Play For Keeps

[Intro: ad-lib] “If Rome ain’t on it, what is it?” [Intro: 38 Spesh] I tell a nigga straight up thinking you better wake up and go to sleep thinking ‘bout the same shit, nigga You better wake up to get it and go to sleep with it, nigga We don’t play no games, we play for keeps Young, rich niggas that’s happy to be alive, nigga Trust Come First, straight like that, nigga We’re out here taking risks, nigga Everyday, we take risks, nigga Young risk takers, nigga We don’t play no games, we play for keeps Bow your head, say your grace and eat, young man The world is yours Trust Hit me out though Ayo Ayo [Verse 1: 38 Spesh] Let’s take it back, 14, I was on probation Focused on the corner pacing, so impatient Before I served the smokers, make sure I know their faces They call me nephew, I call them unc, but we’re no relation Motivated, going places You ever drove the motherload on the road and had open cases? I thank God I ain’t incarcerated Now I don’t see the moves when they get made, I just orchestrate it Told the bitch I like your coordination The way your body move, we can probably get rich from fornication Move my family to four locations All down south, it’s Georgia and Florida plates on my spaceships You switch sides when it’s altercations I ran with the same team my whole career, I’m Walter Payton Talk to strangers, wasn’t often able You got to understand a boss’ language to sit across the table Trust [Hook: Benny the Butcher] These niggas playing, but we play for keeps Money on the floor, look like I’m raking leaves Real nigga, so you know your secret safe with me Uh huh, we bow our heads, we say grace and eat Got to watch these niggas, got to watch your paper Got to watch these bitches, try to spot these haters I need a couple hundred bands in my safe at least Yeah, we bow our heads, we say grace and eat [Verse 2: 38 Spesh] A stash box in the Honda Civic A lot of spending, I should be the mascot for the diamond district Knowledge given from time in prison They fed us lies as children and expect us to live an honest living Now I’m sitting in my favorite foreign Can’t recall a day that’s boring, staying in places you pay to tour in But that money ain’t important What’s important is my man did ten and his bitch waited for him You’re ‘round niggas that was never for you If you was with me when I ain’t have nothing, then I’m forever loyal I’m still suffering from paranoia It will never stop, just changed my locks and got a better lawyer I bow my head, say my grace and eat Count my bread then I play my plug then I shake the streets I need a couple mills sitting in my safe at least I play with keys and keep drums like I’m making beats Trust [Hook: Benny the Butcher] These niggas playing, but we play for keeps Money on the floor, look like I’m raking leaves Real nigga, so you know your secret safe with me Uh huh, we bow our heads, we say grace and eat Got to watch these niggas, got to watch your paper Got to watch these bitches, try to spot these haters I need a couple hundred bands in my safe at least Yeah, we bow our heads, we say grace and eat