Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Sonic
Programming
Offset
Vocals
Quavo
Vocals
Takeoff
Vocals
Shane Lindstrom
Drums
Mars
Programming
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Shane Lindstrom
Songwriter
Kirsnick Khari Ball
Songwriter
Kiari Cephus
Songwriter
Marcel Korkutata
Songwriter
Quavious Marshall
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Murda Beatz
Producer
Sonic
Producer
Chris Galland
Mixing Engineer
Kevin "Coach K" Lee
Executive Producer
Jeremie Inhaber
Assistant Mixing Engineer
Pierre "P" Thomas
Executive Producer
Manny Marroquin
Mixing Engineer
Buster Ross
Assistant Recording Engineer
DJ Durel
Recording Engineer
Michelle Mancini
Mastering Engineer
Mars
Producer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
I appreciate you
For making me realize all the time I wasted
Thinking about them bando days, going back to the basic
But I don't really think you know that though
So I thought I'd explain it
[Verse 2]
In the bando I hated starvin'
In the bando I hated starvin' (Bando)
So many late nights I had to lock in
Spinnin' and finessin' ****, robbin' (Spinnin')
When the gang meet at apartments
That's only the gang that's important (Gang)
Keepin' it real in all fields
And clean up your spills
You'll never get extorted (For real)
[Verse 3]
The Nawf ain't raised nothin' dumb (Nah uh)
You **** can't take nothin' from us (Nun' from me)
Feel like I been raised in the jungle (Jungle)
My momma ain't raise no dummy (Momma)
Nah I ain't never been a scrub (Scrub)
Shit get sticky out the mud
Five watches plain, three flood (Flood)
**** want smoke it's all love
**** want smoke it's all love (Smoke)
Don't get it twisted, I still keep it on me
I'll spin the whole block just 'cause
Young **** please don't do it
Shit get sticky like mud (Yeah)
Five watches plain, three flood (Flood)
Ain't got time, but I got time today
I ain't even going for mean mug (Mug)
Buck shots, straight slugs (Pow, pow, pow, pow, pow)
I got blue tips in this gun (Blue)
Ain't even going for nun' (No, no)
12, yeah, squally I'll run (12)
Young **** fresh out on bond (Yeah)
Ain't got time, but I got time today
When you see me, please don't judge (No)
In the bando I hated starvin'
[Verse 4]
(Hey) In the trenches I had to rob 'em
Sinnin' and spinnin' they shootin' carbon (Spin)
They go body for body, coffin for coffin (Body for body)
She gon' dive in my water just like a dolphin (Dolphin)
Pull up in Ferraris, see the boss in here
Bitch ****, we don't even rob with them (Bitch ****)
One life to live, can't pause the film (Woo, hey)
What's your name, baby (What's your name)
I can see it in your eyes, you been through pain, baby (Pain)
I can tell I make you shy, I'm not a lame, baby (Lame)
Get money and I get high on private planes (Get money)
Two Tommy's, they get to spinnin', till they feel lazy (Two Tommy's)
Twinkle, twinkle, yellow diamonds like I uriniated (Twinkle, twinkle)
I done been in situations, never cooperated (Never cooperated)
We can always have a talk, long as the guap related (Long as the racks involved)
[Verse 5]
In the bando I hated starvin'
In the bando I hated starvin'
So many late nights I had to lock in
Spinnin' and finessin' ****, robbin' (Robbin')
When the gang meet at apartments
That's only the gang that's important (Important)
Keepin' it real in all fields
And clean up your spills
You'll never get extorted (Extorted)
[Verse 6]
(Takeoff) I never get extorted (Never)
God first, my family, the gang, that's important (The gang)
It's the fans and the game, it's the feeling of performing (I miss you)
Thankin' God on my knees, when I wake up in the morning
The legendary bando days, in my grandma house recording (Grandma)
Back when I was sippin' Act', and movin' like a tortoise
Finessin' for them Benjamin's, runnin' faster than Forest (Run)
I'ma take that bag and plant a seed, watch I grow it (Grow it)
It ain't now another, I do this shit for my mother (Momma)
Feeling like I'm Russel, collecting a triple-double (Russel)
Looking at these ****, we know that we got em' shook (Look at em')
And I ain't gotta touch you, like a key start, that's a finger push
They hop out that sprinter bus, give it up, tell 'em pick it up
A mil' in that vacuum seal look just like a mega bust (A whole mil')
No gen' five, but they know not to play with us (Don't do that)
I guess since we came out the Nawf, that's why they hate on us
[Verse 7]
In the bando I hated starvin'
In the bando I hated starvin'
So many late nights I had to lock in
Spinnin' and finessin' ****, robbin' (Robbin')
When the gang meet at apartments
That's only the gang that's important (Import)
Keepin' it real in all fields
And clean up your spills
You'll never get extorted (Extorted)
Shit get sticky like mud (Mud)
Five watches plain, three flood (Flood)
**** want smoke, it's all love
**** want smoke, it's all love
Written by: Quavious Keyate Marshall, Kiari Kendrell Cephus, Kirsnick Khari Ball, Shane Lindstrom, Marcel Korkutata