I been 20 years Shit, I been 20 years 20 years
You was thinking Cold Crush then on the move But you gon' rethink it all when I'm finished you You was thinking Crush back then on the move But you gon' rethink it all I'm finished with you 1] Friend or foe yo, state my They always said is slow so, here it is 20 in the making I been waiting more or More so to draw And Picasso chest, let me back track '96 flexing, you ran a bredren Hands on a full, tap dance stepping Perico stretching, small town Tryna do the 1st to the 15th and be done it He was in Newport, you was on your way there Both of y'all New York, one of y'all should've stayed there Both play there A up was a given But the aim's the same You at a collision, so you stick him Caught him on the on his way out him, reached on your waist and pulled the trey out Room keys led to a few That's how the game go, of that shit confuse me But like a year later he was south, motel 6'ing You was juggling Rap City and stove You found him, gave him over the business Then clapped him, one in the like "good riddance" And this is, the story change on the dial Cause he died saying "all he would ever is his child" And speaking of, know that that child been a child in forever 20 years just to catch up And we are And the look on your face is so Cause I was looking for Iceberg based on your Come on, the cool at? Where the "cough up a lung" face at? up with the panic? You don't do But you never would've knew The you was booking Had a baby 10 away from you in Brooklyn Cause me? I'm Tompkins The same ones you said run mouths just like y'all And was foul just y'all Is it foul that I got in here by leaving a with the receptionist? call it money well invested And I'm with, two heaters, speakers My theme blaring Serenade you with "Ether", do it You was catching and escaping Then about it to 20,000 on stages Imagine, to grow up without a dad and Being reminded of how you lost him a playlist And waiting, to be in this office with all ranks And all your Basquiats and your seats and all your bank And all goons, lined up in adjoining rooms Are now from Harvard Why would you even So me and these two 9's up applause And yea I about how you might have one in the drawer But I was like "nah, duke Lemonad'ing his woman And he ain't been tough like '98 or something" And gotta give I'm like, "this mu'fucka went and took a father his kid So now I'm him from his" And "him" YOU Either that, or empty out them you done you grew Like a on the stoop Stop when you move Keep it De La Or all of this will turn reverse déjà vu And you from Marcy, and Marcy don't no rats So you gonn' keep your mouth closed while I these plaques And I ain't old to buy yo' spade But I'm old to yap it from inside yo' place, throw me a case See my mind's like a in bloom They while I'm dedicating I'm outta the loop 20 years I plotting for now, call it war 20 years outta pocket and I'm all in And money in quick but leaves out faster So I'm paying tomorrow for them Reasonable Doubt masters Now do something...
You was thinking Cold back then on the move You gon' it all when I'm finished with you You was Cold Crush back then on the move But you rethink it all when I'm finished with you or foe, right?