I wrote my verse for this quite some time ago and didn't know what I wanted to do with the hook until I showed the verse and instrumental to the old homie Dick V and he pretty much came up with the hook on the spot, and his verse shortly after. We were blessed to reunite with Tonekrusher Smith from Background Noise Crew (who we used to rock a lot of shows with in the Death Ray Scientific days) on the third verse and the track just came together.
lyrics
I'm nonviolent, the type of guy to find a silver lining
In my death like why not survive less
Thirty years plus with fake friends and blinders
Shady piles of shit I chose to spend my time with
Slick types and tricksters, small-time pretenders
Ripping everybody off, low-life offenders
I recognize the cold eyes, the emptiness when souls die
We just met but I've known you for my whole life
Don't even try you fucking dope, I'm not a goldmine
Stringing me along like a rope, you know it won't fly
I'm about to give you a kite, you better hold tight
Take your ass on with a stroll before it's showtime (stupid)
You were already told you better grow wise
I don't believe I'm speaking in code, you won't get told twice
Don't you roll your chances with me, this is no dice
I'll show you just how slow you can bleed out on a cold night
My hand is folded, my neighborhood exploded
You think I ain't loaded? Motherfucker, I gotcha
You try to sneak behind my back and in fact
I don't appreciate that. Motherfucker, I gotcha
Ending you is a treat, I don't do well with defeat
See me out in the street, I gotcha
You think you're smarter than me? You should continue to read
I throw the book at that ass, I gotcha
Ain't no stopping the champagne from popping
Ain't no starting it neither, my funds rotten
My funds not in, non-existent in fact
But when I spit on a track, that flow's not misbegotten
It's that uncooked uncut raw, no fuck shit
Fuck what you heard, what you know, the flow is disgusting
I roll with a dozen cold and rugged bros and cousins
And we own the type of lows that'll rough you up in public
Get your nuts cinched up quick by the spawn of Satan
Like I'm freebasing Grinch dust with the way I'm hating
Got no patience for your statements, I'm barely staying awake
And when you step into my station your obituary is waiting
While you sitting very complacently, your enemy is standing adjacent
Me? I take what I'm given lately and embrace the situation
Whether you bigger than Bopper or more hidden than Hoffa
I'm about to operate and dissect you proper, mate, I gotcha
My hand is folded, my neighborhood exploded
You think I ain't loaded? Motherfucker, I gotcha
You try to sneak behind my back and in fact
I don't appreciate that. Motherfucker, I gotcha
Ending you is a treat, I don't do well with defeat
See me out in the street, I gotcha
You think you're smarter than me? You should continue to read
I throw the book at that ass, I gotcha
What you know about the struggle? Head high, your phone dry
You out here all alone, I won't lie
But you still the good guy, now let metal sharpen metal
They three-legged tables, they'll never be on the level
I hate participating, conversating with some fake friends
Dap you up with a smile but still got hate baked in
I swipe left on society, no I in team
But there's one in win, I'm big dog just shaking fleas
Can't fuck with we's, different like we from overseas
I wish you would, low-key I'm begging, I'm like nigga please
Stretch out the opps until you see opportunities
To see ugly in your life they'll play themselves out beautifully
Cause when the stomach is grumbling and you're struggling
Your friends ain't saying nothing, then it's time to start dumping
And I ain't talking clips, I'm talking shit, talking sense
No talking when I'm talking, close your mouth, I'm talking, bitch
My hand is folded, my neighborhood exploded
You think I ain't loaded? Motherfucker, I gotcha
You try to sneak behind my back and in fact
I don't appreciate that. Motherfucker, I gotcha
Ending you is a treat, I don't do well with defeat
See me out in the street, I gotcha
You think you're smarter than me? You should continue to read
I throw the book at that ass, I gotcha
credits
from Medium Talent,
released August 13, 2023
Produced by Tha TruthTella. Lyrics and vocals by Dick V, Tom Swifty & Tonekrusher Smith. Turntablism by Elsewhere. Recorded at The Office (Minneapolis, MN) and engineered by Dick V.
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