is all about
You understand me?
Show these motherfuckers, Joyner
What you playin' for?
Let's go
[Joyner Lucas:]
Ain't no medicine could save me, nigga
I'm too far gone, my brain too fucked
I'm comin' like, woah
No turnin' back, gotta get to where I'm goin'
My ADHD keep jumpin' like, woah
Shit that I lived, they'll never understand
You could never be me, we ain't nothin' alike, woah
Came a long way from the bottomless pit
Now look at me, bitch, I'm stuntin' like, woah
Got a lil' bitch, nigga, sidewalk
I'd probably go to jail 'fore I ever be a coward
I'd probably be dead 'fore I ever get flowers
I might take that 'fore I ever be honored
And try to be somethin' that the industry proud of
But niggas wasn't givin' me nada
Another blick on me if you ever need drama
No vest on me like I never seen karma
Woah
The way I was raised, I knew I'd forever be a problem
Never got the love that I needed at home
I was misunderstood, shit turned me to a monster (Yeah)
Dad always lettin' me down
But my step-pops raised me and showed me I never need to bother (Ayy)
Now a nigga rich, so it'll be a cold day in Hell 'fore this bitch nigga ever get a dollar (Wow)
And I ain't got love for nobody give a fuck about me
I'm a self-made nigga, you ain't nothin' without me
Ain't too many motherfuckers I trust around me
I done been through the storm, ain't nothin' I ain't seen
Lot of niggas thought I'd give up, but not me
Told a nigga, "You swing, one duck and I weave"
When my homies drink with a cup of Ali
And my bitch gotta ride 'til the wheels fall off
I fuck a bad bitch 'til her heels fall off
You a dog, I'll get your whole tail sawed off
And your head chopped off, I'm a real lost cause
I'm real fucked up, I'm still caught off
Ain't no pellet gun, this a real sawed-off
Fuckin' wait for a nigga tryna pop somethin' off
Hit a nigga in the back, that's a real raw dog
Like, pause
Nigga still showin' off
Too much time on your hands 'til your hands blowin' off
I got money in the bank, got deals goin' off
I could sell my catalog, but I'm still holdin' off
Got crackers pullin' on me and they still holdin' on
Lot of niggas did me dirty and they still wanna bond
Give my hand to a nigga and he still want an arm
Wanna write diss tracks, but he still want a song
What the fuck?
Look, I ain't ever sleepin', relievin' the pressure (Joyner)
Came from the bottom where we can see a homicide like every week, keep the heat up under the dresser
Thinkin' one day I'ma see better, hate the poverty, the fact I'll one who'll never settle
When I grow up, then I'm hopin' I'm never seen in a stretcher
Mama workin' nine-to-five, she was tryna keep it together
If I ever make it, I want a chance to make a difference
And forget it and take all the problems that we were livin' in
And then throw it all the way, so we never live in this shit again
Then maybe then niggas would never tell me I need the Ritalin
Or medicine or anything that will make me upset again
Or put me in school with the troublemakers and trippin'
Always thought shit again, tryna bully me 'cause I'm different
And my ADHD got 'em thinkin' that I was livin' in my head again
[Snoop Dogg:]
Shit
Ooh-wee, you dig?
You don't have to pretend, baby
I know it gets hard looking around, you start to think
Maybe this isn't what I wanted
But you have to keep going
Keep moving on and don't you ever look back
Don't you ever look back
One Of Them lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Uh
Yeah, Joyner (ADHD 2)
Uh (ADHD 2)
Yeah
Uh, I'm way up (Let's get it)
Way up (Let's get it)
I'm way up (Let's get it)
Joyner (ADHD 2), Joyner (Let's get it)
(Let's get it, let's get it, let's get it) Yeah
2025, gotta make shit bloody
I'm standin' outside 'til the rain get muddy
My ADHD got my brain gettin' nutty
You better say, "Cheese," when I aim this stubby
There ain't enough room for you tasteless dummies
The man on the moon, but I ain't Kid Cudi
I want the whole cake 'til the plate get crumby
I laugh to the bank if you think shit funny
Throwin' a grenade at the Cybertruck
Flames shootin' out the rims, better call the fire truck (Damn)
Made a couple mils but it's not enough
Blow a hole through a Brinks truck, then I count it up (Uh)
I hate when rap niggas try to size me up, like I won't wipe a nigga down 'fore I mop 'em up (Sheesh)
2017, they was blockin' us, now I'm on the charts and you bitches ain't hot as us
50 taught me how to get rich without tryin', nigga, it's about time, wasn't hittin' them brakes
Fuck your top five 'cause I'm in the top three of your favorite top five, let's get this shit straight
Funny niggas hate me, but I tell 'em, "Get in line"
Better open up wide, tell me how the dick taste
Two-hundred pound vest when I stompin' on your chest
Put 'em on a bench press like I'ma finna lift weights
I can't be denied, I'm one of them (Joyner)
Look in my eyes, I'm one of them (Ayy)
Ahead of my time, I'm one of them (One of them)
I'm one of them, ayy (Ayy)
I'm still in my prime, I'm one of them (Yeah)
Don't be surprised, I'm one of them (Uh)
Ask who am I, I'm one of them (One of them)
I'm one of them (One of them)
I'm one of them ones
I can't be denied, I'm one of them (Joyner)
Look in my eyes, I'm one of them (Oh)
Ahead of my time, I'm one of them (One of them)
I'm one of them, ayy (Ayy)
I'm still in my prime, I'm one of them (Yeah)
Don't be surprised, I'm one of them (Woah)
Ask who am I, I'm one of them (Ones)
I'm one of them (Ones)
I'm one of them ones
This that shit that made a nigga wanna pop off (Pop off)
Breakin' all the rules 'til I end up in a squad car
Back in high school, they all said I was a odd ball
So I kept a tool in the top drawer (Joyner)
The metal had me feelin' like a motherfuckin' rock star
Back against the wall like a nigga playin' dodgeball
I was in the short yellow bus, gettin' dropped off
Chewin' Adderall, gettin' lockjaw
Why they playin' with me when a nigga waitin' to squeeze?
Then a bullet breakin' they teeth 'til I keep on makin' 'em bleed
I got a hater disease that'll make 'em ache at the knees
I turn a nigga brain to a double bacon with cheese (Brrah)
And I been waitin' to eat, I'm what they waitin' to see
Ain't no debatin' with me, when I get to takin' the lead (Brrah)
And a couple diamonds on my chain that be makin' 'em freeze
Them bullets make it rain if you tryna take it from me (Facts)
There's too many niggas decievin' me
But I got the millions, had to learn shit ain't what it seem to be (Brrah)
And understandin' what the fuck did my bitch ever see in me?
