need it right now, sixteen we was smoking white owls, FDR by the east river, school lunch ate free now i need figures, believe in the way we could make it shake, love life, my ride i ain’t trading place, yal was saving face, we was hopping jus to the take the train, breaking gates, raising stakes, war ready watched em play the game, played it subtle and remained the same, thought they had me figured out and had me out the way, a million miles away, turning all my doubt to faith, in the middle of the swamp, i used to count the days, how you grow and go without the pain, shrouded in a shadow when the the power came, dropping flowers on the grave sending praise up, pullin cards callin all wagers, momma did the braids up, planted seeds reaping fruits of our labor, good home city streets raised us, remember brushing tryna get the waves up, kinks won’t lay, how these niggas sleep all day, 730 at the table over page,