wale - staying power lyrics
[verse 1]
lately been feelin’ like n-gg-s doubt me
trust me, they don’t got no staying power
left atlantic, ’bout a minute later
every record label try and scout me
representin’ all official n-gg-s
intelligent, fly, and get b-tches n-gg-
i tell her to fly, she catch a delta
or she rho, or she get to steppin’
aka, i be speaking wreckless
’07 my supreme jacket
akas at virginia state
my second year, i tried to get one pregnant
early bird, that was petersburg
now, my little bird fly to teterboro
halliburton full of blues brothers
ain’t no akroyd or belushi neither
paranoid, so i’m drinking heavy
hearing voices, i don’t sleep heavy
had a choice, i can turn a back?
i be runnin’ back for a team or something
kick return, wide-receiver money
now, i’m sneaking burners in the club
i’m not concerned about who beefing with us
i can give ’em words, i could beat ’em up
rap dudes, i’m zab judah
hook, cross, jab, jab through em’
uber x, i’m in a maxima
she was in maxim mag, she got a att-tude, uh
but, i’m cool though
i’m not a little n-gg- tryna big boy
i’m like the outcast of the new school
spent about three stacks on a bitcoin, ayy
i got d-ck for her
you a simp, why you gotta buy a gift for her?
might buy me a ‘rari, you buying foamposites
and walk around like we ain’t different
sh-t, y’all just instagram
sh-t, y’a just twitter sh-t, yeah
i ain’t about to t-t for tat, but n-gg- check the map
guess who put sh-t there? me, folarin
i got her, and i can outrap my opponents
and i’m not too popular, media treat my p-ssion like a hazard or something
y’all get the handoff and fumble it
me, i get it and alvin kamara it
simple city n-gg-s wild with me, so you outta town n-gg-s humble it
g-ssing on beats, and i look sweet
the homies is h-m-nyms out in these streets
you probably is wondering what do that mean?
i ain’t too deep, but i ain’t too deep
sweet
i am the legend n-gg-s trying to be
went to portland before i signed with my team
n-gg-s couldn’t fly on they feet
never that broke sh-t applying to me
forever that dope sh-t, it run in my blood like i’m sipping mud
and tired and sleep
we laughing at who thoughts, it’s quiet for me
i quietly quietly built my empire, to set afire to the rivaling teams
i’m a lion, you are just a feline
devour anybody bothering me
blood on my teeth
all of my queens got blood on they sneakers
all of my women be loyal and honest
i take ’em all shopping then burn the receipt
who f-cking with me?
[interlude]
nah really? who f-cking with me?
folarin, the godbody flow
the godfather himself
rest in peace to chuck brown
he said, “young man, when it’s your time, you’ll have the whole nation’s capital and the surrounding towns and boroughs to be following you
well you and i know its only kinda true
it’s more like, “you shining lil dude, see see there a lot life limits about to come through, but if your run joe, and bust loose and grind, grind, grind, them lemons are set up, you will get sa juice”
[verse 2]
and i got that now
flex att-tude made her drop that down
i’m off that brown
i’m from uptown
in the school of maryland, guess i’m from there now
hol’ up, yeah, i don’t care though
you an h&m n-gg-, a banana ho
you a lil bamma n-gg- with no real dough
how you got a landlord and a lambo? hol’ up
y’all can’t tell me sh-t
if your b-tch is always on my d-ck
spent about 240 on my wrist
every time that i record, i’m lit, uh
ask money, ask money
-ss bet, go ‘head, mask on me
actin’ gig from judd apatow
it’s so funny, i’m fly from my “crashing” gig
maxfield, tryna see how fast it burn
in the field like a running back or somethin’
i got the p-ssion in me, just got a bag to push it
’cause y’all rappin’ n-gg-s ain’t really rappin’ good
i’m gone, folarin
i got it, and i can out-rap my opponents
n-gg-s do not want no smoke with me
nicotine patches on raps and my poems
somebody tell ’em i’m back in my zone
olu back in his zone
so i’m back in my zone, hold it
wale addresses the state of his career on “staying power”
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