I'm tired of eatin' competition, the fuck is you feedin' me? (Yeah, brrah)
I told 'em, "Give me all the smoke and apart from the greenery" (Brrah)
I made a motherfucker choke in his lungs repeatedly (Brrah)
I was young, but they treated me like a bomb with ADHD
If you don't fuck with Joyner Lucas, then suck my BBC, bitch (Brrah)
I can't be denied, I'm one of them (Joyner)
Look in my eyes, I'm one of them (Ayy)
Ahead of my time, I'm one of them (One of them)
I'm one of them, ayy (Ayy)
I'm still in my prime, I'm one of them (Yeah)
Don't be surprised, I'm one of them (Uh)
Ask who am I, I'm one of them (One of them)
I'm one of them (Ones)
I'm one of them ones
Tear Me Down lyrics - Joyner Lucas & Ava Max
[Ava Max:]
So, I let the winds pile up
And your words fall down (Ooh-ooh)
Said you didn't want me then
I don't need you now
[Joyner Lucas:]
And I really want to leave but I'm too far, and I'm too lost
Want to let go, but it's too hard, want a new start
Got to look inside me, but I'm too scarred
Never knew the pain could be this sad
I don't want to die young, so I live fast
I never knew a heartbreak could be this bad (Uh)
I'm afraid to be in love, then I know why (Yeah)
I can never trust what I don't buy (Uh)
When I feel like givin' up, then I don't try (Yeah)
Kinda feel like takin' drugs, so I don't cry (Uh)
Got me feelin' like a dove when it don't fly (Don't fly)
But I get depressed and you just leave (Uh)
I can never get rest, too close by (Yeah)
I don't feel at my best when it's just me (Uh)
Every time it get bad, then it get worse
When it get worse, then you hit first (Uh)
Got me livin' on the edge and I'm just cursed (Yeah)
Sick of tryna build a bridge just to get burned (Uh)
Got me all in my head, but I'm just hurt
Want to run, but we just high (Yeah)
We don't wanna hear the truth so we just lie
But I only look at you like you're just mine (Uh)
Said I only look at you like you're just mine (You're just mine)
But we gotta heal, and my head fucked up, don't know how to feel
When you tell me you in love with somebody else (Man)
How you tell me you in love with somebody else? (That's crazy)
But you know that I need you (Uh)
Now I got a better life with a stranger, we both know I wanted it to be you
Goddamn
[Ava Max {Joyner Lucas}:]
So, I let the winds pile up
And your words fall down {Yeah}, (ooh-ooh)
Said you didn't want me then (Ooh)
I don't need you now (Ooh) {Joyner, Joyner}
We don't have to love forever
I thought that you would love me better
Why would you go tear me up just to take me down? (Ooh-ooh)
[Joyner Lucas:]
Where the fuck do I go when I'm too lost, when I'm too far?
Want to let it go, but it's too hard, and it's too dark
Keep tellin' your side, but it's two parts
Don't be sayin' things that you don't mean (Yeah)
I feel like I'm asleep, but I don't dream
Just another nightmare, but I don't scream (Yeah)
Every time it get rough, then we break up
Every time that we fuck, then we make up (Uh)
Every time we get drunk, then it's dangerous (Yeah)
Sick and tired of givin' up, but you gave us (Uh)
I don't wanna give it up, but you made us (Uh)
When I get depressed, then you just leave (Yeah)
I can never get rest when I'm laid up
I don't feel at my best when it's just me (Yeah)
You can see my heart bleed when you watch it (Uh)
I can feel your heart leave in the process (Uh)
And you only want leave when it's options (Yeah)
But you only want me when it's toxic (Yeah)
How you only want me when it's toxic? (Uh)
Type of shit can get dangerous (Uh)
Had to deal with my pain in phases
I done felt so much pain, that I'm painless (Yeah)
And I know it's too late to save us, but we gotta heal (Yeah)
And my head fucked up, don't know how to feel
When you tell me you in love with somebody else
How you tell me you in love with somebody else (Yeah)
When you know that I need you?
Now I gotta build a life with a stranger (Uh)
Both know that I wanted it to be you (Damn)
[Ava Max {Joyner Lucas}:]
So, I let the winds pile up {Damn}
And your words fall down (Oh-ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh)
Said you didn't want me then (Ooh-ooh)
I don't need you now (Don't need you now)
We don't have to love forever
I thought that you would love me better
Why would you go tear me up just to take me down? (Take me down), {yeah}
So, I let the winds pile up
And your words fall down (Ooh-ooh) {uh}
Said you didn't want me then
I don't need you now (Don't need you now)
We don't have to love forever {Uh}
Just hoped that you would love me so much better
Why would you go tear me up just to take me down?
Kevin (Skit) lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Aw, man, Joyner, it's Kev again
I'm listening to ADHD 2 and to be completely honest with you
I'm just confused 'cause I don't understand why we need another one
You already gave us ADHD seven years ago, man
And I feel like you need some damn therapy at this point
You're too goddamn old to be having ADHD, Joyner
That's kids disease, fuck you, a kid?
This man is forty years old talkin' about ADHD still
It's so pathetic, it's pathetic
To be real with you, I'm not impressed and I waited too long to get the same shit from you
And I'm startin' to feel like I wanna fight
That's right, get your gloves on, bitch
Get your shit together and get some damn therapy
Time to be a man now, Joyner
It's time you just accept the fact that ADHD isn't the problem
The problem is you
Take your goddamn finger, point it at yourself and say, "I am the problem"
I'm tired of it, get your shit together, man
Bye
The Way That I Am lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Joyner Lucas, world powerful artist
What is it about him that you like?
