[Intro: Jay Prince]
Yeah, na-na
This is the soul
If you know, then you know
[Chorus: Jay Prince & Estelle, Jay Prince]
You gotta give a little something (Yeah)
You gotta give a little something (Yeah, I say)
You gotta give a little something (Yeah, na-na-na-na-na)
You gotta give a little something
[Verse 1: Jay Prince & Estelle]
Yeah, well, you know
Only ever wanting better for my peeps
How I step into this scene is how I'm leaving with the team
Family close, slave to the vanity, know
Ride with me slow, homie, we can actually hope
For better days, get your back off the wall, straddle the ropes
One step at a time don’t exist when I rhyme
Don't resist when I flow, see the ocean, it goes
Back and forth, what you need?
Know I give you my heart any day of the week
Give a damn about hating, you know I came from the streets
You know I came from the soul
Know I came from the motherland, why we killing our own?
Tell me, what do you see?
Young brother with dreads, more kids in the mess
More money, more problems, you know I'd rather be broke
If I ever had many, I would invest in my own
Than progress with the times
On the real, I’m tryna keep us alive and give something
Yeah (Yeah, you do, you do)
Yeah (Yeah, yeah, uh)
[Chorus: Jay Prince & Estelle, Jay Prince]
You gotta give a little something (Yeah)
You gotta give a little something (Yeah, yeah)
You gotta give a little something (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
[Verse 2: Jay Prince]
Yeah, everybody wanna race, yeah (Everybody wanna race)
I've been staring at my legs, yeah (Staring at my legs)
Know I put it on my name, yeah (On my name)
I put it on my life, yeah (Put it on my life)
It's the only way I can survive, yeah (Survive)
The only way to live, only way to die, ayy
Had to got to Congo just so I can feel alive, ayy
Tell my baby I'll be back another time, yeah
[Verse 3: Oddisee]
What is there left to give?
When we gladly paid for the greatest gift we have today
Love was present, then it passed away
It died free and now the caps a slave
If I observe it in the wild, in the future, I'll back away
Liberty to let my passion graze
Life's a movie where the scenes don't sync up to the caption phrase
Just a passive way to let you know that no delay could stop for
But you need to take time and get some
There's somebody I’m sure in need of religion
Sometimes a handout is just a lesson
Remember income don’t equal wisdom
Ayo, sacrifice for others, if you can't, then you should help (Yeah)
I don’t never film it, that's just proof you do for self
If you're tryna climb a ladder, flight of stairs to reach a shelf
Just remember when you reach it, we your fam
And gave something
[Bridge: Estelle]
Feeling alive, it's time we move
Just know in time, you’ll find a truth
You see the light, let it shine on you
When you feel the pain, keep your faith and fly away
[Chorus: Estelle]
You gotta give a little something
[Outro: Sophia Thakur]
I guess reciprocation takes the patience of a nation
But I've waited, pulled my body into places
I feel dried up
Dried up, cried out
I had to figure how to dismount my heart from my chest
Let love take its timeout
Let it recharge and find out a safer way to climb out
