Tread Water

Lyrics

[Verse 1] Tryna stay afloat Tryna get a boat Tryna get a rope Got little hope in my old backpack Look back and the back of the strap just broke Need a new one but my pocket's broke How do I cope? Should've smoked drugs to the point where you can't see my eyes anymore So low I don't like to get high anymore Never really did Want new Jays, want new kicks Don't want bills, want raw sex Don't want kids, fuck choice awards I want grammies, bitch Said I'd be the dopest, and I meant it Like my women like my Vans, I only rock authentics I'm feeling blimpish with a blemish Sounds like pussy's been diminished, hope her head game's augmented And it's apparent that my hair is nappy Divorce my college courses, I'll stop tryna make my parents happy 'Cause it's my life, and I'm finished And it's my knife if I end it Wit' a hide-life and a Guinness I don't need much but a witness, tell my story for my legacy This ocean's never backstroke, I think it's often better we [Hook] Tread water, yeah Keep on floating Where do we go? Yeah, I think we're sinking slow Hey, now if you panic for what you don't need, inertia How do you plan to keep on floating? Where do we go? Yeah, I think we're sinking slow [Verse 2] It's like, it's like, it's like Oh my God, what were you telling her? New phone plans and cellulars We need new gods, new iPods, you sell bullshit, I can smell you, sir Whatever you say, we don't need state that New Ferrari's and Maybach's Rent it first, have to reimburse, then rap about it Get paid back, get paid back New Ferrari's and Maybach's Rent it first, have to reimburse, then rap about it Get paid back, laugh about it, get paid back Figure-four niggas on my eight flap They're makin' a killing of niggas that's killing I'm thinking that we should go half on the prison Am I acting my age? You acting like slaves Don't follow religions I bottle prescriptions And acronysims I act on my visions Just do me, and hope that my past is forgiven If plan B's how we're living Does it count as redemption for people who move to New York with ambition, and stay, but settle for retail positions? If I get a degree I need a masters too If I take a girl out, gotta pay for her food If she don't wanna fuck, couldn't pay for her mood If she don't wanna suck, couldn't stay with her dude Tryna stay afloat Tryna get a boat Tryna get a rope Got a little hope Got a little hope in my old backpack Look back and the back of the strap just broke Back-back feet end up in the casket [?] Mufasa a multifaceting quotes How do you stop a terrorist who don't terrorize where his parents lived (They don't care) We drivin' and text, denying our sex (They don't care) Tryna, we can't deny what's next (They don't care) Complain, but don't deny our checks (They... don't care) Whose black with money if not enough sent to the IRS who don't [?] (They don't care) I fire on fletch (They don't care) With hopes to spark to fight and re-chest To the left, to the left Allegiance the flags (They don't care) Indian land giving niggers and fags no little more freedom, that comes with a tag (They don't care) [inaudible] (They don't care)