He was saying a lot of lines that I saw some of me in that
But at the same time, it was different because it was like he's no compromising bars to tell his story
He still got complexity in there
Like he's taking you on his journey
And I never snapped out of that journey 'til it was over
And I was like, "Yo, this kid is fuckin' incredible"
Straight out the mud, the kitchen is dirty, just hit up the blunt
Then cop me a 30, I'm not who I was
The vision was blurry, I'm seein' shit clear, that bitch is murky
When I was a kid I thought I was worthy of feelin' some love
But love ain't deserve me, I wish I knew then that lovin' that hurt me
I'd sever that bridge before it can burn me
My mama was hard, my daddy concerned
Was beatin' my ass, he showed me no mercy
Thought he was Joe, the whippers was dirty
He tried to make music, the shit wasn't workin'
He taught me to rap, was practicin' early
I wanted a dad, but he never earned me
His traded his sons for power of attorney
I traded his love for diamonds and pressure
I'm not who you knew, don't act like you know me
A lot of shit change, I'm not like the old me
The money and fame will never control me
But I went through things I wish you done told me
I still need the change from niggas who owe me
I won't take the blame for callin' you "broski"
That's really your name, you used to be brodie
But now you a lame, you niggas can blow me
A whole lot of money, a whole lot of fakes
Red dots on your body, I know how to trace
I don't need stunt 'cause I know how to shake it
If I wanna stunt, I just pull out the safe
Whole lot of cake, and I know how bake
Parkin' lot pimpin', I feel like the wraith
I bury you niggas you pull out the Wraith
You showin' your card, but you still not a ace
Some niggas tell me I remind 'em of Em
The MM LP album had me on ten
The shit I was goin' through made me a stan
A lot of that pain I was still holdin' in
Niggas who hate him the same ones who hate me
Then smile in my face and be shakin' my hand
Crazy how even back then, always knew that one day I'd relate to the way that I am
(Ayy, ayy)
That's the way that I am
(Joyner, Joyner, Joyner)
It's the way that I am
(Uh, uh, uh)
It's the way that I am
Crazy how even back then, always knew that one day I'd relate to the way that I am
(Ayy, ayy)
Takin' a chance, I'm shakin' the dice
She used to be a ho, you made her your wife
Don't matter if I lose, I came here to fight
I feel like two wrongs gon' make me alright
I'm talkin' my shit, ain't sayin' it nice
I'm save these drugs, I'm raisin' the price
Your energy's trash, you say that it's life
My angels are black and Satan is white
I sprinkle some glass and made you some rice
My chopper gon' blast, I'm aimin' it snipe
I ain't on the 'Gram and came here for likes
You stay on the 'Gram and you came here to type
Patrollin' the comments, you lookin' for spam
You really a fan, go take you a hike
Climb up the mountain and jump off the top
Your body gon' pop, no savin' your life
You lookin' at me, I see hate in your eyes
It's obvious you want a fake out the side
Your whole life is made up, I ain't too surprised
The industry phoney, it made up of lies
They keepin' me out, but I'm breakin' inside
I'm snatchin' the crown and I'm takin' what's mine
These industry bitches won't rate me with pride
I put 'em together and make a collage
Niggas tell me I remind 'em of Em
The MM LP album had me on ten
The shit I was goin' through made me a stan
A lot of that pain I was still holdin' in
Niggas who hate him the same ones who hate me
Then smile in my face and be shakin' my hand
Crazy how even back then, always knew that one day I'd relate to the way that I am
(Ayy, ayy)
That's the way that I am
(Joyner, Joyner, Joyner)
It's the way that I am
(Uh, uh, uh)
It's the way that I am
Crazy how even back then, always knew that one day I'd relate to the way that I am
Riot lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Joyner, Joyner, yeah
I might go to jail tonight, might lose it all, I swear (Yeah)
They want me dead, I got money on my head
I pray to God every night, hope He answer all my prayers (Joyner, Joyner, Joyner)
Said whatever goes down, niggas better know I'm prepared (Joyner, Joyner, Joyner, brrah, grrah)
To cause a riot (Buck, buck)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck)
Hope you know that I ain't scared to cause a riot (Grrah)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck)
I got some hitters on they head to cause a riot
I know I'd probably be in a cell tonight, but fuck it, I'm makin' it count
I bet the judge revokin' my bail tonight, but fuck it, I'm takin' you out
I know I should've just stayed in the house 'cause I'ma get mad again (Ayy)
I roll up all up on every ho that runnin' they mouth like, "Nigga, what's hatnin'?" (Grrah)
If I don't get rich, I'll be dead or in prison
Straight out the mud, I done came out the trenches (Ayy)
I needed the millions, I had me a vision
Ain't wanna be like you, I had to be different (Yeah, yeah)
'Cause some niggas dream but don't know how to get bitches (Joyner, Joyner)
And my worst fear's goin' back to beginnin', I swear I ain't feel that in a minute
And, woah
I got an evil streak (What?)
I never been number one, but fuck it, I'm right where I need to be (What?)
I know that God is with me as long as I got on my Jesus piece (For real)
I hope that God be with you whenever I carry that heat with me (Brr, brr, brr)
You know I'm a, woah (Damn)
I got the streets with me (Yeah)
But niggas are scavengers, you know I grew up with savages (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
I light up the city and blast this bitch
Give a new meanin' to blasphemous (Grrah)
Yeah, I'm 'bout to give 'em my ass to kiss
To give 'em that shit I had to give, Joyner (Brrah)
I might go to jail tonight, might lose it all, I swear (Joyner)
They want me dead, I got money on my head
I pray to God every night, hope He answer all my prayers (Let's go)
Said whatever goes down, niggas better know I'm prepared (Brrah, grrah)
To cause a riot (Buck, buck)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck, ayy)
Hope you know that I ain't scared to cause a riot (Brr, ayy)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck, Joyner, Joyner)
I got some hitters on they head to cause a riot (Brrah, yeah)
Don't try it (Buck, buck, buck, buck, go)
Yeah, you know that I'm prepared to start a riot (Yeah, yeah, buck, buck)
A riot (Brr, buck, buck, buck, buck, yeah)
Hope you know I ain't scared to cause a riot (Yeah, yeah)
Load up the ammo, I'm ready to purge
I'm probably goin' to prison for this (Buck, buck)
I got a dish that I'm ready to serve
You 'bout to feel every bit of this shit (Yeah)
Why does my peace keep gettin' disturbed?
I'ma get mad again (Joyner)
I pull up on 'em and tell 'em to give me the word, nigga, what's hatnin'? (Brr)
Straight out the jungle, we came out the struggle, ain't never had nothin', I know how it feel (Skrrt)
I told myself, if I never get rich by the time I hit thirty, I'm goin' to jail (Buck, buck, yeah)
This that shit that make niggas won't go to the feds
Start up a riot and load up the steel
Aimin' at anybody, hopin' I feel
Woah (For real)
We ain't got nothin' to lose (What?)
I don't trust niggas who keep it a hundred, just keep it a hundred and two (What?)
So many fake niggas lately, I'm startin' to feel like ain't nothin' is true (Buck, buck, buck, buck)
All eyes on me when I'm winnin' and I see the hate when I come in the room (Brrah)
Question, how do I move in a room full of knows?
Guess I wouldn't know
It's hard to be faithful, there's too many hoes
I'm on the streets, there's too many roads (Yeah)
Shout out to niggas who stuck to my toes (Shout out to niggas who stuck to my toes, buck, buck, buck)
It's time to get even, I know what you did
I'm plottin' revenge, just lettin' you know (Grrah)
I might go to jail tonight, might lose it all, I swear (Yeah)
They want me dead, I got money on my head
I pray to God every night, hope He answer all my prayers (Joyner, Joyner, Joyner)
Said whatever goes down, niggas better know I'm prepared (Joyner, Joyner, Joyner, brrah, grrah)
To cause a riot (Buck, buck)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck)
Hope you know that I ain't scared to cause a riot (Brrah)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck)
I got some hitters on they head to cause a riot (Yeah, brrah)
Don't try it (Buck, buck, buck, buck, go)
Yeah, you know that I'm prepared to start a riot (Yeah, yeah, buck, buck)
A riot (Buck, buck, buck, buck, yeah)
Hope you know I ain't scared to cause a riot
Hate Me lyrics - Joyner Lucas & T-Pain
I'm tired of this work, it's shit, these jobs ain't it
Need somethin' that can pay me
Can't get a break, need money in the bank
Tell me what it's gon' take just to make G?
