Sword Lilies

[Verse 1: Cavalier] Fourth down and bout an inch Missed gettin it by the pound but by a pinch Makin' a dent with your scratch for the itch like a flash Only catch but a glimpse now ain’t that a bitch But if it ain't a bird in the hand there's plenty of fish ‘We’ve got visual' Les miserables When it was gettin' sprayed or you couldn't test the grade The plague felt biblical it rain crickets My hood altar Saint Ides, Saint Laurent, and Saints tickets Paint the sky grey, smoking on hay by the thickets These chain gang songs the ‘uh ah' rhythmic This ain't the flimflam the footwork raindance mystic At the crossroads James Brown ‘Livin in America' Facе sweat drippin' and pace my steps in it Bittеrness is just a taste test ain’t it You heard the man Remember the helping hands when you choose the grail You only lose if you refuse to fail, never loose the sails Still get goosebumps every move of the scale But need to scale my tools to lift off and remove the veil To prevail… Naked truth [Verse 2: Quelle Chris] (True true, you know how they do) Feel like lately been looking over my shoulders a lot I ain’t crazy the same ones play me got similar plots on you I been dreaming a lot my crew be there with me Landscaping rock formations with our hands waving amazing Same dog day new assailants Feeling caged in yet more brazen Playing the hand I dealt me Taking knees only props up the the back steppers We no capitalist we just cash shepherds ya dig me? I was down bad kissing the streets forgive me It's said stoically bro just outlive me I’m startin' to doubt the doubts in me Black youth indoctrinated with clout envy From hustlers' hymnals walkin' the thin rope and doin’ limbo While cymbals crash, love language wasn't taught on Duolingo Still serve 31 flavors learned from Lo Green and Swing Lo We exchanged rings on fam sans holy matrimony You know, naked truth (Naked truth) Naked truth