Speed

[Produced by 9th Wonder] [Intro: Phonte] This life have a nigga hustling, man Niggas need to slow it down, yo Sit back just chill just relax Speeding down the roads of life Yo, check it [Verse 1: Phonte] Another day to face, I'm share cropping in the paper chase Take a deep breath and clear my database It's afternoon, I'm talking shit to my alarm clock 'Cause I gotta face this world of capitalistic onslaught Don't stop when I jump in the whip, trying to get it off Beltline got me rushing like Baryshnikov Pushing 80 miles per hour to this call center Trying to pick up a check I only see 20 percent of Until the weekend, it sound crazy when I'm saying it But sleepless nights got me forgetting what day it is Until my son, two days without speaking, looking for Reasons to keep my head from going off the deep end I take this shit personally, I'm making moves But this treadmill lifestyle ain't working for me It's from your crib to the lab to your job to make a profit And at the day's end, still ain't got nothing accomplished And it's just the way it's going down, but on the real, yo I think I need to slow it down, and slow it down [Hook: Phonte] This joint is going too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me This really moving too fast for me Just too fast for me and you [Verse 2: Big Pooh & Phonte] I try to slow it down like Brand Nubian But hypnotic tunes like this always do me in Got a nigga about to go and burn the road again From first gear to fifth gear, out of control again And that's the way we rolling in Needed to chill and take a rest stop 'Cause my job got me slaving like I'm Dred Scott Take a break? Nah, nigga, you betta not 'Cause that's when the respect stops Energy drain, I need a "Blast" like Hi-Tek got So I can grab the mic and make your heads bop With the "microphone check, one two–it don't stop" Out of town on a quick escape Hoping to have a chance to slow it up and hit the brakes And slow it down [Hook: Phonte] This joint is going too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me This really moving too fast for me Just too fast for me and you [Verse 3: Big Pooh & Phonte] I let my life shine in between these papers lines I write rhymes to incite minds Spending time on this pipeline, eighty-five North it's like mine, going eighty five to light minds Going ninety five to take time Spending days in the rays of the sunshine Many days, those same rays went undefined Now 40 East is where I go to have my best times Three lanes, going 60, to perfect rhymes Tre dose and master craft catch punch lines We turning into early morning late night times Amtrak Monday morning to come back rides Catch a couch on the weekend, a place I rarely did sleep in The car speaker knobs is tweaking 'Cause the way we be rocking it when joints is finished At the speed, we be moving we could never be diminished With my energy replenished Write a rhyme with puns and all my similes intended Speed out until I finish Keep it on now – We keep it, and keep it, and keep it on now And keep it, and keep it, we keep it on now We run it, we do it, we keep it on now We do it, we did it, we keep it on now We don't stop [Hook: Phonte] This joint is going too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me This really moving too fast for me Just too fast for me and you This joint is going too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me Just too fast for me This really moving too fast for me Just too fast for me and you