I hate the way it feel when the rate get real
Then the landlords trippin' on the eighteenth
Nowhere to run when the rain gon' come
I lookin' for the sun like KD
And the crib too hit, no AC
Broke nigga out schemin' on your AP
I ain't wanna do it, but you made me
Kids gotta eat and the bills got late fees
My cousin hit me up tryna save me
Told me how to sell crack but that ain't me
Look, there's gotta be another way to make cheese
It's a life over niggas tryna break free
The hatin' niggas wanna curve me and block me
If this rap don't work, then it's robbery
Gotta make it out the dirt, nigga, watch me
Tryna get what I deserve like Taraji
Wasn't waitin' my turn, I was tryna get heard
You was lookin' for the birds on the IG
When I was puttin' in the work, you was poppin' them Perc's
Tryna get a nigga served on the Oxy
If I'ma get to where I'm goin', I'ma need cake
Had a meetin' with the plug over cheesecake
You was frontin' me the money in the briefcase
Told 'em I'ma get it times ten, we gon' be straight
All I needed was a dream, I don't need breaks
Soon as I catch steam, I'm a heatwave
Had ADHD since pre-K
This is for them niggas that said I wouldn't be great, bitch, mm
Soon a nigga thought that I was done, I came in that bitch with a eight piece (Eight piece)
But baby needs shoes and the whip due too, rent due too on the eighteenth (Eighteenth), uh
I don't wanna take it up a notch, but the buss down watch 'bout to make me (Make me)
As long as I'm alive, folk, just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
'Cause if you gon' hate me
Uh, I'ma have to give you motherfuckers a reason
'Cause if you gon' hate me
Yeah, ayy, I'ma make sure that you mean it
'Cause if you gon' hate me
You better learn what I been through lately (Yeah, uh)
How many niggas gon' be where I can't be?
Just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
I know they gon' hate me
I want this, believe that
Who got bread? I need that
Was André, with three stacks
Delonte, I relapsed
Was stressed out, I mean that
I checked out, I'll be back
I'm chasin', I reached that
It's major, in G flat
I keep my pace when I'm in the rat race and the government wanna keep me trapped
And the school keep tellin' me that I can be anything I want, but I really ain't believe that
They was teachin' me to work for another motherfucker when I graduate and I ain't wanna be that
'Cause if the goal was for me to get rich with a 9-to-5 shift, I ain't never gon' achieve that
What you know 'bout riskin' it all just to get a li' bread? So you livin' like a don, huh?
What you know about doin' some dirt and you drawin' up plans just to get to where you goin', huh?
What you know about takin' a chance on yourself 'cause ain't nobody puttin' you on, huh?
What you know about givin' your heart to a ho when you know that ain't where you belong, huh?
What you know about shoppin' at Ross 'cause you ain't had pockets for Louis Vuitton, huh?
What you know about sellin' some crack to your ex's mom and you knew it was wrong, huh?
But you ain't got no feelings 'cause you up in the trenches and all your emotions gone, huh?
What you know about weighin' out all of the pros, bit you really too good at the cons, huh?
Soon a nigga thought that I was done, I came in that bitch with a eight piece (Eight piece), uh
But baby needs shoes and the whip due too, rent due too on the eighteenth (Eighteenth), uh
I don't wanna take it up a notch, but the buss down watch 'bout to make me (Make me)
As long as I'm alive, folk, just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
'Cause if you gon' hate me
Uh, I'ma have to give you motherfuckers a reason
'Cause if you gon' hate me
Yeah, ayy, I'ma make sure that you mean it
'Cause if you gon' hate me
You better learn what I been through lately (Yeah, uh)
How many niggas gon' be where I can't be?
Just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
'Cause if you gon' hate me
I'ma have to give you motherfuckers a reason
'Cause if you gon' hate me, yeah
Ayy, I'ma make sure that you mean it
'Cause if you gon' hate me
You better learn what I been through lately (Yeah, uh)
How many niggas gon' be where I can't be?
Just keep your eyes open, be concerned for your safety (Safety)
I know they gon' hate me
Denzel (Skit) lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Alright, alright
You proved your point, but what else you got? Uh
What else you got?
I can guarantee with every ounce of my being that there's a part of you you haven't tapped into yet
And we're waiting
We know the dark side, we've seen it, you've lived it
Where's the light? Mm
I know you got it in you
I'm not telling you how to run your show
Lord knows if it was me, I would have did it the exact same way
But please, hear me and hear me good
For the sake of my ears from falling off my face
Please switch it up for me
Come on now, J
I need that switch
I need that switch, J, come on, please
So you've told your story, but what else you got to give?
We need something else, man
ADHD
You know what your ADHD is? All Day He Dreams
What are your dreams, Joyner?
White Noise lyrics - Joyner Lucas
I've been
Breaking the night, can't sleep
Rain tappin' all on my windows
But them sounds make peace
Why do I love this white noise from my fuckin' AC?
It'll distract me from the void and the things I can't see
Look
Brain goin' on over drive, and I might be going nuts
They don't understand my mind
But I don't think no one does
Feelin' like my ankles tied, my legs is going numb
I been down a million times
But I won't be slowin' up
And now I'm divin', right off the deep end
What am I thinkin'?
What is the reason?
Laying in bed, I'm closing my eyes
I'm staying awake and stare at the ceiling
Scrollin' on my phone and look at TV
Keeping myself from falling asleep
It's way too quiet, put on the fan and gimme some noise to quiet the demons (uh, uh)
My ADHD poppin' out
If I crank the system up, I hope the beat get louder now
My thoughts, too loud
Hope the speakers drown it out
Brain goin' a thousand miles a minute, I ain't stoppin' now
Said it's way too late, and I can't think straight, it ain't my choice
Voices in my head, but it's my voice
Gotta drown it out with some white noise
Yeah
Said it's way too late to hallucinate, it ain't my choice
Try to block it out but it's my voice
Gotta drown it out with some white noise
Yeah
I've been
Breakin' the night, can't sleep
Rain tappin' all on my windows
But them sounds make peace
Why do I love this white noise from my fuckin' AC?
