Shine lyrics - Joey Bada$$

[Joey Bada$$ {Chicas & Chano O'Ferral}:]

{Shine}

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah, you know that

Bitch, you know that (You know I gotta {shine})

Yeah, yeah, yeah

Bitch, you know I gotta {Shine}

Summertime shit (Yeah)

Put some charcoal on the grill and all that shit

You know I gotta {Shine}

Express your mind, baby

{My life, my life, my life, my life}, yeah

This be them young OG vibes, think like I'm Steve Jobs

Malachite stone, see the world all through STEEZ eyes

Dubai sand still stuck in my Vans still (Right)

I let the sand spill 'til I can't stand still {Shine}

I got no time to waste (No), life is fast-paced (Yup)

Keep the tracks runnin', never come in last place (Rrah)

How's your bitch when I come around? She's not safe (Nope)

No, she be leavin' with me 'cause you got bad taste

She need a back brace (Yup), I need a backrub (What else?)

I tell her, "Put that face down and that ass up" (Yeah)

And then I smash her (Yeah), and then I pass her (Yeah)

Back to you, she gon' tell you the truth so don't ask her {Shine}

Hop in the Ghost and go Casper (Go Casper)

Space coupe with a rocket on me, I won't hesitate to blast ya

Fuck buyin' cars, though, I'm buyin' back my masters

'Cause it ain't just the cash that I'm after

[Joey Bada$$:]

Had to flashback (Back), I got a lot upon my mind (Yeah)

Not enough time (Right), so I've been up on my grind (What else?)

Make them bitches fall in line (Mhm)

When you say my name (Yeah), don't forget the dollar sign (No)

[Joey Bada$$ (Chicas & Chano O'Ferral):]

Bitch, you know I got it, know I gotta

(Shine, when I do, what I do, when I'm doin')

Money on my mind so you know I'm always grinding, yeah

(Shine, when I feel, what I feel, when I'm feelin')

All my honeys dimes, I might put her in some diamonds

(Shine, when I do, what I do, when I'm doin')

Swear your stars in line, everything is perfect timing

(Shine, when I feel, what I feel, when I'm feelin')

Said everything is perfect timing (Yeah)

That's why a nigga steady shine (My life, my life, my life, my life), uh

[Joey Bada$$:]

Never let 'em tell you what your worth is (Yeah)

Respect gotta be earned, it can never be purchased (Never)

I done made ten million spittin' verses (Facts)

And still ain't losin' sight of my purpose (Woo)

Still sheddin' light beneath the surface (Yeah), constant elevation (Uh-huh)

Givin' em revelations they don't teach in them Church (Yeah)

First things first is I charge for the service (What else?)

Gotta keep a steady dollar just to pacify the splurges (Right)

Satisfy the urges (Yeah), tell you my fee

It'd probably make you niggas nervous (Come on), seven-figure purchase (Uh-huh)

Went from buildin' with blocks to buildin' the block

Now I'm talkin' with my pops about some buildings to cop, nigga

I had to thicken the plot (Yeah), uh

Hit the pocket up and straight fill it with knots (Uh-huh)

I went to Greg Yuna for the watch but not the one with the rocks

'Cause it ain't 'bout what you paid, it's about what you got, nigga (Shine)

Yeah, I got a lot upon my mind (Yeah)

Not enough time (Facts), so I've been up on my grind (Yeah)

Make them bitches fall in line (Yeah)

When you say my name (Yeah), don't forget the dollar sign (No)

[Joey Bada$$ (Chicas & Chano O'Ferral):]

Bitch, you know I got it, know I gotta

(Shine, when I do, what I do, when I'm doin')

Money on my mind so you know I'm always grinding, yeah

(Shine, when I feel, what I feel, when I'm feelin')

All my honeys dimes, I might put her in some diamonds

(Shine, when I do, what I do, when I'm doin')

Swear your stars in line, everything is perfect timing

(Shine, when I feel, what I feel, when I'm feelin')

Said everything is perfect timing

That's why a nigga steady shine (My life, my life, my life, my life)

ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ (2017)

• Good Morning Amerikkka
• For My People
• Temptation
• Land Of The Free
• Devastated
• Y U Don't Love Me? (Miss Amerikkka)
• Rockabye Baby
• Ring The Alarm
• Super Predator
• Babylon
• Legendary
• Amerikkkan Idol 

Good Morning Amerikkka lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Yeah (wake up, wake up)

Free your mind (I said wake up)

Good morning Amerikkka

Good morning Amerikkka (I said wake up)

Good morning Amerikkka

Good morning Amerikkka

Now, what's freedom to you?

Let's talk about it, take a minute, think it through

I'm all about it, but the concept seems new

The coppers still shoot us down on Channel 5 news

Lock us up for anythin' we do to pay dues

Some of us woke while some stay snoozed

Zombies walkin' around trippin' over issues

The knowledge is official but it's often misused

America my masseuse, massagin' my back

Tryna act like, she ain't gonna do me like Pratt

Geronimo, take a leap and lay flat

I'm down to go for my message to spread across the map

Holy cross on my back got a bullseye on it

I gotta get stoned to fulfill my moment

Oppress my oppressor, suppress the opponent

Channel my ancestor, he wouldn't condone it

In search of the healin' component

Said you would notice

If you took notice, but you too nosey

Time to wake up

Won't you come and smell the hot coffee?

Stick your nose in the wrong places, one day you'll OD

I swear the whole world owe me

I'm nothin' close to the old me

If you never knew me, then it's too late to be homies

Homie, say fuck what you told me

I'm ridin' out by my lonely

Waitin' for the day the big homie take these chains off me

I came from

A dream

That the black man dreamed... long ago

I'm actually a present sent to you

By your ancestors

For My People lyrics - Joey Bada$$

You know, yeah

Always wanted to have super powers

You know, uh

This for my people, tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful

So hard to survive a world so lethal

Who will take a stand and be our hero, of my people, yeah?

This for my people

Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful

So hard to survive a world so lethal

Who will take a stand and be our hero?

Uh, now all heroes don't wear capes

And all villains don't get away

But all limits eventually fade

I don't wanna be good, nigga, I'm tryna be great

It's hard when your back's against the wall

And if you got it all to keep your feet up on the floor

So I thank the Lord when I wake up in the morn'

'Cause to inform the world the very reason I was born

You can see the power when the mic is in my palm

When I storm across the room, hit the stage and perform

Word is bond, don't be alarmed

Don't let me have to sound the horn, and drop a bomb

Wanna get my mom a crib, with a lawn

Somethin' that my future kids, can run up on

So I always do my best to carry on

Life is like game of chess, don't be a pawn, my nigga

This for my people, tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful

So hard to survive a world so lethal

Who will take a stand and be our hero, of my people, yeah?

