The Work (Part II)

Lyrics

[Chorus] Save the work for another day Then you ain't never gonna hear them say wow Can either back it up or give it up now I've already beat you You gotta work if you wanna play If you don't like it then you're on your way out Don't come in with me, choose another route I've already beat you [Verse 1] I sacrifice the sunshine My works stop time and start time is undefined I learned to fold the samples up to the paper lines And have no role models for what I'm making mine Heavy designs on a light budget, there's been more years where people didn't love it My growth stunted by parents hopes that I'd amount to something As I was gunning, much harder than any teen With the dream of being signed to a label so they could see That's so me that it hurts Always wanted to be what people understood When they ask me what I do my answer's almost never good I stumble over preconceptions, guy like me says I'm a rapper, there's gonna be many more questions And do I have to play an instrument to be music worthy I haven't mastered one but I can write for thirty Even in my circles they spin me and look at me dirty I'm almost thirty but I speak like a child, make beats like a child, it's wild [Chorus] Save the work for another day Then you ain't never gonna hear them say wow Can either back it up or give it up now I've already beat you [Refrain] If you ever ask me what I use to make beats, I'ma Shake you roll you set you right You can start the work tonight My tools ain't me they're what I have And I'm not looking to collab Until I see you in the lab Next time I meet you come with that [Verse 2] I bleed for this Had a lot of people in my life leave for this I live alone for this, I'm always home for this Wish that I could have a clone for this All my dogs know I'm boned for this Some of y'all probably have to get stoned for this I don't and if you don't you ain't alone in this My own home cooking, every line is a chef kiss Not a club in the world has a shorter guest list My playground, my prison, my place of employment Performing sound bombings through laptop deployment I never had a friend 'til the age of eighteen These days everybody want to be on my team I'm glad I have a car to drive around and just scream In the woods by myself yeah I'm living a real dream The silence scares me so I fill it with beats And wear noise proof headphones in my infrequent sleep If you starting to produce, please do it better than me I'll tell you which frequencies I delete and I keep I'll tell you who to learn from and burn from your life I'll tell you in art, nothing is wrong or right I'll tell you that the shortcuts are thieves of your time Just believe me, I need you, I'll leave you what's mine [Chorus] Save the work for another day Then you ain't never gonna hear them say wow Can either back it up or give it up now I've already beat you You gotta work if you wanna play If you don't like it then you're on your way out Don't come in with me, choose another route I've already beat you [Interlude] You trying to get into this creative shit half-heartedly Without doing the work I don't know what to say to ya Actually, I do know what to say, keep dreaming [Refrain] If you ever ask me what I use to make beats, I'ma Shake you roll you set you right You can start the work tonight My tools ain't me they're what I have And I'm not looking to collab Until I see you in the lab Next time I meet you come with that