It'll distract me from the void and the things I can't see (yuh)
Some nights when I'm by myself, I start to daydream
Tryna think of something else, hopin' that can save me
Wanna get some therapy, maybe that'll change me
If you ever felt like me
Maybe I ain't crazy
And I wanna drive right up off this cliff when I just get so distracted
Can't get in my vibe with a night like this, I just don't know what happenin'
Wanna take some meds but I know that shit bout to have my soul adapted
I get in my head, and then see some shit you prolly won't imagine (won't imagine) (uh)
My ADHD poppin' out
If I crank the system up, I hope the beat get louder now
My thoughts, too loud
Hope the speakers drown it out
Brain goin' a thousand miles a minute, I ain't stoppin' now
Said it's way too late, and I can't think straight, it ain't my choice
Voices in my head, but it's my voice
Gotta drown it out with some white noise
Yeah
Said it's way too late to hallucinate, it ain't my choice
Try to block it out but it's my voice
Gotta drown it out with some white noise
Yeah
Said it's way too late, and I can't think straight, it ain't my choice
Voices in my head, but it's my voice
Gotta drown it out with some white noise
Yeah
Butterfly Effect lyrics - Joyner Lucas
If I could travel back into time
I'd probably go sit in my spaceship
The colorful lights on the inside
To brighten my frown and faces
Got the radio loud when it's in drive
'Cause I ain't tryna hear frustrations
I'm floatin' on clouds in the sky
What an imagination
I crank the engine up and take a trip to see stars
Sit on top of the moon, build a mansion on Mars
Take me back to when I had no bandage and no scars
'Member when I was a youngin, wasn't stressin' at all
Someone there to catch me every time that I fall
Someone there with me at my every beck and call
Way before you met me, weren't no problems I could solve
Swear that I would trade it all
I'd go back in time, in time
I'll fly to another dimension
To make this right, this right
Kill all this mental tension
That makes me fight, me fight
It's the only way I know I'ma be alright tonight, tonight (Be alright, I'd be alright)
If the butterfly effect only made this right
Roll the window down when I'm up high
Breath of fresh air when I'm flyin'
You drive me crazy sometimes
I'd rather sit alone in the silence
But climb to my seat when I get tired
Light somethin' up when I'm vibin'
Floatin' on clouds in the sky
Fall asleep under the horizon
I crank the engine up and take a trip to see stars
Sit on top of the moon, build a mansion on Mars
Take me back to when I had no bandage and no scars
'Member when I was a youngin, wasn't stressin' at all
I would change the pieces to the puzzle, where your heart?
If I could do it over, take it back to what it was
Back before we ever made mistakes from the start
If I could only trade it all
I'd go back in time, in time
I'll fly to another dimension
To make this right, this right
Kill all this mental tension
That makes me fight, me fight
It's the only way I know I'ma be alright tonight, tonight (Be alright, I'd be alright)
If the butterfly effect only made this right
Yeah, I used to sit inside my room on the floor (Uh)
Tryna build a fort and use a blanket as a door (Yeah)
Cardboard boxes, drawin' pictures on the board
At them times, I felt rich, even though we was really poor (True)
Imaginary friends, niggas thought that I was nuts (Uh)
But I was only ten and everyone was out of touch (Yeah)
Dream about the Benz every time I caught the bus
I used to watch the other kids and now them kids are watchin' us (Uh)
But sometimes I feel like a butterfly with broken wings (Yeah)
'Cause even if it's still flyin', it don't float the same (Uh)
I often think about the past way before the fame
And how I used to cope with pain and why a nigga overcame (Yeah)
It's weighin' heavy on my skull (Uh)
I wish I knew the pressure was so heavy for my soul (Joyner)
If I could do it over, I'd trade everything I own
Take back everything I know
If I could only trade it all
I'd go back in time, in time
I'll fly to another dimension
To make this right, this right
Kill all this mental tension
That makes me fight, me fight
It's the only way I know I'ma be alright tonight, tonight (Be alright, I'd be alright)
If the butterfly effect only let me
Go back in time, in time
I'll fly to another dimension
To make this right (Yeah), this right
I'd kill all this mental tension
That makes me fight, me fight
It's the only way I know I'ma be alright tonight, tonight (Be alright, I'd be alright)
If the butterfly effect only made this right
Anxiety Wins lyrics - Joyner Lucas & blackbear
(Hol' up)
[Blackbear:]
I don't wanna go outside
I wanna go back to bed and let anxiety win
I don't wanna let you down
Don't wanna let you in, I let anxiety win
[Joyner Lucas:]
All of my friends is too cold
They wanna hang out, but I don't
Don't wanna be bothered, I know
But I hate bein' alone (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
Tell me what's happenin' with my soul
I try to get past it, but I won't
You think that I'm crazy, but who knows?
I might be, maybe (Shit, I might be)
Take a walk in my shoes and you might see life in a way that you never seen it
If you feel like I do, then you might blink twice and you realize you were never dreamin'
Only thing that I do is blame myself every time I feel defeated
But I know I got a million reasons
Shit is gettin' kinda real this evenin'
I can't keep my head down, maybe I need to pray (Woo)
'Cause I ain't been asleep in days
I gotta get out of this evil place (Woo)
Or maybe I need to stay
I stare at the mirror, the truth is I hate my reflection 'cause all I can see is shame
Could somebody, anybody please relate?
Do you feel the same like?
I think my tension is buildin', my stresses are killin'
My head to the ceilin', the pressure is fillin'
Expression to healin', deflectin' and still I'm
Expectin' to feel I'm connected, but really I'm stressin'
'Bout how you expect me to deal with these walls when they keep on closin' in
As soon as I think I'm close to win, anxiety takin' control again
[Blackbear:]
I don't wanna go outside
I wanna go back to bed and let anxiety win
I don't wanna let you down
Don't wanna let you in, I let anxiety win
I, I'm just out here tryin', tryin' to exist, I let anxiety win
I don't wanna go outside
I wanna go back to bed and let anxiety win
[Joyner Lucas:]
Sometimes feelin' depressed, sometimes I'm cryin' and that shit's weird (Ooh)
Sometimes feelin' alive, sometimes don't think that I'm happy here (Yeah)
Fuck it, I roll this blunt, somebody gon' bring me a pack of beer
'Cause when I'm feelin' fucked up's only time my problems disappear
Who am I? Who am I? (Yeah)
Can't no one tell me nothin'
Oh my god, oh my god (Uh)
Look it done got me buzzin'
Just in time, just in time (Joyner)
Ain't no one I can trust in
All my fears are really assumptions
What am I scared of? Really, it's nothin'
Maybe I'm buggin', maybe I need to pray (Woo)
'Cause I ain't been asleep in days
I gotta get out of this evil place (Woo)
Or maybe I need to stay
I stare at the mirror, the truth is I hate my reflection 'cause all I can see is shame
Could somebody, anybody please relate?
Do you feel the same like?
I think my tension is buildin', my stresses are killin'
My head to the ceilin', the pressure is fillin'
Expression to healin', deflectin' and still I'm
Expectin' to feel I'm connected, but really I'm stressin'
'Bout how you expect me to deal with these walls when they keep on closin' in
As soon as I think I'm close to win, anxiety takin' control again
[Blackbear:]
I don't wanna go outside
I wanna go back to bed and let anxiety win
I don't wanna let you down
Don't wanna let you in, I let anxiety win
I, I'm just out here tryin', tryin' to exist, I let anxiety win
I don't wanna go outside
I wanna go back to bed and let anxiety win
I
I
New Sofas lyrics - Joyner Lucas & Ty Dolla $ign
Uh, it's hot in this bitch, I need to turn the motherfuckin' AC on
(Joyner, Joyner, Joyner) ADHD 2
Uh, uh
Uh, uh, uh
Brrr, ayy
Joyner
Yeah, ayy
Yeah, woo, uh
I don't know about you, but I got motion
Can't fuck up my vibe, I'm coastin'
This a big yacht, new sofas
To be frank, I don't even do oceans
Split waves like a nigga knew Moses
I need brains like I need new focus
And Cole told me she ain't wanna be saved
She wanna get trained like she need new coaches
I'm chosen, it's a light work
If the jewelry don't shine, hope the lights work
That's a light verse
If your hands can't bang, hope your knife work
Say you got big bling, what's your ice worth?