This for my people

Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful

So hard to survive a world so lethal

Who will take a stand and be our hero?

Look up in the sky, it's a bird, it's a plane

No, it's the young black god livin' out his dreams

What you mean? I been up on an ultralight beam

They don't wanna see you fly, they just gonna shoot your wings

Everything ain't what it seem

Wishin' all these dirty cops, would come clean

Still swervin' on these city blocks, for one thing

My man just copped a 30 shot, protect the team, know what I mean?

Music is a form of expression

I'ma use mine just to teach you a lesson

Rule one: this microphone's a weapon

I'm shootin' out the actions manifested and my passion

Never restin', I'm surpassin' the expectancy

Of life in my direction

Man the section 8 depressin'

Hard to be progressin' through recession and oppression

Not to mention that they had us cell blocked ever since an adolescent

This for my people, tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful

So hard to survive a world so lethal

Who will take a stand and be our hero, of my people, yeah?

This for my people

Tryna stay alive and just stay peaceful

So hard to survive a world so lethal

Who will take a stand and be our hero?

Oh, yeah

Oh, mm

Oh, yeah

Temptation lyrics - Joey Bada$$

I come here today to talk about how I feel

And I feel like that we are treated differently than other people

And I don't like how we're treated

Just because of our color doesn't mean anything to me

This just the way I feel

Mind's been racing so long, yeah

It's just no way to deal

With these problems alone

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm young and I'm restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

Now everybody got problems, yeah

But wouldn't know what way to solve 'em

I really came up from the bottom

Strugglin', my momma on her last dollar

Hustlin' and I've been puttin' in these hours

The government been tryna take away what's ours

It's really all about the money and the power

I just wanna see my people empowered

Uh, uh, tell me how we gon' shape this vision

Complainin' all day, but in the same condition

If you wanna make change, it's gon' take commitment

Some people enslaved by they religion

Can't emancipate them from the mental prisons

What I seen through optics transform to wisdom

Watch me use my prophets, get 'em all to listen

I've been on a mission, ah

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm making them restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

Now everybody got vices, yeah

But wouldn't know what good advice is

Until they leave 'em lifeless

Another mama cryin', it's another crisis

Lord knows we just tryna live righteous

Are you willin' just to make the sacrifices?

I know we can't continue livin' like this

And I'll never sell my soul 'cause that's priceless, uh, uh

Tell me how we gon' make a livin'

Hustle on the block, who gon' save the children?

Man it's all a plot and I'm just revealin'

The media just tryna make a villain

I just take the pain and a paint a picture

Voices in my head, I hear the whispers

When I feel this way, inhale the swisher

Or I sip the liquor, ah

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm making them restless

(And I really can't help it)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

This just the way I feel

Mind's been racing so long, yeah

It's just no way to deal

With these problems alone

And I really can't take it no more

I've been fighting temptations, my Lord

I'm making them restless

(I said, Lord can you help me?)

I never felt selfish before

I've been living so reckless, I know

Tell me Lord, can you help me?

(I said Lord, can you help me?)

Do not stop

We are black people and we shouldn't have to feel like this

We shouldn't have to protest because you are treating us wrong

We do this because we need to and we have rights

Land Of The Free lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Yeah, you know sometimes I think

They don't truly understand me, you know

Cause they don't, yeah, uh

Can't change the world unless we change ourselves

Die from the sicknesses if we don't seek the health

All eyes be my witness when I speak what's felt

Full house on my hands, the cards I was dealt

Three K's, two A's in AmeriKKKa

I'm just a black spade spawned out the nebula

And everything I do or say today that's worthwhile

Will for sure inspire actions in your first child

I'll begin my verse now

Sometimes I speak and I feel like it ain't my words

Like I'm just a vessel channeling inside this universe

I feel my ancestors unrested inside of me

It's like they want me to shoot my chance in changing society

But how do I go about it? Tell me where I start?

My destiny rerouted when I chose to follow heart

You told to follow suit, but tell me what it do for you?

Except weigh you down, now you trapped inside the cubicle

They built for us

The first step into change is to take notice

Realize the real games that they tried to show us

300 plus years of them cold shoulders

Yet 300 million of us still got no focus

Sorry America, but I will not be your soldier

Obama just wasn't enough, I need some more closure

And Donald Trump is not equipped to take this country over

Let's face facts 'cause we know what's the real motives

In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders

Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors

They disorganized my people, made us all loners

Still got the last names of our slave owners

In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders

Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors

They disorganized my people, made us all loners, yeah

We can't change the world unless we change ourselves

Die from the sicknesses if we don't seek the health

All eyes be my witness when I speak what's felt

Full house on my hands, the cards I was dealt

Three K's, two A's in AmeriKKKa

I'm just a black spade spawned out the nebula

And everything I do or say today is worthwhile

Will for sure inspire action, hold up, yeah, uh

Trickery in the system, put my niggas in prison

All our history hidden, ain't no liberty given

We all fit the description of what the documents written

We been lacking the vision and barely making a living

We too worried to fit in while they been benefitin'

Every time you submittin', we all guilty admit it

The Lord won't get you acquitted, but you still ask for forgiveness

Put opiates in syringes then inject his religion

How many times do I gotta tell you I'm a man on a mission

Many times I gotta tell you I don't need no permission

A human with super vision, ain't no livin' condition

I'm reaching out to my children, just hoping that they will listen

Start a new coalition against corrupt politicians

It's not enough pots to piss in, too many murder convictions

Another family evicted, another black man a victim

That's as real as it's getting, you should take recognition

In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders

Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors

They disorganized my people, made us all loners

Still got the last name of our slave owners

In the land of the free, it's full of free loaders

Leave us dead in the street to be their organ donors

They disorganized my people, made us all loners, yeah

We can't change the world unless we change ourselves

Die from the sicknesses if we don't seek the health

All eyes be my witness when I speak what's felt

Full house on my hands, the cards I was dealt

Three K's, two A's in AmeriKKKa

I'm just a black spade spawned out the nebula

And everything I do or say today is worthwhile

Will for sure inspire action in your first child, yeah

Devastated lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Yeah, can you feel it? (yeah)

I used to feel so devastated

At times, I thought we'd never make it

But now we on our way to greatness (greatness, greatness)

And all that ever took was patience

I-I-I used to feel so devastated (yeah)

At times I thought we'd never make it (yeah)

But now we on our way to greatness (yeah)

And all that ever took was patience (yeah)

