Love & Power

(Album: All Growed Up - 2012)

Off of surrey's at my crib like I'm bringing home the bacon
Blunt in the ash tray, cashed like a payment
Television on but I can't make out what the station is
I'll be 23 soon on my Chicago bullshit
I'll be shooting as I fade away, tony did
I wonder how I stayed smart through all the craziness
Got wasted, never hung over no ray of lean
Always acting straight when the younger genes were flailing

They left me fucked on the rug, call it shag carpet
I guess the love for power conquered all in my apartment
And I contemplate the reason to keep coming back, I guess I found the power of love conquers all of that
Mr. Mac, married to the business of it
And if it is the victory then I'm her husband
Time heals all but doesn't last forever, so when they ask me if it hurts I wish I could just let em know

Get yo' love and power
Yeah it keeps me every hour (it's yo' love for power baby)
Get yo' love and power
Yeah it keeps me every hour (it's your love for power baby, yeah)

Undercover union, out front in that gray Ford
Pigs think they fly, but this ain't Pink Floyd
We just spark another one and let the drinks pour
Talk about gettin me from here into New York

I took a detour, more like a wrong turn
It was a long trip, Beatles concert
I have a dream but so did Martin Luther King and my dude JFK, but they got the same thing
Freemason, let Lucy out the slammer
Cause imma need a brick layer to build the crooked castle
And I'll need an Angel waiting on me in the shower, so I can tell her why I'm done with God and she can let him know
Angel dust on the counter, Devil in the kitchen
Love is a drug and it got me power tripping
I feel the flame like oh man
Word to my mama, I won't ever let it show that...

Get yo' love and power
Yeah it keeps me every hour (it's yo' love for power baby)
Get yo' love and power
Yeah it keeps me every hour (it's your love for power baby, yeah)

Half a swisher sweet, burning in the empty glass
I got a lint brush to get the fuzz off my ass, hoe
The last 22 is like a crash course
Call it bad decisions or the power of the cash or whatever you call it for the people that ask for explanations
If you owe them some and if you don't then know when to hold your tongue cause love and power hard to talk about when you this young

Love before power, love out (errrt)
Stop, I don't wanna break another heart
Even if I had mine broken once or twice I wouldn't wish it on my worst cause I know it isn't nice, nah
Eyes illuminated when they turn the lights down
Pussy, power, politics, the pyramid for right now
I still don't even know if it's them or if it's me man
And I struggle with myself to believe that...

Get yo' love and power
Yeah it keeps me every hour (it's yo' love for power baby)
Get yo' love and power
Yeah it keeps me every hour (it's your love for power baby, yeah)

Mm, it's your love and power baby, yeah
Baby, mm. It's your love for power baby