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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz
Programming
Nas
Nas
Vocals
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Kasseem Dean
Kasseem Dean
Songwriter
Nasir Jones
Nasir Jones
Songwriter
Aaron Livingston
Aaron Livingston
Songwriter
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Swizz Beatz
Swizz Beatz
Producer
Kenny Lloyd
Kenny Lloyd
Recording Engineer
Zeke Mishanec
Zeke Mishanec
Recording Engineer
Matthew Cozzi
Matthew Cozzi
Assistant Recording Engineer
Rich Keller
Rich Keller
Mixing Engineer

Lyrics

When my heart aches I'm drowning, pain won't go away
And in my cups, brown fills my brain, won't go away
These five yellow girls all on parade asphyxiate
Goddamn
Still stuck in a box tryna clear my name
Y'all know the deal (Woo)
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name
It's only real
And in my cups, brown fills my brain
Can't stop me, can't stop me
And in my cups, brown fills my brain
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name
Y'all know the deal
Won't go away
It's only real
I'm afraid
Your love will blow me away
Can't stop me, can't stop me, yeah (Woo)
Am I dumb
All 'cause I numb the pain?
Am I just another runaway?
Runaway
Let's go
Handsome gangster, ain't he? '89 to be exact
We own the block, sixteen, had two Techs and one Mac
**** cookin' that work, we thirsty to see it come back
Killas and rats, sold crack, fiends where I hung at
Drivin' through every borough with your woman, I done that
Cuban link dreams, chasin' fiends down, deez foul
Nothing frisk me, I had the nerve, not even put the weed down
These clowns thirsty to squeeze rounds
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name
Y'all know the deal
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name
It's only real (Oh)
And in my cups, brown fills my brain
Can't stop me, can't stop me, yeah (Woo)
And in my cups, brown fills my brain
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name
Won't go away
I'm afraid
Your love will blow me away
Here we go
Drivin' eighty miles-per-hour in the rain
Feelin' yesterday's high still
And it's calming my brain, which is ever-moving
I still remember shootings, that never leave out my thoughts
Blowin' by the basketball court, they went to war, it happened
All I imagine sometime, under sunshine on vacation
Things I did in my hood situations, oh well
Probably was a bad father to my first born
Love her to death, but I ain't been home since my first song
Provided for her, but money can't replace a father for her
Plus I got a son, blessed with kids, yeah, man, I adore them
And I was sure I was gonna leave this life too fast
I got guardian angels, came down and saved my ass (Let's go)
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name (Aye)
Y'all know the deal
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name (Aye)
It's only real
And in my cups, brown fills my brain (Woo)
Can't stop me, can't stop me, yeah
And in my cups, brown fills my brain
Still trapped in a box, tryna clear my name
Won't go away
I'm afraid
Your love will blow me away
New York City, stand up
New York City, stand up
Yeah, yeah, yeah
This that Nas
That Zaza
That New York
That Zaza
That Nas
Written by: Aaron Livingston, Kasseem Dean, Nasir Jones
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