Okay, just gettin' better each day

Stackin' that cheddar, cheesecake

Look up to the Lord, we pray, tryna be my best each day

And 'til I'm laid to rest we lay, yeah

'Til the time bein', we lit

Hopin' I don't let it get all in my head

I don't need the money just to say that I'm rich

Couple little honeys wanna get in my bed

But they used to run from me when I had nothin'

Now they want to fuck 'cause they see me stuntin'

Nigga came up off the hustlin'

Livin' in the lap of lux and I'm feelin' like the man

If you ain't in my Chucks, then you wouldn't understand

Homie, 'bout these rubber bands on me

Make her wanna dance for me

Prolly leave her man for me, standin' in the stands, goddamn

(She used to front way back, now she just a fan, yeah)

I used to feel so devastated

At times, I thought we'd never make it

But now we on our way to greatness (greatness, greatness)

And all that ever took was patience

I-I-I used to feel so devastated (yeah)

At times I thought we'd never make it (yeah)

But now we on our way to greatness (yeah)

And all that ever took was patience (yeah)

I put my pain on the cadence

Turn my brain up a wavelength

Now we're flowin' and sailin'

So just go with the feelin'

Baby, soak up the vibe

Let's roll some dope up, get high

We gon' blow smoke in the sky

'Til we can't open our eyes

I put my pain in the cadence

Turn my brain up a wavelength

Now we're flowin' and sailin'

So just go with the feelin'

Baby, soak up the vibe

Let's roll some dope up, get high

We gon' blow smoke in the sky

'Til we can't open our eyes, yeah

Yeah yeah, yeah yeah

Yeah yeah, skrrt skrrt

Woo, yeah

I used to feel so devastated

At times, I thought we'd never make it

But now we on our way to greatness (greatness, greatness)

And all that ever took was patience

I-I-I used to feel so devastated (yeah)

At times I thought we'd never make it (yeah)

But now we on our way to greatness (yeah)

And all that ever took was patience (yeah)

I used to feel so (so devastated)

At times I thought we'd (we'd never make it)

Now we on our way (yeah, yeah)

And all that ever took was patience

Y U Don't Love Me? (Miss Amerikkka) lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Oh, oh, ayy

Oh, oh, ayy

Oh, oh, ayy

Oh, oh, ayy

Ayy

Oh, oh

Tell me why you don't love me

Why you always misjudge me?

Why you always put so many things above me?

Why you lead me to believe that I'm ugly?

Why you never trust me?

Why you treat me like I don't matter?

Why you always kicking my ladder?

Why you never hearing my side to the story?

Never look me in my eyes, say sorry?

Why you can't recognize my stride?

Always gotta minimize my pride

Always gon' criticize my moods

I can't make one mistake, it's no room

Feelin' like I gotta leave real soon

I'ma say, "Namaste," and just bloom

But for now, let you run away from the truths

Since you can do anything you want to, anyway, uh

Know some things I ain't supposed to know

It's way deeper than just bein' emotional

Some things you just couldn't keep on the low

Now I'm free, by the truth, I can't be controlled, no more

Nothin' like I used to be back before

Know it must hurt for you to see me evolve

Why you gotta kick me down on all fours?

Why you can't stand to see me stand tall?

Tell me why we got a war?

Why we gotta fight? Why we always gotta spar for?

Why the cops always gotta get called?

Why you always tryna see me in trouble with the law?

I guess some things will never change

Locked in the cycle, tryna break the chains

Handcuffs so tight, nearly slit my veins

This what tough love feels like, feel my pain, uh

Tell me why you don't love me

Why you always misjudge me?

Why you always put so many things above me?

Why you lead me to believe that I'm ugly?

Why you never trust me?

Why you treat me like I don't matter?

Why you always kicking my ladder?

Why you never hearing my side to the story?

Never look me in my eyes, say sorry?

Because Amerikkka don't love me

Whole country turned on me

It's no love in the city for the homie

Just a gang of police, praying they don't ever catch it on me

'Cause Amerikkka don't love me

Whole country turned on me

It's no love in the city for the homie

Just a gang of police, praying they don't ever catch it on me

Because Amerikkka don't love me

Whole country turned on me

It's no love in the city for the homie

Just a gang of police, praying they don't ever catch it on me

'Cause Amerikkka don't love me

Whole country turned on me

It's no love in the city for the homie

Just a gang of police, praying they don't ever catch it on me

Okay, okay you red, white and blue

Now you no good Miss America

How you like this shit, huh?

Rockabye Baby lyrics - Joey Bada$$ (feat. ScHoolboy Q)

[Joey Bada$$:]

Yeah, yeah

I said niggas pop shit all the time

Me I don't trip 'cause they know I'm never lyin'

Lookin' between the lines

Feel like Ali in his prime

As-Salaam-Alaikum, alaikum salaam

Peace to my Slimes, and peace to my Crips

Neighborhood police and they always on the shift

Protect my Bloods, look out for my cuz

When it's all said and done, we be the realest there was

Who else if just not us?

If you 'bout this revolution, please stand up

We ain't got no one to trust

Time is running up, feel the burn in my gut

And if you got the guts, scream, "Fuck Donald Trump"

We don't give a fuck, never had one to give

Never will forget, probably never will forgive

Uh, I guess that's just how it is

And they still won't let the Black man live

Feel the energy surge through my veins when I flow

Mentally, I can never be controlled

No sympathy for foes, my enemies exposed

Will they remember me when I'm gone?

I say rockabye, rockabye, rockabye baby

Shotta boy, shotta boy, shotta go crazy

Me nuh play games, so please don't play me

Look at what they made me

[ScHoolboy Q:]

I'm part of the reason they still Crippin' out in Brooklyn

Before I was an artist I would book 'em, mm

Push ya shit back while on them front line, nigga, ya lunch time

I'm by them stop sign, you love that wi-fi

On mamas for them dirty dollars, brains on collars

Park the car around the corner, I'll be there in a second

The murder weapon on me, fuck if this bitch start flamin'

The cops patrollin', get that punk ass American flag ceremony

Aww, damn am I going too far?

Give you some flavor to borrow

Bitch yeah it came with the car

It's off-white, leveled the hard

You ball, might come with a charge

Your kids don't know you no more

Your girl's draws stay on the floor

No phone call accepted in weeks

Your son picked up on your beef, real shit

From gettin' lynched in field into ownin' buildings

Getting millions, influencin' white children

And oddly we still ain't even

Still a small percentage of blacks that's eating

Same routines, the same dope fiends

Them nightmare dreams, forever murder season

Bad intentions to them picket fences

They gave us guns but won't hire us, nigga?

