Stayed Down
(专辑: Practice Makes Paper - 2019)
[Damani & E-40:] All I
wanted was the
money (The money) What's on my wrist? That's a
Rollie (A Rollie) They tryna act like they know me (Know me) Where was you at when a
nigga was down? (Nowhere) Way down (Ain't nobody show love) Let me spit my point of view of this shit, man, you feel me? Stayed down 'til I
came up Let me poke my spitter-ittery Listen here though (Hello) [E-40:] The
washing machine wasn't working so I
had to hand-wash my clothes (Clothes) Magazine Street, I
was observing dope fiends powdering they nose I
kept a
razor blade and a
safety pin and I
rocked a
bag of yowder (Yowder) And a
thumper that'll turn your cranium into New England clam chowder There's not enough minutes in the
hours, not enough seconds in a
week (Week) Gotta keep that iron on you, even if you creep Didn't understand it 'til I
was older, some of my people is bipolar (Polar) Post-traumatic stress (Stress), levels can get vulgar I'm a
stand-up dude with a
slave mentality, attitude from the
avenue (Uh) I'm thorough, not ignorant, I'm outspoken, but moves militant I
don't trust nobody, I'm sorry, I
tried it once, never will again Can't be game-goofy, can't be no clown or a
Gilligan When my pants was full of lint and I
was barely paying my rent Had a
TracFone, not an iPhone, no AT&T or Sprint (Sprint) Me and my baby mama didn't have it good (Where she worked at?) I
was in the
streets, she worked at Planned Parenthood (Parenthood) True story [Damani, E-40 & OMB Peezy:] All I
wanted was the
money (The money) What's on my wrist? That's a
Rollie (A Rollie) They tryna act like they know me (Know me) Where was you at when a
nigga was down? (Nowhere) Way down (Ain't nobody show love) Stayed down 'til I
came up (Stayed down) Preach to 'em, Pastor P
Lord [OMB Peezy:] Ayy, where was you when I
was doing bad, moving 'round sad? Shout out to my old hoes tryna get back what we had 15 with a
pistol, mama like, "Where you found that?" Boiling water on the
stove, taking baths with a
dirty rag Couldn't get no rest at home, took a
nap where he serving at Mama found that sack, now he live where he serve that crack She kicked him out, so fuck it, he gon' sleep up in the
trap Now he got his own room, he ain't just taking a
nap I
swear people always reaching, when you need 'em, they ain't there Used to people leaving me in the
cold, that ain't rare They say they loyal, man, I
swear that shit cap If they get a
chance, they'll take me off the
map It's Peezy [Damani & E-40:] All I
wanted was the
money (The money) What's on my wrist? That's a
Rollie (A Rollie) They tryna act like they know me (Know me) Where was you at when a
nigga was down? (Nowhere) Way down (Ain't nobody show love) Stayed down 'til I
came up (Stayed down) Wake that game up, little Trench [Trenchrunner Poodie:] Ay, what it was when we was dead broke? Came from the
projects, I
ain't have no choice, we had less hope Man, sipping Hen and reminiscing 'bout my dead folks Don't play no games, Lil Joe on go when he see red smoke He riding 'til the
pegs broke Me and Sho first jumped off the
porch, we left the
yard together He get a
mil', he split it with his brother, we used to starve together All black, lay a
nigga down, we used to rob together Missing Weed, I
know he missing me, you in my heart forever Whoever thought that we'd blow in Got to the
finish line and turned around and let my bro in They tried to lock me out, I
held the
door and stuck my toe in They ain't wanna give me help, went by myself and kicked the
door in Ayy, real shit, we came a
long way I
know they wanna eat off my plate, but this the
wrong tray I
was just on trial for robbery, stressing day for day Now I'm with E-40, chilling, sipping wine in The
Bay This shit for real, nigga [Damani & E-40:] All I
wanted was the
money (The money) What's on my wrist? That's a
Rollie (A Rollie) They tryna act like they know me (Know me) Where was you at when a
nigga was down? (Nowhere) Way down (Ain't nobody show love) Stayed down 'til I
came up (Stayed down) Bitch