Ain't no ice on my chain, it's a iceberg
Throw dirt on my name, then it might work (What?)
But if not, you might end up on a white shirt
Niggas trippin' on lean, I ain't takin' no sips
Fuck a vacation, I ain't takin' no trips
When shit was gettin' real, I was makin' those flips
Was me and myself, I ain't came with no clique
Back outside when the water runs dry
All you niggas get fried, I ain't makin' no fish
2025, I'm breakin' your dish
Takin' your bitch (Bop)
We got smoke, you and your gang versus G.I. Joes
Crazy-ass niggas, let the meat-eyes know
Got a Glock named Ricky, live the vida loc'
Ask 'bout the Lord and we got close
Even Jesus ride with me in the Diablo
You hatin'-ass niggas, just some biatch hoes
Ever since I got rich, they say, "He got chosen"
I don't know about you, but I got motion
Can't fuck up my vibe, I'm rollin'
She don't fuck the first night, I'm ghostin'
They ain't talkin' money, adios then
These niggas gon' lie, we know it
These bitches gon' cry me oceans
Put your drinks in the sky, keep toastin'
They ain't talkin' money, adios then
I don't know about you, but I got motion
Can't fuck up my vibe, I'm coastin'
This a big yacht, new sofas
To be frank, I don't even do oceans
Split waves like a nigga knew Moses
I need brains like I need new focus
And Cole told me she ain't wanna be saved
She wanna get trained like she need new coaches
I don't know about you, but I got motion
Can't fuck up my vibe, I'm rollin'
She don't fuck the first night, I'm ghostin'
They ain't talkin' money, adios then
These niggas gon' lie, we know it
These bitches gon' cry me oceans
Put your drinks in the sky, keep toastin'
We poppin' no Ibuprofen, oh woah
Hate to see me comin'
Sippin' on the four to feel somethin'
Yeah, I'm back sippin'
Thousand dollar tee on, bitch
Same as the weave on a bitch
Heaven got a stitch
These hoes be hit or miss
I cannot talk, I'm getting kissed, she not my bitch
I done showed up, I'm on sand, at the beach
Told her gon' cry in your Camry, oh
Tied up my bitches, God as my witness
I'm mindin' my business, OJ and Hendricks, oh
And she sippin' the same thing
Matchin' Cartier plain jane
But we still not the same
I'm in a 500 drivin' the same
Oh, woah
Tied up my bitches, God as my witness
I'm mindin' my business, OJ and Hendricks, oh
And she sippin' the same thing
Matchin' Cartier plain jane
But we still not the same
I come through violent and drivin' the same, oh
Oh, woah
Therapy Check Up (Skit) lyrics - Joyner Lucas
Ayy, hold on one second, I got a phone call
Hello?
Hey, I take it since I haven't seen anything in the news lately, you haven't used that gun I gave you
Don't tell me you're getting cold feet, Joyner
Don't tell me all these years in therapy resulted in nothing
I thought you were a man now, Joyner
I, I am a man
No, you're not
I mean, I thought you were
But now you're proving me wrong
You know something?
I'm getting the feeling you wanna make me upset, Joyner
I'm getting the feeling you think I'm some type of joke, don't you?
Nah, I don't
Yes, you do
Just say it
You think I'm some type of fucking game that you can play with
I'm your therapist
When I tell you to do something, you do it
It's been a few weeks, and you haven't killed anything yet
I'm giving you a few days and if I don't turn on the news and see some blood, then maybe I have to show you how it's done
And maybe, I'll start with your parents
Goodbye, Joyner
Active lyrics - Joyner Lucas & Big Sean
Look what you niggas done started
Just say what I wanted, but you out in forces, ayy
You know this shit go retarded
I might just hit up your block on a short bus, ayy
I took the dinner withJjigga
Instead of the money, I needed a shortcut, ayy
Give me advice how to quit at McDonalds
So I can get into the Forbes list, ayy
I don't want sit with no therapist
All they gon' do is just fill me with poison, uh
Book me another appointment, uh
All I keep hearin' was noises, uh
Ain't nothin' worse than goin' through shit as a kid
And you feel like you voiceless, yeah
I swear that shit is annoying, uh
You ain't gon' leave me no choices, uh
Ain't no one knockin' this boy off the pedestal
I do you dirty if I get the best of you
Bitch, I'm a virus, our shit is infectable
I heard your album, that shit was forgettable
Ain't no big three if we bein' respectable (Buck, buck)
Too many legends to leave out the spectable (Buck, buck)
Fuck your top five when that shit is subjectable
I'm 'bout to stick up this bitch like the rent is due (Ayy)
That's what that pressure do
Nobody better move, that's not acceptable, I'm non-accessible (Boi)
I read the room when it's not even legible (Boi)
I'm on a roll, if I'm gon' play your road, just know I go Heath Ledger you (Yeah)
Yeah, and I'm sorry, not sorry, I'm goin' Shikari on hoes, see I'm ten steps ahead of you
Trusted the hate, I'm susceptible
Came after Em and I'm stackin' these M's
Yeah, I'm stackin' 'em like they collectibles, wait (Hello)
If you answer the phone for that nigga
To say what he sayin', ho, just know I'm dead to you (Woah)
I'm takin' chances, it's federal
I know he thinkin' he got away, trust it's gon' hit him later like a edible
Don't worry 'bout what I'm doin'
Just know that I'm doin' that rich nigga, real nigga shit that you never do
Been through so much, I can still feel the residue
Hop on the beat, treat that bitch like confessional (Brrr)
Said now I feel like I'm wearin' the reverand's shoes
Givin' a better view, y'all niggas never knew (Buck, buck)
HNIC goin' ADHD
Yeah, except for the money, it's all ADD (Brrr)
Out in DC, shows sold out like AC/DC (Woah)
My girl in there, why keep on callin' like me?
God, she ever believe in me?
How can they even be crazy to think they can ever compete with me?