So we killin' senseless

Homies murked on the bus benches

Retaliation 'cause his mama cryin'

Kept it gangsta 'til I modify 'em

Rockabye, rockabye

[Joey Bada$$:]

Feel the energy surge through my veins when I flow

Mentally, I can never be controlled

No sympathy for foes, my enemies exposed

Will they remember me when I'm gone?

I say rockabye, rockabye, rockabye baby

Shotta boy, shotta boy, shotta go crazy

Me nuh play games, so please don't play me

Look at what they made me

Ring The Alarm lyrics - Joey Bada$$ (feat. Kirk Knight, Nyck Caution & Meechy Darko)

[Joey Bada$$:]

I was born runnin' with the baton

Now I'm known as the young intellectual don

Until I'm gone, where I'm from, the real don't get along

With the fake, look me in the face, eyes of the storm

You don't want none

No beef could never hurt me

I be on my Istanbul, they cold turkey

Firstly, it's the double entendre monster

Takin' haunted constant trips through your conscious

So be cautious

If it call for it, we leavin' corpses

The causes of the coffin is the broken clauses

Skeletons in my closet, tomorrow's never promised

Never mind it because we immortals regardless

Real Gs move in silence like my designer

Intertwined with the timeless, divine higher powered

I was drippin' in the gold since a minor

Sittin' on my throne, overlookin' my empire, uh, uh

Resurrection of real, you niggas fake

Never second-guessin' my kill, so choose your fate

'Cause I'm born runnin' with the baton, a tickin' time bomb

Nigga, better ring the alarm, uh

Resurrection of real, you niggas fake

Never second-guessin' my kill, so choose your fate

'Cause I'm born runnin' with the baton, a tickin' time bomb

Nigga, better ring the alarm, uh

So keep it spinnin', disc jocker

Flick the wrist, don't risk that, partner

These niggas impostors, we movin' like the mobsters

One false move, have 'em sleepin' with the lobsters, huh

So keep it spinnin', disc jocker

Flick the wrist, don't risk that, partner

These niggas impostors, we movin' like the mobsters

One false move, have 'em sleepin' with the

It's the All-Amerikkkan Bada$$

Who you mad at? They ain't have to ask that

Attack with the backlash, where's my cash at?

Runnin' all through NASDAQ, strap in my backpack

Goin' off the knack, dopeboy in the Cadillac

Havin' flashbacks, wish a nigga would clap back

Hit 'em with the blackjack, goin' through a stack fast

I snap with the raps, I make 'em bring the whole track back

Niggas get smacked with the realer

When I drop, it's all killer, no filler

So you better not make a wrong move, nigga

I'll personally deliver each shot that won't miss ya

And when it hit ya, it's no warnin'

We bombardin', me and my squadron

If you want it, get your army

We droppin' bombs calmly

This is no party

Any scraps left, we just feed 'em to the zombies

[Meechy Darko:]

Death before dishonor, I die for my brethren

This is a stick-up, ocean's 47

Ring the alarm, if a war yuh wan get in

Ring the alarm, if a war yuh wan get in

Death before dishonor, I die for my brethren

This is a stick-up, ocean's 47

Ring the alarm, if a war yuh wan get in

Ring the alarm, if a war yuh wan get in

[Nyck Caution (Kirk Knight):]

Ring the alarm, we ain't keepin' it calm

Need a reason to see the dog, break the leash and I'm on

Was hungry when I started, more ravenous as I evolve

Caution hazardous, inflictin' damages, I can't recall, uh

(Rich in spirit when I broke some laws)

(I'm breakin' even with my Pros against all the odds)

(Made my words cut deep, you gon' need some gauze)

(And that alcohol, we only goin' bar for bar)

You know I blacked out, they bring the track out, I lay the smack down

(Remember nights on the dirty mattress in the trap house?)

I snapped out and flipped it around to where I'm at now

(Livin' legend, finally back up on the map now)

Resurrection of real, let's bring it back

It ain't even about the bars, they bumpin' whatever slaps now, uh

(All I hear that ad-lib rappin' on my SoundCloud)

Sick of the trash out, this is the crackdown

[Meechy Darko:]

Likkle bwoy dun backchat we'll bury ya

Big metal ting, ya get capped in AmeriKKKa

Beast Coast regime (La Cosa Nostra)

My team supreme (Fuck around and smoke ya)

Death before dishonor, I die for my brethren

This is a stick-up, ocean's 47

Ring the alarm, if a war yuh wan get in

Ring the alarm, if a war yuh wan get in

[Joey Bada$$:]

Ring the alarm

Ring the alarm

Ring the alarm

Ring the alarm

Super Predator lyrics - Joey Bada$$ (feat. Styles P)

[Joey Bada$$:]

Yeah, just ride with a nigga

America's number one, you can bet on ya life!

Statik Selektah

Ride with a nigga like

America's number one, you can bet on ya life!

Call me the general, pushing that new agenda through

For my millennials, troubled youth and the felons too

Tryna be perennial, but chance of livin' is minimal

She critical, exactly what made my niggas criminals

Typical AmeriKKKa, damn sure ain't no miracle

Word to Steezy, I'ma keep this shit lyrical

'Til I fall out my physical, all my verses is biblical, uh

Flowin' religiously, my delivery spiritual, uh

Feelin' invincible, this here is nothin' new

This is just principle, take notes, if I were you

They say I'm a clumsy king, how I be droppin' jewels

But see, the funny thing is I got lots to lose

Never no fucks to give, only one life to live

So I exchange my negative for a positive and it's all

Good Lord, the pen is way mighty than the sword

Who want war? I told you before

How I kicked in the door

With the rugged raw, back just to reinstall

What you niggas thought it was?

Yes, I'm a veteran, you just a comer up

I can teach you a lesson

How to get your hunger up

Homie ya

How I kicked in the door

With the rugged raw back just to reinstall

What you niggas thought it was?

