SHELL

You give me hope, girl
You give me joy
Let me say something (something)
That you should know, girl (Coupe)
Oh, baby
Oh, baby

They never showed me a black God, only a trap God
Wanted some zapp, so after my last job
I started to crack cards
I can adapt, dawg, I can dodge an attack, I attach parts
Good kid in the city but raised in the mad parts
My blood on the asphalt, my brudda was half out
I told 'em what happened he ready crash out
My mama had passed out, yeah
Too woke to know what awake meant
I made it outta the basement
Too broke to know what a break meant
But not enough to do a break in
Still I don't take shit
'Cause sometimes it was nigga with glistening golds
That I seen out here kickin' in doors
That I seen out here risking they soul

Is it Earth or Hell? I can't tell
My niggas loading up K shells
Thinking of holding a shell
I know that idea won't age well
Not good at acting my age well
From age twelve up to grade twelve
Every reason to hate 12
Came apparent to me like a daycare

Bitch, I'm original 9 gang
You can tell by the 9 chain
Who gon' be here when my mind change?
Who gon' be here when the times change?

You give me hope, girl
You give me joy
Let me say something (something)
That you should know, girl
Oh, baby
Oh, baby

They want me to pray to the Most High
To me that's a crackhead in a city with closed eyes
A city with no God, impending a nosedive
Spinning the block and spending a long time
Pretending I don't cry
I'd be tellin' a lie the day that I tell ya I don't lie
My mom on the phone line
Remind me to tell you when I make it home now
I'm reaching my goals now
The notes in my phone resemble a gold mine
I'm here on my own now
I thought a few GOATs would reach out and show how
To maneuver the game
But it feel they like goal is keeping us closed out

Keep it on me for sure
It ain't for show, it show
It's gon' be the last shit you see before
A side of me they never seen before
Keep the heat in the heat, the cold
The rain, the sleet, the snow
Delete a foe, impose defeat and fold 'em
He never been on the street before
Chew before I swallow fruitful knowledge that I seek
Shooter by the car door, he like Cardo giving wings
Put that gun on you like bar codes if his card get low on cream
Nigga we all gone go out one day, make no difference if it's today
I know my dawg been steppin' on shit
If he don't get caught he never gon' quit
I know that fire been wetting up shit
Dem boys won't try, they catching on quick
Them hoes gon' slime, they settin' up licks
I know they fine, they settin' up hits
I know my mind been setting up tricks, yeah

I been practicing pushin' my brain
You start changing the way that you look at shit
Then the shit you start lookin' at change
Now you looking at change
I'm forever original 9 gang
You can tell by the 9 chain
Who gon' be here when the times change?
Who gon' be here when my mind change?

Oh, baby
Oh, baby