AYO

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[Intro] Yeah Ayo Yo, y-y-yo, yo, y-y-y-yo Yo, y-y-yo, yo, y-y-y-yo, it's Coast Contra [Verse 1: Eric Jamal] It go one (One), two (Two), three (Three), four (Four) Hip-hop don't die, I can't take this no more, come on Five (Five), six (Six), seven – hey, wait I think we got a pulse, Coast Contra just saved the day What's her heart rate? Check vital signs, she still fatal We need an IV, it's on us four to keep her stable Everybody move, give us some room, we turned the table To a defibrillator, message clear – that we're the greatest Pleasе have patience, wе operating on a generation Whose ultra sound is all the same as a lil' baby That's why music born, they so against pro-creation They just imitating their latest favorites, here come the labels 'Cause they wheelchair/will cheer for any rapper who's self-degrading They gone give 'em paper, make 'em hot, then cream-made/cremate them But the truth is, they couldn't cut it so they use staples In the rap game to use their influence to make 'em famous Niggas pro-sick, so they pop pills and youngins take 'em Have their brains bacon/baking and egg 'em on to sip maple Think the Percs/purpose of life is getting high for your inflammation I never medicine/met-a-sin that was good for the soul, it's human nature Bitch, y'all all scrubs, I brought mask and gloves for sanitation Calling out the greatest, tell 'em I said it, I verbatim/verb-bait-'em You got East, West, and Colombia on the Equator Yeah, it's Coast Contra, really surgeon/surging through every nation To all the rappers who only here to gain-green/gangrene, I'll amputate them Raise the vibration, this way deeper than entertainment But with your radiation, E-go solo, you could go major Naw, I cancer/can't-sir, I rather just go through all the stages When you in a group, some gon' salute but others hate it So be weary of different bacteria, contamination, see When we gon' realize our culture is in danger? They sedating our creatives, controlling the narration Afraid of the day when we waiting in visitation And the doctor come out saying, "Hip-hop didn't make it", ayo [Verse 2: Taj Austin; All] Five years from now when I'm ready Visions of my newborn son rising while the Moon is heavy And my daughter got me caught up, she keep spilling her pasgetti Me and my wife rocking, my life is beautiful and steady Look, I don't know where I'm 'posed to be But I know where I'm going, slowly approaching me And as of right now, my nigga, uh First time in my life I just flew first class, okay First time in Dubai, they carried my bags, okay First time on the Autobahn, we did the dash, skrt That same time in Germany, I catered crafts, I had to work First time out in London I performed some shows I even shared the same stage as Cleo Sol, huh First time in New York, nobody knew my talent, don't trip Second time in New York, I bodied Jimmy Fallon; real shit First time in Toronto, signing niggas merch, uh That was the first time I got to crowd surf, uh First time out in Philly, rapped on Cosmic Kev Second time I did the MIA Fest, uh Third time I met Raekwon the Chef, uh By the fourth time, shit, who knows what's next? This might be the first time you heard me speak Or the first time you heard me in a couple weeks And if at some point you feel like why he get to eat? It wasn't one time I mentioned I wasn't on EBT, nigga And I still feel fulfilled, man we building – we building We building – we building, we building – we building, we building – we building We building – we building something different, something independent so it's ours The more you independent, more you get dependent on God Stay blessed, learn to say grace before ya plates even manifest, nigga – blow-blow-blow-blow-blow-blow-blow 'Cause the eyes can be obstacles Those who believe say no proof is necessary, those who don't believe say no proof is possible Which one are you? Huh, I'm number one, I don't run with no one that's number two No wonder no one on my team broke under one dispute The same ones that probably say that this one was a fluke The main ones producing more ass records than Uncle Luke, ayo [Verse 3: RioLoz] I called out my dawg the other day Looked him in the mirror, had to talk to him face-to-face Like "Wassup? How's ya mother? How's ya sister and ya brothers? God bless 'em, tell em I miss 'em, I love 'em He asked me "How's the music going?", and I said "It's lovely The love so real it feel better than the money Shit so cold we finna do a show in Berlin/Brr-Land Everything gucci, man, just focused on working Learning, grinding, thriving Even made this beat here, reclining Cooking up sonics, whipping up knowledge In the cypher, they hooked on phonics They self-centered but missing heart, that's the problem, shit They spiraling out like Fibonacci This shit fye/phi, that's why the numbers don't lie, G" He replied "Facts, y'all giving niggas hope, helping niggas cope Even me, shit, lately I been going thru some things Tryna maintain, lil sister fighting cancer, 'bout to turn fifteen Thank God, she here tho You know, momma tryna stay strong, 'cause we don't believe in fear, so Say a prayer for me, dawg, 'cause the Lord seems to hear you clear, bro All them bars got you good reception, y'all done came far" I responded "Sí! Not without God, no question" He told me he been smoking roaches down to the essence Angry and reckless, skipping the message, relearning lessons And tired of stressing, running from himself in every direction Lacking connection, *uh-uh*, suffocating from the pressures of perfection You feel that? 'Cause I don't feel that, my heart numb All the trauma through the years, and the mind state of surviving Got me lying to myself, saying that I'm good when I wish I was Got me out here fuckin' on these bitches just because At some point, you gotta say enough is enough And looking in the mirror really helped me find my love, nigga, ayo [Verse 4: Ras Austin] My sympathy don't never come too cheap Pity parties like surprise parties, always woah!-it's-me/woe-is-me Who am I? It's ya higher self, meaning God himself Here to guide you when you don't guide yourself, we provide the help I am the consciousness of the human collective Yet remained anonymous, ear hustled so many philosophies I find it all astonishing, I am simply just a vibe Meaning, I am a vibration, I am alive The great, I am creation and creator coincide If you go inside, you'll see I am you, unified Meaning I am ya lower self, get to know yourself, I act a ass You ever tamed a donkey? Try control yourself while acting bad Mack a bad bitch, then use the hands of God to smack her ass I got urges, scratch my itch, it's urgent, got me acting rash I need all the splurges, I feel awfully nervous, I can't trust a person Say you love me? Every time you judge me, I hear all your verdicts Who am I? Nigga, who are you? Got me paranoid Anxiety, smoke another square, make it trapezoid Life been hard for me, got no type regard for me All my life I had to fight, the sight was right where God could see Gave his insight, but that's a sight that I can hardly see Plus I'm broke and his favorite quote is likely gonna be That the best things in life is all for free, probably Aww, see, pardon me – my sympathy don't never come too cheap Pity parties like surprise parties, always woah-it's-me/woe-is-me Who am I? It's ya higher self, say hi to yourself Speaking life into ya lifespan, that life bar was health Who am I? Not ya favorite rapper, I'm your favorite person Look inside the mirror, see me clearer, I look great in person Godly/Gah-lee, when did God leave? I still feel his presence The Second Coming is every second coming, living in the present The time is now, sit, calm down, find ya peace; but the world is fucked up Go to ya inner world, relief; God bless you, God bless you [Outro] Yeah Ayo Yo, y-y-yo, yo, y-y-y-yo Yo, y-y-yo, yo, y-y-y-yo, it's Coast Contra