Yes, I'm a veteran, you just a come up

About to teach you a lesson

How to get your fuckin' hunger up, nigga

Badmon, we ah run tings, yeah

Never let the tings run we, uh

All di gyal dem a come pree

But mi tell them that the buddy never come free

Badmon, we ah run tings, yeah

Never let the tings run we, uh

All di gyal dem a come pree

But mi tell them that the buddy never come free

[Styles P:]

Super predator, filthy AmeriKKKa

Burn the newspapers and the editors

My dead presidents ain't dead enough

Blew a zip to the head, still ain't red enough

Pray to Jesus, hope he got you

No I'm not a chicken, I never listen to FOX News

Niggas built the country but never givin' they props due

Payin' for my people, I'm still payin' for my pops dues

I'm royalty, my momma said it

I'm gold hearted, I'm scum headed

Lost soul in a promised land of promises

Gotta mask on, but no, I'm not anonymous

Built on my lonely, no accomplices

Light a L up for my accomplishments

I'm a real nigga, it's not a lot of 'em

If they were, then the cops probably shot at 'em

[Joey Bada$$:]

Badmon, we ah run tings, yeah

Never let the tings run we, uh

All di gyal dem a come pree

But mi tell them that the buddy never come free

Badmon, we ah run tings, yeah

Never let the tings run we, uh

All di gyal dem a come pree

But mi tell them that the buddy never come free

Yeah, I stomp the grounds in my Timberlands

Ain't nothin' colder than New York when that December in

The coldest shoulders, from average Joes and the simple mans

I pack the heat 'cause I'm known around to be simmerin'

That mean I'm finna hit the boilin' point like real soon

Man, I've been heatin' up, my self esteem been on the moon

The flow is hotter than volcanic craters near the equator

Any debaters is simply haters, they know that I'm greater

I be countin' my paper, forever fuck all the majors

Did it all on my own, don't owe nobody no favors

It's clear, I'm heir to the throne, I've been the best in my zone

Internationally known, forever Brooklyn's own

I mean, come on, but here's for the Presidents, the Congressmen, the Senators

Who got us all slavin' while they reapin' all the benefits

Got the world thinkin' that it's true 'bout what they said of us

AmeriKKKa's worst nightmare, the super predator

Babylon lyrics - Joey Bada$$ (feat. Chronixx)

[Joey Bada$$:]

Yo yo

Badmon representin'

Yo yo

They say you never know what you got

'Til it's all up and away

And it's so lonely at the top

Sometimes you wanna throw it away

But lately I've been talking to God

He told me Heaven is a way better place

So I'm taking everything that I've got

And I'm running away, I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

Gone like the wind, I can't seem to win

I know the end is near, but I just don't know when

Turn on to CNN, look at what I see again

It's another black man, died at the white hand of justice

To tell the truth, man, I'm fuckin' disgusted

I fear for the lives, for my sisters, my brothers

Less fortunate than I, let's formulate a plan

I'm sick of holdin' grudges, I'm loadin' in all my slugs and

Aimin' it at the judges, fuck the cops

Fuck the system and the government, you fuckers not

Protectin' and servin'

You more like damagin' and hurtin'

And letting off shots 'til you motherfuckers certain

He ain't breathin', you made it clear

"Fuck your breath, nigga," don't even deserve air

Don't even deserve shit, don't even deserve nothin'

If black lives really mattered, you niggas would do somethin'

Instead we mean nothin', in fact, we being hunted

They don't want us in abundance

They know it's strength in them numbers

That's why they gave you one

The time is comin', no discussion

If you ain't got a gun, then you better start runnin'

[Chronixx:]

Run to the rock of my salvation (yeah, yeah, yeah)

Run to the stone that the builder rejected (yeah, yeah, yeah)

I run to aboriginal, Christ, Haile Selassie

Hear them call some other name

Them other guy nuh qualified

A long long time mi see ah idiot a try

Tell me America is the land of the free, that's a lie

'Cause nobody, nuh free 'bout yah

Bet how we leave Babylon, and go ah Ethiopia

And if you don't believe we can achieve that

Then you is just another idiot or another

[Joey Bada$$:]

Motherfucker, it's the J-O-Z-I-F B-A-D-M-O-N

Come on, bring them M's on in

I'm on the upside now, you can turn 'em M's upside down

We 'bout to win, there's an L for the other side of him

Most greats that you lost, I invite 'em in

To my soul, don't you feel the vibes when I'm channelin'?

The innermost of my spirit been engulfed with plenty gold

'Cause most of them labels throw pennies so

Who you think investin' in penitentiaries though?

Same owners as them labels, same owners of your cable

Spoon feedin' you fables, tryna keep your mind stable

Your eyes blind, and your skin's hazel

The truth is under your nasal but even the air's all fucked up

How we supposed to see stars? Chemical trails above us

Plus bunch of other shit that's undiscovered

Detached from the roots since we set sail, my brothers

That's word to motherland, sold us on stolen land

Visions from brother man, he seen us all holdin' hands

Fifty years later, still see my brothers choked to death

R.I.P. to Eric Garner, only right I show respect

Nowaday they hangin' us by a different tree

Branches of the government, I can name all three

Judicial, legislative and executive

Lock your pops away, your moms, then next the kids

It's all consecutive, I'm just tryna break the cycle

I wonder if I'll do it all before they take my life, yo

Crucify my image, the Lord is my witness

If them Heaven's gates closed

I'ma break all them hinges for my niggas

Yes, I'ma break all the hinges for my niggas

Yes, I'ma break all the hinges for my niggas

Yes, I'ma break all

They say you never know what you got

'Til it's all up and away

And it's so lonely at the top

Sometimes you wanna throw it away

But lately I've been talking to God

He told me Heaven is a way better place

So I'm taking everything that I've got

And I'm running away, I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

I'm running away

I just can't cope with the pain

You just won't understand

Running away (away from here)

[Chronixx:]

As fast as I can to Mount Zion

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

I'm running away (I'm running away)

Running away (I'm running away)

Away, running away

[Joey Bada$$:]

You better start running, running

Babylon boy them ah coming, coming yeah

You better start running, running

Babylon is coming

Babylon get jealous of we, of we

Just because I walk this way

Babylon get jealous of we, of we

Legendary lyrics - Joey Bada$$ (feat. J. Cole)

[Joey Bada$$ & J. Cole:]

Yeah, uh

Yeah

Yeah, uh

Yeah

[Joey Bada$$:]

This is legendary

Always been my mission, never secondary

Gettin' better every January, it's very scary

They gon' recognize eventually, I take it if they don't give it to me

Swear all of it was written for me (yep, yep)

By a higher conscious spiritually (up, up)

Up and away, jump on a plane, get on my wave right now

I want you believe not only in me, but have some faith in yourself

I wish you peace and good health, happiness and some wealth

I threw a coin in the well, 'cause I was feelin' so well

A token of how I felt, never heard if it fell

Not a noise, not a sound, still no reason to doubt

Quality what I sell, quantity in the sales

Quantum physics myself, count a million atoms of cells

This life I'm livin' it out, damn right, my vision is now

Don't let the prisoner cell build a strut to break out

My brothers at the brick house, the undercovers stakeout

Can't you see it's a trap? The type of shit I think 'bout

I sensed they needed my help, that's why I had to reach out

What you think I do it for? My brothers under a spell

It's clear we livin' in hell, the life of a black male

Right out the womb, you come out, and it's a bunch of blackmail

Just waitin' for you to fail, a special room in the jail

With your name, a number on it so you property now

I see it properly now, it's what the poverty 'bout

It's all a game of Monopoly, tryna cop me a house

An elephant in the room until I fit in my tomb

And introduced to my doom, they say the end comin' soon

Legends, they never die

The niggas only multiply

So put your fire up in the sky

'Cause they won't ever kill the light

They say the legends, they never die

The niggas only multiply

So put your fire up in the sky

'Cause they won't ever kill the light

Tables keep turning, which way do I go?

