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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
EL-P
Vocals
Joi
Vocals
Killer Mike
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Jaime Meline
Songwriter
Michael Render
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
EL-P
Producer
Wilder Zoby
Co-Producer
Joe LaPorta
Mastering Engineer
Little Shalimar
Co-Producer
Leon Kelly
Engineer
Joey Raia
Mixing Engineer
Johannes Raassina
Recording Engineer
Young Leon
Engineer
Lyrics
I hope (I hope)
I hope with the highest of hopes
That I never have to go back to the trap of my days of dealing with dope
So I (Ah-I)
I only spit fire and dope
So later on you can go quote
My lines to your people and folk
And they say damn
That boy he spitting that pressure (Pressure)
And he be smokin' that pressure (Pressure)
And he smart as a professor (Yessir)
Twenty-five lighters on dresser
Pound of that pressure
Sitting right next to (Next to)
Next to a book and a gun
Ballot or bullet you better use one
One time for the freedom of speech (Speech)
Two times for the right to hold heaters (Heaters)
Just skip to the fifth if the cops in the house
Close your mouth and pray to your Jesus
Ask why 'cause the devil a lie (Lie)
So I stay holy and high (High)
May never get rich but I never bitch 'cause I made it here by and by
My my y'all, I coulda died y'all
A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
I know a few people pray for my demise y'all
But like cream I had to rise I had to rise y'all
Who am I y'all? I coulda died y'all
A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
I know a couple people pray for my demise y'all
But even birds with broken wings want to fly y'all
You're gonna need a bigger boat, boys you're in trouble
Gonna need a little hope, boys on the double
You're muckin' with a G here see talk to me
Or maybe listen to the man who barely dodged his own lobotomy
Pop the tape in baby we got shit we wrote for you (For you!)
Came from feeling what a pure absence of hope can do
Only to leap through flaming rings and break the nose of crews
Still in the wings'll be them darlin's hope they've broken you
Yeah they better hope that
I'm a full force full and a cold fact
See the cold floor where I licked dirt when the dough dried and pride died
Had a Bud Max, had to shop right
Gimme two meals and the lights on
I'ma do right, get a new crew
Make a new life, never boo hoo
Never lose sight, I'm a true dude with a burst heart from an old soul
Better stop drop, when the squads hot, we don't stop a lot
We don't talk a lot about it, we just pop it off a lot
I'm a high man I'm a cosmonaut
Scream fuck 'em till they lop our bloody noggins off I promise y'all
My my y'all, I coulda died y'all
A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
I know a few people pray for my demise y'all
But like cream I had to rise I had to rise y'all
Who am I y'all? I coulda died y'all
A couple times I took my eyes off the prize y'all
I know a couple people pray for my demise y'all
But even birds with broken wings want to fly y'all
Written by: Jaime Meline, Michael Render, Torbitt Schwartz, Wilder Zoby