Me and Big Sean run this bitch 'til our knees are weak
This is God's timin', I'm right where I need to be
But I'm an evil seed, I keep a Uzi to shoot through your Bimmer, G
Turn you to Swizz, but your bitch ain't Alicia Keys
I fuck your chick at the ho' so freakily
You know this shit get active (Active)
Active (Active), active (Active), active (Active)
Active (Active, woah), active (Active, woah), active (Active, woah)
I love when the shit get active (Active)
Active (Active), active (Active), active (Active)
My bitch active (Active, damn), active (Active, damn), active (Active, damn)
I'm outside when this shit get active
Uh, uh (Boi)
Woah, woah (Ayy)
Woah, Joyner
Woah, woah
Joyner, Joyner, Joyner (Boi)
I'm active whenever the lights go down
The sun come up, your life so down
The medicine turn me to a psycho now
I'm hearin' them screams, I like those sounds
I been the underdog, I don't like your crown
The niggas treat me like my life don't count (Buck, buck)
I hate weird niggas, I don't like those crowds
But don't judge me, I don't like Joe Brown (Ayy, ayy)
Turn your life around, I keep to myself when the knife around
I'm Halloween night when the lights go out
I'm feelin' like I'm livin' in Michael's house
Twelve-inch blade and the micro proud
Hittin' these streets, gotta pipe hoes down
A long dick nigga and it's quite profound
She wanna get hit like a fight broke out, out
I'm activated like Jerry curl
All in the head like I'm gon' off the Henny, girl (Buck)
I'm way too picky to cut away every girl
I need a wifey, but she can't be any girl
No, I don't argue with bitches who petty
And pissin' me off like you live in R Kelly world (Ayy, ayy)
Ain't nothin' funny, do I look like SNL?
This shit get really real
You know the block is watchin' over us
So not a week the cops is knockin'
I get lit in these street, but the opps is jockin'
Nigga, I'm not a beast, I'm a Loch Ness Monster (Ayy)
Who the fuck got the keys to unlock this monster? (Ayy)
I'ma turn on your dregs in the rasta pasta
Make a fuck nigga red like a pot of lobster
Where I'm from, even kids got the blocka-blocka
Shit get active (Active, ayy)
Active (Active, ayy), active (Active, Joyner), active (Active)
Active (Active, woah), active (Active, woah), active (Active, woah)
Yeah, I love when the shit get active (Damn)
Active (Active, uh), active (Active, woah), active
My bitch active (Active, damn), active (Active, damn), active (Active, damn)
I'm outside when this shit get active
Time Is Money lyrics - Joyner Lucas, J Balvin & Fireboy DML (feat. DaBaby)
[Joyner Lucas:]
Let's get it, let's get it, ayy
Let's get it, let's get it, let's get it
Yeah, I'm back in this bitch with the MAC on my hip
At your crib, but I might go inside of it
Might pull up at the club, all the bitches light up
They be thinkin' that Michael's alive again
Now a nigga, me mock when they see me hop out at the whip
And they wish they were drivin' it
When a hater get mad, I ain't feelin' nowhere
I be takin' a shit at the compliment
I can ride in this ho but I'm slidin' it
She gon' ride in this pole when she poppin' it
When I'm back in online and I'm stoppin' it
You know money is time when she clockin' it
I done turned out this hoe and then made on my feet
She gon' take all this D, then she tired of it
She ain't usually a ho, but she hoing for me
Love to get on her knees and she proud of it
[DaBaby:]
Made her get on her knees and she proud of it
Took her gave her the deed and I brought a bag
These niggas can't fuck with me if I start it back
Over fans overseas with my autograph
Yeah how it come out with ease, how they thought of that?
I went home, got some sleep when I caught ahead
He wanna be more like me, gon' be hard to match
Get a gun and some heart, that's a starter pack
These other niggas can't see me, no cataracts
Hoppin' out the backseat of a Cadillac
Bulletproof chucks, they can't sneak me, I'm onto that
I'm Michael Draco right now with the shoulder strap
Yeah, I done had it before, I'm on the back
No, I can't fuck with no lame ho, I love a freak
Put my dick on the table, she love to eat
Now that bitch is a gangsta because of me
[Fireboy DML:]
So please don't chat to me, please don't chat to me
If you know God, you are no stronger, we know bitches, them talk to me respectfully
Shawty, come dance for me, shawty, come dance for me
Gimme that whine one time, girl, you so fine, but please don't waste my time and energy
So please don't chat to me, please don't chat to me
If you know God, you are no stronger, we know bitches, them talk to me respectfully
Shawty, come dance for me, shawty, come dance for me
Gimme that whine one time, girl, you so fine, but please don't waste my time and energy
[J Balvin:]
Llego al evento y me recibe el flash (Flash, flash), se me acostumbró la pupila
Me pueden ver rompiendo New York, la prensa piensa que volvio Godzilla
Mi espalda safety, dio la vigila (Vigila), dile a lo' hater' que hagan una fila (Fila)
Me hice experto en la Fashion Week, y ahora quiero ver cómo desfila
Rara la vez que yo falle, yo nunca fallo, yo ando con Rayo
Esto sale natural, no lo ensayo, yo soy lo más cabrón que nació en mayo (Mayo)
Siempre que salgo me quedo con to', al parecer eso los insulta
Pero me importa demasiado poco, porque en verdad eso no es mi culpa
Yeah, quieren que me quede, pero dime tú, ¿qué es lo que va a pasar si yo me quedo?
No están en mi nivel, no están en mi level, parezco un piloto, aterrizo y despego
De la que aquí termino el verso, lo agrego, I be ballin', no spoutin'
Dime, ¿quién rompió el verso? Obviamente J Balvin
[Joyner Lucas:]
I need a ho that's a freak on the low
But they think she an angel
Need a bitch who gon' shut the fuck up and then do what I say
And say please and thank you
When you makin' up dough, everybody can go to the places the money can take you (Yeah, yeah)
Tell my bitch if she loyal, we locked in forever, no ho cannot fuckin' replace you (Aye, aye)
She know I'ma just hold that shit down like I hold down the street
Bitch, I'm a dog, but I don't got no leash
Deep in that ho, it's a whole lotta reach
You get high from this dick, it ain't no hide and seek (Woo, woo)
I bring the drama, don't know 'bout no peace
Think I need God, but I don't got no priest
Open her legs and I know how to feast
Then I eat the bitch out like a bon appétit
[Fireboy DML:]
So please don't chat to me, please don't chat to me
If you know God, you are no stronger, we know bitches, them talk to me respectfully
Shawty, come dance for me, shawty, come dance for me
Gimme that whine one time, girl, you so fine, but please don't waste my time and energy
So please don't chat to me, please don't chat to me
If you know God, you are no stronger, we know bitches, them talk to me respectfully
Shawty, come dance for me, shawty, come dance for me
Gimme that whine one time, girl, you so fine, but please don't waste my time and energy
Listen To My Demo lyrics - Joyner Lucas
I'm standin' outside in the rain
Passin' out demo tapes tryna get a name
I was like eleven back then with the braids
It was 1999, I was tryna catch a wave
I heard JAY-Z was in town
'Bout to hit the Summer Jam stage and I gotta see his face
If I give him my demo, then I wonder what he'd say
Maybe he'll sign me and I'll finally get a break
So now he on stage
And everybody's singin' all the words to his shit and I'm amazed
I'm holdin' up my demo with a sign sayin' "Please"
I just need a couple minutes of your time, Mr. JAY
Could you? But that ain't gon' work
Fuck it though, I know there gotta be another way
I snuck past security and made it backstage
Demo in my hand hopin' he gon' press play when he seen me
But when the show is all over, I was tryna walk fast
Catch him when he leaves hopin' we can cross paths
But he ain't seen me and I was feelin' all bad, uh
And then security approached me, he was wearin' all black
I passed him my CD with my house number on it
Sayin', "If you listen to it, could you please call back?"