A fire's burning inside of my soul

Tables keep turning, which way do I go?

A fire's burning inside my control

[J. Cole:]

Look, ready for whatever comes

I hope for the best, I taste the peace and pray it never leave my tongue

But yet, before long, the feelings done

Perhaps I was foolish, just like the boy that prays to only see the sun

Maybe, life happens like tides

One minute you're low and feelin' shallow, then all of a sudden you rise

Just, ride the wave, I say to myself

Find a way, the weight of my wealth

It's honestly a lot to bear

I play the game of stackin' knowin' that I ought to share

How much does a man need? How much can he hoard before his greed?

How can a rich father teach humbleness to his seed?

Just questions, the stubborn all get taught tough lessons

I look at all I got like, "What's missin'?"

God is my only guess, 'cause yes, faith relieve the stress

I find peace again when I find Him and see I'm blessed

Real blessed, life has always got me wonderin'

(Wondering, wondering) Am I doin' it right?

Am I hurtin' myself?

Am I wrongin' the ones that love me the most?

What a burden to have

That ain't no way to live

Or maybe it is

Well, maybe it is

[Joey Bada$$:]

Tables keep turning, which way do I go?

A fire's burning inside of my soul

Tables keep turning, which way do I go?

A fire's burning inside my control

Legends, they never die

The niggas only multiply

So put your fire up in sky

'Cause they won't ever kill the light

They say the legends, they never die

The niggas only multiply

So put your fire up in sky

'Cause they won't ever kill the light

This is legendary, it's never secondary

I'm getting better every January

The idea of it alone is very scary

I kill my enemies by any means necessary

I said, this is legendary, it's never secondary

Getting better every January

The idea of it alone is very scary

I kill my enemies by any means necessary

Amerikkkan Idol lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Yeah, uh, uh

Turn the music up in the headphones

Watch me get gone

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Amerikkkan Idol, one hand on my bible, one hand on my rifle

I'm aimin' at my rival, sure to leave him dead on arrival

They say it's all about survival, never lackin' the vitals

So I came to kill the game and still gave it revival

I'm coming for the title, man it's best you throw in the towel

Last nigga who tried to vio, now facin' a trial

I'ma be here for a while, gettin' richie like Lionel

Now she all up in denial 'cause she gettin' the dial

While I'm only gettin' better, so she back on my D now

I wanna be down but she denounced

I got my shot, then made her, bounce

Now you tryna rebound, I'm livin' in the now

While the future figure me out

Told mommy pick a place, yo, and we out

'Cause Bed Stuy a little unsafe for me now

That's why I keep the .40 loaded with no safety around

Never thought I'd have to hold it, I'm just holdin' it down

Protect my neck and my crown, patrol throughout the town

And they judgin' just 'cause my skin color is brown

And for that, they wanna leave me dead in the ground

And have the nerve to blame it all on my background

Sorry white Amerikkka, but I'm about to black out

Got a message for the world and I won't back out

So turn the kid raps loud, I'm about to spazz out

Watch out, another nigga runnin' in the White House

But I won't stop 'til this whole shit painted in all black

And we on top, 'cause my people been paining before crack

Media's got this whole thing tainted, that's all fact

Feedin' you lies like this whole thing wasn't built on our backs

Assimilate our history then made it a mystery

Now they all inherit the bittersweet victory

Look at what they did to me, can I get a witness please?

Justice never served, reparations never sent to me

It's clear who the enemy, they declare war on the end of me

Assassinate my character, buryin' my entity

But they can't kill my energy, so when it's said and done

They forever gon' remember me

The fuck is you tellin' me?

Fuck is you tellin' me?

Way more than a celebrity

And fuck white supremacy, huh

I'm out for dead presidents to represent me

Dead fuckin' presidents to represent me

I'm out for dead presidents to represent me

Because I've never known a live one that represent me

Well, dead presidents to represent me

I'm out for dead presidents to represent me

Dead fuckin' presidents to represent me

Because I've never known a live one that represent me

It's no contest, can't fuck with the congress

Me and my niggas goin' off like bomb threats

It's no contest, can't fuck with the congress

Me and my niggas goin' off like bomb threats

Me and my niggas goin' off like bomb threats

Me and my niggas goin' off like bomb threats

Me and my niggas goin' off like bomb threats

Me and my niggas goin' off

This that Bada$$-assination

Topic of conversation, my proclamation to the nation and its congregation

Been makin' observations like it's my occupation

Debatin' speculation like it ain't just second nature

Thou shall love thy neighbor, don't let that nigga hate you

'Cause he know where you lay up, when it's karma, time to pay up

Climb the ladder of success, I'm steady on my way though

Devisin' plans while you sleepin' I'm just tryna stay woke

You leave me no choice, I'm about to bring noise

Got to fill this void, I got to be the voice

Yeah yeah yeah

I said leave me no choice, about to bring noise

Got to fill this void, I got to be the voice

What the government is doin' amongst our people is downright evil

Disturbin', but not surprisin', that's for certain

With all of the conflict of propaganda, I believe they are simply tryna slander

Start a Civil War within the USA amongst black and white and those alike

They are simply pushin' us to our limit so that we can all get together and get with it

They want us to rebel, so that it makes easier for them to kill us and put us in jails

Alton Sterlings are happenin' every day in this country and around the world

The scary part, boys and girls

Is most of these stories don't make it to the news and reach mass consciousness

It is for sure time that we as a people stand up for acknowledgement

And accomplishment of what we call human rights

It is time to rebel, better yet, raise hell

I just want everyone to be cautious about how they go about it

Because this is all part of the government's plan and what they been plottin'

They're literally beggin' for this to happen, so they can kill us off

Usin' uprisin' and rebellion as the excuse in a timely fashion

The cancerous foods, the chemical warfare, economic sufferin' is not workin' fast enough

There are many steps ahead of us and manifestin' the future that they want

We have to work together, not only rattlin' them on a physical plane

But to outsmart them on an intellectual mental level the same

As black men, I think our gangs need to do a better job at protectin' us

The people, our communities and not assistin' in destroyin' them brutally

It's time to even the score

'Cause who do we call when the police break the law?

