Root Farm

[Verse 1: E L U C I D] I did not come to play with you hoes I be up too damn early Few Joe Cola's short of a case Gaps in my life, absent from photos, somehow kept the tapes Smack the taste out yo' mouth, steamed milk, coffee and cheddar scone I wandered Azania without a phone Ordered step Flash in death, when my dick get wet Hex breaker for hire, ten thousand tiny township fires ablaze I believe in survivors Lowkey oppressors call me brother Lowkey oppressors call me brother Lowkey oppressors call me brother Black men are white men too when convenient Speak it like you mean it And I never grab the mic without grabbing my- I'mma read, I'mma read, I'mma read, I'mma read, I'mma read I'mma read right through you Motherfucker right through you [Chorus: Frank Ocean] This is joy, this is summer Keep alive Keep alive Stay alive This is joy, this is summer Keep alive Keep alive Stay alive [Verse 2: E L U C I D] Jake radio, squawk and squeal Visible exhale, Nor'easter chill I'm in layers of black Stretching these old bones, pointed toes Red and blue strobe play me on wax forever Blood on the doorframe, said he leaking Told him "take that shit across the way" Please pass me by I score fiends shooting the fair one Life ain't but fuck it Sad chord shuffle, rushed percussion muffle Short barrel red potato, move when I say so They know, they know Look mom I get paid for my thoughts, sort of Guess that make room for me and mine Levi on the way in due time Shit don't rhyme no more, but making more sense in my mind I been all kinds of poor I know the line divide from surviving and thriving What side? What side? What side? There's a riot going on What a time you chose to be born Billy woods wrote that line first though [Verse 3: billy woods] Nah, nah Lone wolf and cub via Gary Grice Hold your fire 'til you see the whites Of their eyes, shocked life had one last surprise I was surprised to find people rather die than cut you a slice of the pie Nigga was aggy talkin' 'bout "I gots to gets mine" That's when, I knew I'd never see him alive again Spliff like a pen, everything I wrote is in the wind We didn't win, and I can't see doing it all over