This remind me of before we had Sleepin' peacefully, never a pile of drugs was college-bound, no dollar amounts In God we trust, senior year my prom had no party bus My cousin hit me on Facebook, "What shorty you takin'?" I'm lyin', I'm playin', I'm sayin', I got one to take and I'm waitin' on her Wrote her a 3 page letter, 3 days later, Never hit me back, she broke my So now he IM'ing me like, "Yo' is shorty bad?" I pretend not to be depressed, she wrote me back I hit him like "Yo', well fuck her, it's on to the next" I wrote message thinkin' I'm awkward, would never have sex You know in high school, 16 you prolly 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 to call and tell her "Walter sent you, you with me." I think it for a minute, like what's his intentions? I mean, we never really got along or to kick it In fact, if I vividly, he picked on me He used to beat me up and take my sneakers every family I'm skeptical to let her know I'm little cousin What if this shit all a joke, then again, if it wasn't? Would I really risk the chance of me potentially On some stranger daughter 'cause I barely if I can trust him? not I finally called her, her Walter sent me My name She asked me what's the color that we gon' wear to prom I'm like I'm not excited, tryna play it off So what's the car we're Worst come worst, my mom can us I'll call Walter, thank him, he said don't trip and wear black He said she and they go back, if any problems, send him back I never had to, but now we're in He Facebook 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 least I can do." He me send him the addy and he'll slide after school I'm like, "Ok, bet," never knew he stayed at He walked down the street, surprised, This where place at? Uncle Carl, Auntie Deborah, my cousin And I'm surprised too, my knew, kept this a secret Me and cuz stay down the street, living different Everyday he on the bus, me, I get a I gave him 30 on the porch, he never inside He tell me, "Thank you," then he walked back home with a He tryna hide it, but I see his I'm thinkin', "Damn, that was simple" I'm shit, I know he hoop, I'm like, Aye, where the rim, He like, Tomorrow, if you free, you prolly as shit, tho. I my brother not So all 3 of us went to the park and ran some off the court I'm hella passive, I was passin', I ain't to score The day the prom, I couldn't sleep, I stayed up My granddad gave me a then walked away, didn't say nothin' She hopped out of her car and said that her was Jada My racin', I'm focused, I'm tryna keep it playa her the croissant, or corsage Or whatever the my mom handed me And said, "Now put it on her hand, Malik", family My grandfather me how to tie up a tie my dad lived in NY That's prolly why I was shy, so Took on the porch, and then we headed for the prom and Walter went on prom the same day, but to a different So he text me like, "Cuz, this the spot. Let's up later And Jada through," prom flashed, I kept it cool We up to the function where she brought a change of clothes I'm lookin' around like, Damn, I know nobody We at this party out West and Jada left to get I'm fakin' I'm sendin' text Some stranger get really close, I swear that I hear his Then he put a to my neck Gave me the run like, "Jada my sister And if you hit her, fuck her, her miss ya, I'ma kill ya!" At this point, I'm just where the fuck's Walter He shows up like 30 minutes after our I never mentioned it to him, he overprotective And I know if I tell him, that he'll beat this skull in his body a skeleton, and our night'll end terrible I exhale and say, "Fuck it", and I chose to let it go
Said you're to getting everything your way... Tthis not how that happens this time, Just gotta with your boy?
went to St. Louis, had a full ride for his hoopin' Him and his coach got into it, now he back doing music, aye I was at Columbia, a damn near A student I had one B in a hip-hop class, I thought that was stupid He to Robert Morris, always living down the street My class let out at 2:40 and his let out at 3 Mama asked me where the hell I been and the hell I be "I'm with Walter, mom, I'm safe" I keep walkin' in late I might fall off in bed, I get girls now, I get laid I get up followin' Walter, I'm a product of my age He to erry' girl in downtown Chicago Wingman, I cannot fly He was in Cal with Impala, he was nigga in the party Awfully popular for someone they barely mention Plus we from the part of city that they barely Just logged into Twitter and somehow we was mentioned 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 fuckin' host can't the paper Hella' intimidatin', the big guy have to flex So Walter walked to the host and This the you're callin' next Bullied our way to the stage and then overstayed our An apple never get too far from the that it fell 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 times than a I'm in LA workin' on Bucket 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 with T.Y on the highway and niggas just tried to kill him Emptied the on the car, but somehow they didn't hit him Sometimes I fuckin' hate Chicago, 'cause I this feelin' niggas get shot 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 court And I can not retort without thinkin' that this can't be the So else you do? What Ty? Is he still cool? Where you on your way from, And where were you on way to? He say he just left for dinner at a crib, and that's it He say "Tahj, don't do shit but smoke, honestly Saba, it" Give him sympathy, another case of mistaken The prolly' gon' run this, as two gangs from different streets questionin' him like he just shot at a trooper My boy away unharmed, And we did Lollapalooza, Six months pass by, everyday we celebrate, everyday a day I just dropped Bucket List, Walter 'bout to a tape goin' perfect, couldn't paint a better way PIVOT gang is on the way, we just sold out Hall I went to talk to Sway I got back home and got on it, 'Cause Walter was doin' dates Sendin' me links to that he made, Kid Cudi, we are not ridin' no waves, aye made us blanky plates, we played 2K, that's just a day before Fatimah got a tomorrow, he text me, "We in that hoe" I to the barbershop, the first thing the next morning Then I got up with Legit, we to do some recording 10 minutes into this session, I got a call a number I don't got saved, but I answer anyways She says, Hello, Malik, you or Squeak Talked to my son He was just on the train We got in the car, but we didn't know to drive to Fuck it, wherever you are my nigga, we'll come and you...
Just another day in the Oh, the bring sorrow Can't get out with their schedule I just hope I make it 'til I hope I make it 'til tomorrow I hope I make it 'til tomorrow I just I make it 'til tomorrow I just hope I make it 'til I just hope I make it tomorrow I just I make it 'til tomorrow