We are so quick to pick up a gun and kill one another

But not quick enough to pick it up and protect each other

The code words to killin' a black man by police is, "He's got a gun"

Damned if he do, damned if he don't, damned if he runs

Or what about them? Them murderers got it

We need solutions, you better start plottin' now

It's always been clear that they don't value our lives

My people been sufferin' way too long

And I'm tired of singin' the same old song

People actin' like this shit isn't happenin', it's downright wrong

Justice won't be served by a hashtag, and that's the very reason I ask that

What are we to do? We're scattered around

With no clue of this ugly truth

All we know is who they ridiculed and who gets minisculed

Time to wake the fuck up and do our own research

And not form opinions based on just what we've heard

Ameri-K-K-K-a is force feedin' you lies down your throats with a silver spoon

And eventually, we'll all be doomed

Real, real, real soon

B4.Da.$$ (2015)

• Save The Children
• Greenbax (Introlude)
• Paper Trail$
• Piece Of Mind
• Big Dusty
• Hazeus View
• Like Me
• Belly Of The Beast
• No. 99
• Christ Conscious
• On & On
• Escape 120
• Black Beetles
• O.C.B.
• Curry Chicken
• Run Up On Ya (Bonus Track)
• Teach Me (Bonus Track) 

Save The Children lyrics - Joey Bada$$

It's all a hidden history of mysteries

I see vividly, hysteria

Cause misery on the interior

As shit get more scarier, I'm never in fear

Just a little inferior in some areas

But I share, wisdom with Sumerians

Somewhere we in the place

Peace means harmony, not war and armory

But fuck that, cock your gun back

This survival of the fittest

Some cats get boxed in where they litter

These niggas don't beez in the trap, they like bees in the trap

Get smoked out and I ain't talkin' bout what you toke out

You choked out for really thinkin' that this shit is a silly dream

When actually reality ain't what it really seem

And I ain't actin' on the scene, niggas scream

The actions ain't screened, just well-schemed

I'm tryna' have wealth for my well-being

By eighteen, pockets healthy green

What the fuck is twelve beans?

I need the cake and cream

The stakes is high like feens off a dream jet streaming

Having cuisines with the best seasonings

Its the vets season

Carry a vest, you know the reason

I'm in Chi-raq and I'm getting blown like the breezes

The chicken strip teasers

Thighs, legs and the breast part is the cleavage

She even lick it down to the bone marrow

She in love but I ain't got a bow and arrow

I'm known to jack the booty like I'm Sparrow

They ain't tryna' see me in the battle

The lines is too narrow

They couldn't even outshine my shadow

They don't want the beef nigga, let alone the cattle

They just wanna ride the saddle; so sad though

Black republican, black democrats

Black educator, black entertainer

Black, black businessman, black people Harambee

Save the children

Okay, they sleeping on the crack, they overdose

Overdose on high fructose, royal toast till I'm overthrown

And over-slowed, I been speakin' over tones

Low but keep them L's high, legends live long

And we gon' be forever, this for the Era

They tried to tell us we too deep in the flow

The mo' the better, the mo' clever, et cetera, whatever

Why do they sweat us?

Dead us, they just met us, but they won't forget us

They don't know better than the worst case

I be headed for first place

Purchase they position cause they worship our position

But I too had no pot to piss in, and so spot on in this instant

And they still ain't got my decision, I won't stand under no man

Except my high supplier, he got the fire, I got the lighter

I hit the spliff and this what I'm spittin'

Like it's gas liquids that I'm drippin', pimpin'

Black republican, black democrats

Black educator, black entertainer

Black, black businessman, black people Harambee

Save the children

Greenbax (Introlude) lyrics - Joey Bada$$

"Man we're making all this money

Yeah all the hoes like this

Yeah, fired teachers too so I won't have to go to school no more. We can have all of this. We can be rich

We'll be going around teasing women and stuff

Yeah, selling candy, getting money

Just selling candy, getting money, making the greenbacks."

[Kirk Knight:]

I'm trying to get that greenback

I'm trying to get that greenback

Pro Era on the rise, man you tape that

We'll never be broke again

Bro-Broke again

Whole damn world in the palm of my hands

Pro Era on the rise, man you tape that

We'll never be broke again

Paper Trail$ lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Money ain't a thing if I got it

Mo—mo—mo—mo—mo

Money ain't a thing if I got it

Money—Money

Before the money there was love

But before the money it was tough

Then came the money through a plug

It's a shame this ain't enough, yo

Sitting back plotting, jotting information on my nation

Really started from the bottom, boy cotton

But they still planting plantations, we keep buying in, closed-minded men

Pride is higher than the prices on your Pradas and Balenciagas

Balance my saga with the Henny agua

Me and my niggas tryna eat, you pussies empanada

The flow like plenty lava, with just a penny I could

Multiply my worth and make you work for me for 20 hours

I swear these niggas love to copy, thanks for listening

The kid ain't been the same since Biggie smacked me at my christening

Watch what you dishing and please play it safe

'Cause your position on the top is switching right in front your face

Rock you outta space with rhymes, I'm bustin' out

Keep ducking down, got some missiles now, headed for your house

So put the pistols down, got that red dot on your nose

Who booked the clown?

I lock jaws like a blue nose, foes

Keep your mouth closed or you can see the solar

I got connections that guaranteed to see closed doors

You hear that underground sonar

The way I flows then switch them, the Pros been on a mission, listen

Enter the chamber, get hyperbolic

They raisin' Macs, I raise stakes to keep them brolic

My visions is macrocosmic, pass the chronic

The mastered sonics is light years above your conscious

You're novice, but I got notes that strike nerves

I promise your minds ain't sharp like my swords

So cut the BS, and don't worry where my jeans is

And PS: Your bitch a genius, learned from my penis, I got

Dreams selling arenas and breaking brackets

Tenants racket, while I'm cracking a Serena

God damn, God bless the heaven that sent you

But now I'm breezing out, baby, cause my rent's due

Shit is really real out here

I said shit is really real out here

(It ain't easy)

Yeah, just tryna get a deal out here

(Word)

(Money ain't a thing if I got it)

Yo

I'm screaming cream, who fucking with the rap supreme?

Joey Bad and Big Preem came to collect the green

I got a dollar and a dream, know what I mean?

And I gotta get my mama off the scene

I'm screaming cream, who fucking with the rap supreme?

Joey Bad and Big Preem came to collect the green

I got a dollar and a dream, know what I mean?