Please, please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Pl-pl-pl-please listen to my demo
Listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Please
It's 2001, I'm thirteen now, but I'm better than I was
Rappin' in my class when I should be doin' work
But I'm thinkin' 'bout this beat I was hearin' on the bus
I heard Dre and Snoop Dogg was in town
Up In Smoke tour, Eminem comin' out
You should have seen the way my eyes popped out
You done thought the heavens opened up and God popped out, uh
I wish that I could vibe with him
If I gave him my demo, maybe I could ride with him
Maybe Em would listen if I got some time with him
Maybe Dre is lookin' for a kid that can sign with him
I don't know
All I know is that I gotta go, hopefully it all pans out
Tryna get tickets, so I get the plan down
If I get front row then I probably stand out
Then my pops came home with two VIP passes in clutch
And at that very moment I was happy as fuck
So I started gettin' dressed so fast in a rush
Demo in my hand, had a rich nigga glow
He walked in my room and said, "Kids can't go"
Damn and so he brought his girl with him
And I can't believe I let another big chance go, damn
Please, please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Pl-pl-pl-please listen to my—, uh
Please listen to my demo
Can you listen to my demo?
Please listen to my demo
Pl-pl-pl-please, uh
A lot of years went by
I'm twenty-five now and the tears went dry
2015 and I still got a dream
But reality is lookin' kinda real this time
I'm in the booth with a grunge on my face
Tryna make a demo with no funds in the bank
I don't wanna quit 'fore I make it out the bricks
And my girl told me that we got a son on the way
What the fuck? Damn
I gotta push to go, but I ain't got a bit of time
'Cause it ain't 'bout me no more, I gotta just provide
If I don't make it when he born, then I gotta get a job
I hit the ground runnin' with a plan
Make a mixtape and build somethin' with the fans
If I don't do it now, then I'll never get a chance
Got a certain way of thinkin', some will never understand
So now I'm sittin' on the block
Vibin' out bumpin' instrumentals in the drop
Writin' every day like my pen don't wanna stop
And my baby mom packin' my demos in the box
I was pullin' up to schools in the rental
CD in my hand, put my arm out the window
Nobody took it and I didn't get the memo
And all I kept sayin' was, "Please listen to my demo"
Please, please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo
Pl-pl-pl-please listen to my demo
Listen to my demo
Please listen to my demo, yeah
Please listen to my demo
Please
It's 2025, had some change
I think I finally made it to a household name
Moved my whole family out the hood with a change
Told my mama quit her job, she won't work another day
I got Platinum plaques now
Couple hit singles and a back to back now
Couple big cribs I'ma have to pass down
When I put my demos out, I don't have to ask now if you can listen
I'm sayin' what I want
All your favorite rappers keep sayin' I'm the one
And if I died now, then I'm grateful what I've done
'Cause a lot of niggas never really made it where I'm from
I'm on tour and they waitin' in the front
Campin' outside while they bakin' in the sun
Pull up to your city and they wavin' to the bus
Got my songs on the speaker and they singin' every one
And so I hit the stage
This the same book, just a different page
Crowd goin' crazy, but I know this one kid starin' at me with a glow like he was in a daze
I'm lookin' at him in the crowd, I can see his face
And he lookin' back at me and I wonder what he thinkin'
It remind me of how I used to look at JAY
When all I wanted was someone to give my shit a play
And when the show is all over, they was tryna get me back in the cut
Security was walkin' all faster than us
Tryna get me out the buildin', get me back to the bus
Standin' by the bus was the kid that I seen from the crowd
Nigga, how coincidental
Handin' me his CD with his number on the pillow
Looked at me and said, "Please listen to my demo"
Momma lyrics - Joyner Lucas & Chris Brown
Hey, momma
Are you proud of me?
Did I grow up to be everything you thought I'd be?
And, hey, momma
I know it was hard
But you gave me more than I could ever repay you for
I love you, momma
Momma, momma, momma
Momma, momma, momma (Uh)
Momma (Look)
Momma
When I was young, me and my momma had smoke (Uh-huh)
Young and misunderstood, them times, I hated the most (For real)
Hard to put on a smile when my generation was broke
And the babies raisin' a child in Section 8 the result (Oh, yeah)
Slavin' workin' all day for that minimum wage and it small (Uh-huh)
Daddy ain't had no money, no occupation at all
ADHD all in me, I'm bouncin' off of the walls
My momma ain't had no patience, so my frustration evolved (Oh, yeah)
Actin' up in the class, my teachers think I'm psychotic
I just wanted attention for times that I never got it
Addin' to all the stress and I learned some lessons about it
But I just needed affection 'cause I was reckless without it (Facts)
Faithful for what you gave to me, even if you ain't got it (Yeah)
Sacrifices you made for me, I knew nothin' about it (Uh-huh)
Told you one day I'd make it and then I made you a promise
If I made you anything, then I hope I made you the proudest
For real
Hey, momma (For real, oh, momma)
Are you proud of me? (Are you proud?)
Did I grow up to be everything you thought I'd be? (Yeah)
And, hey, momma
I know it was hard (So hard, yeah)
But you gave me more than I could ever repay you for (Momma)
I love you, momma
Momma, momma, momma (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I love you, momma
I love you, momma (Love you, momma)
Momma (Uh)
Sittin' in my bedroom plottin' how to get us rich (Yeah)
And I was only nine, them cockroaches were some bitch (Damn)
Shit, we gon' be fine, step-pops was makin' flips (Facts)
Workin' fulltime, he taught me how to raise some kids (Yeah)
Even if they wasn't mine, livin' with my sisters and we stuck together (Oh)
So the times I felt alone, they helped make my depression better (Yeah)
Some days my momma almost broke down, but I couldn't let her (No)
The older that I got, the more I understood her better (Yeah)
And she the realest one around, I got a real homie (Yeah)
Momma always held me down when papa done bailed on me (Facts)
We ain't always see eye to eye, but she a kill for me (Kill)
Send a nigga to the sky, then go to jail for me (Go to jail for me)
Love what you gave to me even when you ain't got it (Yeah)
Sacrifices you made for me, I knew nothin' about it (Uh)
Told you one day I'd make it and then I made you a promise
If I made you anything, then I hope I made you the proudest
For real
Hey, momma (Hey, momma)
Are you proud of me? (Are you proud?)
Did I grow up to be everything you thought I'd be? (Oh)
And, hey, momma (Hey, momma)
I know it was hard (It was hard, hard, hard)
But you gave me more than I could ever repay you for
I love you, momma
Momma, momma, momma
Momma, momma (Oh)
Momma
I love you, momma
Love you, momma
I love you, momma
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