Insert Emoji(s) Here Sample: Long Lost (Lessons) *Dual-written* | Israel (Sparring) Cover
[DIW:]
My God is learning,
Just try His ways.
Your soul doesn’t stay in a grave.
Dim then, dull now, desired help on its way!
“High off of life”, look, lying
Crying inside; smile on your face.
I can’t stay silent, I go godly when my world turns gray;
When demons on my back.
Fuck the shrinks and the pharmacies, He came back.
I don’t need to know his plan, as long as I got 20 sack.
I don’t know one disciple that’s never fell off track*
Trouble is trying, this is being black.
Be the brightest one in the pack.
Fight like my father did, Spit like a baby does.
I sprint like I’m on my back, and prey like I just got lapped*
They tried to label me a non-factor
I’m like that white rapper,
Cold cracker. Living is driving; ghostride the wheel.
*
You baited, you waited, you bade it, then, you made me feel*
You made it, straight, waited, medicated, hated, waited
You’re Mood disordered still;
Makes ya find another heart to steal.
Picture me, fifth of Firesweet and a pearled beezy
False identity, ’til a Rest In Peace shook me
“Wake up, wake up” like remember me?
Said sum minus one makes none, and you finna see
You ain’t as good as you finna be
You got some dumb nigga tendencies
[DFA:]
Temperamental tempory
I keep it all in‒‒besides it’s...I’m a stranger.
Drinking is praying for a concrete halo
Degenerated, underrated, ever-changing fable
Like ganjas good, the drugs in me are goodly, no godly
The Bible say this is temporary
But I’ve made my home at granny’s house
My life looks like there is no God
I only ask for strength if I say my prayers
I’ve errored, no stairs, where peace is rest or problems manifest
Living is tiring, I know there’s an Ironman in me
Afro-Americano mother deceased
But do we ever die?
[DIW & DFA:]
Trouble is trying
[DIW:]
I tried to wrestle with God, in my head, ’til He broke me
’Cause He blessed me, and big bro rescued my heart
I struggle with love, I wish I could juggle
I cuddle not coddle, I’ve shipwrecked a bottle, I’m happy with hugs
Living is tiring bra, Earth watching raining frogs
God watching Damon, Damon watching all of yaw
Perspective is a lot of pilots with different maps
[DFA & Noname (DIW and Chance):]
Ya’ll giving back?
(We giving back)
Tit for tat
[Noname Gypsy:]
Synagogue and bottle caps
A body in the underpass says, where’s my Jesus?
Pledge allegiance to the money now
We runnin down to kiddie parks where darker kids be casualty
Like come with me, to the museum
[Chance The Rapper, Noname Gypsy, DIW, DFA:]
Excuse them, they know of what they do
[Chance The Rapper:]
Sparring is training, don’t let Denzel Training Day you
Sensei could catch a fade too
We be onnat elegant hella melanin
Pelle Pelle’s since they crayons and jelly pens
[Chance The Rapper (Noname Gypsy){DIW}[DFA]:]
(And now you know Noname ain’t never for none)
Ayo, you know Chano ain’t never for none
[And now you know DFA ain’t never for none]
{Ayo, you know D.Watts ain’t never for none}
Aha, and you don’t stop
Boom bap, and you don’t stop
I told you that was gonna be fun though