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Joe Jackson
Songwriter:in
Lyrics
Cold summers (Brr)
Harsh winters (Damn)
Old numbers (Yeah)
All switching (Facts)
But I ain't tripping I'll be solo like them red cups
Red blood spilling on the pavement leave a mess huh
Fuck a president the only ones I care about is dead ones (That's right)
Yeah
Tell me who gon love me when I'm down and out (When I'm down and out)
Industry ain't bout the music now it's all for clout
Damn, damn
I seen so many fiends dying just to get high
My momma on them methamphetamines I tell her quit find
A way to cope wit life or you ain't never gon get by
My dawg on that dog food under roofs where he can't live life
Fighting a case the judge tryna take his freedom
Everytime I see him I can tell he fighting demons (Demons)
He nodding off look like he dead when he sleeping
I try speaking to his soul **** we all got a reason
What would you do if you could walk my in my shoes
Follow my path take the road where most times you gon lose
Swallowed me whole life showed me the rules
My mind broken confused
God told me to choose
Which way I wanna go
Left my environment to level up and make a way
Remember days I ain't have a penny I got plenty change
Many change when they see you doing better this the game
Of life imma roll the dice and pray I get my blessings ****
Section 8 baby and welfare checks
Food stamps kept a **** in check
But they was gone by the 14th
You know we Had to starve for the rest
You hardly a threat
I made it out you gotta respect
The grind and the hustle
My timing was perfect
I told em I love you
But I gotta go searching
I'm bound to put work in
So y'all can see life
In a way you never imagined
My head on a swivel
Avoiding distractions
You know I'm a savage like Megan the stallion
My bitch the baddest ****
You just an average ****
It's a difference from capping and actually having it
I write my own shit
But still see ghosts in the closet
Cause death is a promise
You never was honest
When all I wanted
Was to see you shine
Wish you could see me now
Following my dreams ****
This just a letter to myself at 13 ****
Yeah you gon find a way
Then you gon demonstrate
Just painting pictures how you Illustrate
Is crazy
Don't count me out
Was down and out against the wall
Like cops patting me down
Don't turn around when you get stabbed in the back
It's actually facts how I seen 20 grams of the crack
Start from the powder then get turned to the rock it's smack
Down Monday night
Raw was often the occasion
Cops invaded guns a blazing
It was never information that I didn't know
Always the observant one
Family never had a dream I'll be the determined one
Cold summers (Brr)
Harsh winters (Damn)
Old numbers (Yeah)
All switching (Facts)
But I ain't tripping I'll be solo like them red cups
Red blood spilling on the pavement leave a mess huh
Fuck a president the only ones I care about is dead ones
Yeah
Tell me who gon love me when I'm down and out (When I'm down and out)
Industry ain't bout the music now it's all for clout (Damn)
Written by: Joe Jackson