And I gotta get my mama off the scene (Joey Badass)

'Cause cash ruined everything around me

Cash ruined everything around me, me

Cash ruined everything around me

(Won't sign to no major if no wager) (Money ain't a thing)

They say money is the root of all evil

I see money as the route of all people

'Cause we all follow paper trails, paper trails

And everybody gotta pay their bills, pay their bills

(It ain't easy)

They say money is the root of all evil

I see money as the route of all people

'Cause we all follow paper trails, paper trails

And everybody gotta pay their bills, pay their bills, hey

It's the dollar dollar bill, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the dollar bill that kills, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the dollar bill that kills, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the dollar bill that kills, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, y'all

It's the dollar dollar bill, it's the dollar bill that kills

Before the money it was love

But before the money it was tough

Then came the money through a plug

It's a shame this ain't enough

Piece Of Mind lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Hello?

Yeah I hear you bro, I hear you

You got a minute?

Yeah I got a quick sec

Alright I want you to hear somethin'

I'mma play somethin' for you alright?

Alright, alright

Yo yo you hear it bro?

Yeah

Yeah

Alright listen, listen

Let me tell you what shit is like right now y'all

What's life like now, tryna figure out

They put this mic on trial cause he be killin' now

Forever bitin' my forbidden style

Been laying low for a minute in the game

Since I came all these niggas lookin' timid

My light could never dimith, the Lord is my shepherd

Jesus woke a devil in him since sinnin' with least effort

Thinking back to those lefferts days

And I ain't been the same since I left 6th grade

My mind strayed, used to have the biggest heart

Taking walks with abuela in the park, I used to tell her

I'ma grow propellers one day and be a good fella

Play the hero or whoever, the hood gon' tell us

Let's just pray it ain't the villain

Till then I be feeling some way

Thinkin' I can get the Maybach off gun play

Instead I let the words play with 90 beats a minute

Bet the streets lose a heart beat before the verse finish

But life goes on, basic rules still apply

Bet you can feel that line in any hood you live by

From Flatbush to Figg side, I was a schoolboy too

Hoppin' trains, I just missed my Q

And what's life like for me, it's but a dream

Everything ain't what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

And what's life like for me, it's but a dream

Everything ain't what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

And what's life like now, I can't figure out

They put my mans on trial, say he a killer now

Conspiracies, we gon' get you out

Just keep ya head up G, shit is wild

It's bugged out cause I know you tryna see your child

But I'mma hold you down still cause you my brother

I just gave Will a lil' somethin' for your baby mother

But don't stress, know you caught up in some b.s

Bet next time you see us, we gonna be our best

Love you my nigga, word is bond, you'll stay strong

Out in New York the same shit is goin' on

Peace to all my brothers who keep still holdin' on

Been away so long, feel like a tickin' time bomb

The misjudgment of my kind, whom the odds is against

Put our backs on the fence, so we self defence

Followed by a series of unfortunate events

Looking like white America got a brother again

And what's life like for me, it's but a dream

Everything ain't what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

And what's life like for me, it's but a dream

Everything ain't what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

Take shots to the face with no peace of mind

Give me my piece of mind

Take shots to the face with no peace of mind

Give me my piece of mind

This life is all we know, this life is all we know

Man that's crazy yo, that's amazing B

Thank you bro

Word bro

That one is for you my nigga

Good lookin' bro, good lookin' man. That just boosted my adrenaline. It's been ages, I gotta get out this joint b. I love y'all man, real bro, for real man. I think by every day that go by, I just be thinkin' bout y'all for real. You, Kirk, everybody bro. I heard the new one on Rosenberg, that shit is a bomber b

Oh you heard that shit!

Big Dusty lyrics - Joey Bada$$

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

(Check it out y'all, check, check, check, check it out y'all)

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

(Check it out y'all, check, check, check, check it out y'all)

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Fuck jumping the broom, honey moons, I, I hit the pot

Soak me up like a mop, know I'm up, know there's levels

Staring down at the devil, hello, guess I got the memo

Pulling strings like Geppetto, you just a puppet, fellow

I came out of the tomb, don't drop a L, uh

You don't want to see the evils, which I dwell in hell

To excel, this shit never fails, always excels

They been swallowing sons before the double XL

Sex cell, ex ask why it never work out

I guess I exercise too much, when I work out

Shows too turnt out, return home burnt out

Now I got to hear all the shit, that you heard 'bout

Can I live? What, these niggas want me off a bridge?

If I say it's turnt down, do I burn that shit?

Truth is, if it ain't real, I don't feel it

If it don't hit my spirit, I don't get near it

And that's point blank period, know some niggas that fear it

Same niggas who know that we the illest

Lines so deep a great shark is what I reel up

Hit the flow and it can't go realer, my whole camp gorillas, nigga

(Check, check, check it out)

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Don't jack my style

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Don't jack my style

Jack, jack, jack it out

(Check my style)

I stand juxtaposed to all my Pro's, realest illest niggas I know

See these foes biting the flows, they even jooks the pose

I guess my CD really shaking the coast

Cause this really be the year that I feast, capisce?

Nothing defeats the beast, I speak my piece

Know niggas in the streets that heat seek for me

Release and squeeze

Might put a Halloween between your spleen

Retreat or trickle down to your last pound of green

Know what I mean?

This shit is like taking candy from the babies

Under these rappers is just a bunch of Now and Laters

They too sweet, plus they lease their Mercedes

Can't be second greatest, I'm the best and def your favorite

My flow in-depth nigga, I got my wave up

It's either get your tidal waved, or you could be my neighbor

Cause if I can't eat, then you can't either

I need to know, need the pizza dough, fuck I'm spitting ether for?

Yeah nigga

Reigning rap supreme in this bitch

Cause bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too

Cause bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too

Bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too

Bitches lie niggas lie numbers, too

What the fuck you gon' do when the Era come for you?

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Don't jock my style

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Check my style, check, check, check it out

Don't jock my style

And I'm from the blocks where they sell

Cell blocks rock my mental

See them fake thugs that you see before can't even spell

My flow spill with words you can't pronounce, stories you can't tell

Check my style

Check, check, check it out

Check, check it out

Welcome back y'all, you're listening to WPRO Brooklyn. That was "Big Dusty", the new single from Joey Bada$$ and I am turning on the A/C 'cause that joint is hot. Joey is here in the studio with us right now. Say "Hi" Joey and tell the people where you from. Yeah, is this mic on? Oh yeah, like, you know, I'm from, I come from Brooklyn, New York. You know, I was born and raised but ah, my my parents from the Caribbean. You know, my ma's from St. Lucia and my pa's from Jamaica. So, you know I play pretty close to my roots