This remind me of before we had Sleepin' peacefully, never needed a pile of Everybody was college-bound, no dollar In God we trust, senior year my prom ain't had no bus My cousin hit me on Facebook, like "What you takin'?" I'm lyin', I'm playin', I'm sayin', I got one to take and I'm on her response Wrote her a 3 letter, it's 3 days later, Never hit me back, she my heart So now he IM'ing me shit like, "Yo' is bad?" I not to be depressed, she never wrote me back I hit him back like "Yo', well her, it's on to the next" I wrote that thinkin' I'm awkward, Prolly' would never sex You know in school, 16 you prolly late My hit me back, "Don't trip, bro. I got you a date." So he sent me this link to some girl I had seen He said to and tell her "Walter sent you, you with me." I think about it for a minute, like what's his I mean, we never really got along or used to it In fact, if I remember vividly, he on me He used to beat me up and take my sneakers family visit I'm skeptical to let her know I'm Walter little What if this shit all a joke, again, what if it wasn't? Would I really risk the chance of me fuckin' On some stranger daughter 'cause I know if I can trust him? not I finally called her, tell her sent me My Tahj She asked me what's the color scheme that we gon' to prom I'm actin' I'm not excited, tryna play it off So what's the car takin'? Worst come worst, my mom can us I'll call Walter, thank him, he said trip and just wear black He said she cool and they go back, if any problems, send him I never had to, but now we're in He messaged me like not to be a nuisance... But he like 30 short on all his prom suit shit I'm like, "I got you, cuz. That's the that I can do." He tell me send him the addy and slide after school I'm like, "Ok, bet," never knew where he at He walked the street, hella surprised, This where y'all at? Carl, Auntie Deborah, my cousin Rena And I'm surprised too, my family knew, this a secret Me and cuz stay down the street, living different he on the bus, me, I get a ride I gave him 30 on the porch, he never went He tell me, "Thank you," he walked back home with a smile He hide it, but I see his dimple I'm thinkin', "Damn, that was simple" I'm shit, I know he hoop, I'm like, Aye, the rim, bro? He like, Tomorrow, if you free, you weak as shit, tho. I my brother not So all 3 of us went to the park and ran some off the court I'm passive, I was passin', I ain't have to score The next day the prom, I couldn't sleep, I up My gave me a condom then walked away, didn't say nothin' She out of her car and said that her name was Jada My heart's racin', I'm focused, I'm keep it playa Gave her the croissant, or Or the fuck my mom handed me And said, "Now put it on her hand, Malik", family My taught me how to tie up a tie my dad lived in NY That's prolly why I was shy, so Took pictures on the porch, and then we for the prom and Walter went on prom the same day, but to a different So he me like, "Cuz, this the spot. Let's meet up later And bring Jada through," prom flashed, I kept it We show up to the function where she a change of clothes I'm lookin' like, Damn, I don't know nobody We at this party out and Jada left to get dressed I'm fakin' I'm sendin' text Some stranger get really close, I swear that I his breath Then he put a to my neck me the run down like, "Jada my sister And if you hit her, fuck her, make her miss ya, I'ma ya!" At this point, I'm exhausted Wondering where the fuck's He shows up like 30 minutes our altercation I mentioned it to him, he kinda overprotective And I know if I tell him, that he'll this nigga's skull in his body a skeleton, and our night'll end terrible I exhale and say, "Fuck it", and I just to let it go
Said you're to getting everything your way... Tthis not how that happens this time, Just fuck with your boy?
went to St. Louis, had a full ride for his hoopin' Him and his coach got into it, now he home doing music, aye I was at Columbia, a damn near A student I had one B in a hip-hop class, I that shit was stupid He to Robert Morris, always living down the street My let out at 2:40 and his class let out at 3 Mama asked me the hell I been and where the hell I be "I'm with Walter, mom, I'm safe" I keep walkin' in late I might fall off in your bed, I get girls now, I get I get caught up Walter, I'm a product of my age He to erry' girl in downtown Chicago Wingman, I cannot fly He was in Cal Impala, he was that nigga in the party Awfully popular for someone that they barely Plus we the part of city that they barely mention Just logged into Twitter and somehow we was barely We signed our on the open mic list and then they skipped us And then they skipped us again a week later Like, obviously this host can't read the paper intimidatin', the big guy didn't have to flex So Walter walked to the and said the name you're callin' next Bullied our way to the stage and overstayed our welcome An apple never get too far from the tree that it from like my father tryna do music and hope I make it Walter joined me for the journey the city waitin'
Walter invincible, death like a mad magician More than a mathematician I'm in LA on Bucket List Project, I get a and get a fishy feeling Walt joke on the phone, this time he over serious My droppin', I'm like, Yo, what is it? He say he T.Y on the highway and some niggas just tried to kill him the clip on the car, but somehow they didn't hit him Sometimes I fuckin' hate Chicago, 'cause I this feelin' Innocent niggas get at, in the broad day, the A.M I asked him for a play-by-play of how their whole day He said he went to XSport, and they ran a full And I can not retort thinkin' that this can't be the reason So what you do? What Ty? Is he still cool? Where were you on way from, And where you on your way to? He say he just left for dinner at a friend crib, and it He say "Tahj, do shit but smoke, honestly Saba, that's it" Give him sympathy, another of mistaken identity The news gon' run this, as two gangs from different streets Police questionin' him he just shot at a trooper My boy walked unharmed, And we did Lollapalooza, Six months pass by, we celebrate, everyday a better day I dropped Bucket List, Walter 'bout to drop a tape Everything goin' perfect, paint a better way gang is on the way, we just sold out Lincoln Hall Then I to talk to Sway I got back and got back on it, Walter was doin' tour dates Sendin' me links to songs he made, Kid Cudi, we are not ridin' no waves, aye Grandma made us blanky plates, we played 2K, just a day before Fatimah got a show tomorrow, he me, "We in that hoe" I went to the barbershop, the first thing the next Then I got up with Legit, we supposed to do recording 10 minutes this session, I got a call from a number That I don't got saved, but I anyways She says, Hello, Malik, you or Squeak to my son today? He was just on the train We got in the car, but we didn't where to drive to it, wherever you are my nigga, we'll come and find you...
Just day in the ghetto Oh, the bring sorrow Can't get out today with their I just hope I it 'til tomorrow I just hope I make it tomorrow I just hope I it 'til tomorrow I hope I make it 'til tomorrow I just hope I make it tomorrow I just hope I it 'til tomorrow I just hope I make it tomorrow