Brick by Brick

[Verse] Sunny LA, as bright as the coke I poured in the Pyrex Back when I was building this building big as a project So shout out to the projects This empire came out y’all ground, and what we got left Is more than I can digest It started as a side bet, for the purpose of all intents Never seen a dream more serene than seeing corners bend So Saint got a plan to get the Saints to where we need to be Forgive us in advance for all the blood that you gon' need to see 'Cause bloodshed is part of this Brick by brick, my hands mortaring Flip by flip, my stancе cornered it Listen, thе least expected to walk up and squeeze a weapon Mama blessing the plate but all I seen was collections Corners clicking everywhere, all I need is a checklist Pistol loaded packing under Members Only jackets I’m in a members only bracket where you gotta be invited yo Now you see why I spend every night alone, ‘cause yo ‘til every rock comes from the church of Saint, we in the street The white kicking business ‘bout squares like Tina Marie You keep it discreet and closed mouths is easy to feed Just respect that everything here is what you need it to be Reasoning seems to now where I’m back and forth with the shooters They feel it’s justified when a pack of raw’s like Medusa Bring the beast out, Alton was talking that bring the peace now How the fuck I’ma peace out?, I’m South Central’s re-route Inspiration is me now, and they’re speaking yet again So I’m smart enough to never let you see me in a Benz, never ‘word to the curtains that these BBS’s been Hit the trunk, there’s a pistol and ki’ (key) between the rims, whenever Beeper on me, street sweeper on me And bullet proof my strippers, keep a sweeter army So don’t spare me any love unless you be with us when the ship dock And don’t compare me to your plug if he re-you up out a ziplock Know if I’m talking brick by brick it could be throwing ki’s (key) Or one of my buildings where I wrote your lease Either or, or I can literally sit on my money and let be Count it from the basement it’s face to face with a mezzanine Tall numbers, take the rap for us all numbers Trap wall numbers, Fat Back and two broads numbers Clap y’all numbers, and turn you all to a mirage ‘cause yo the funny thing about it?, we got more money than God And knowing what I know from this, I just followed protocol Same sunny LA plowing through all this snow involved Never rain in SOCAL but I got all this snow to fall Counting all this money while making this shit the smokers’ fault Like “you ain’t have to buy a rock to smoke at all” But the way I hit this market made you flock with open arms And Lee was on the side of me, pockets full of bomb I pull up on your block and build a shop with open calls Like who need work here?, double entendre yo who need work here? Truthfully I could’ve retired after my first year And here we are, four years later, toddler work here Makes sense with all of this talcum powder dispersed here, for real [Hook] One brick at a time to build the bottom up Two bricks at a time?, you got your product up Few bricks at a time?, feel like you got enough Room full of bricks anytime?, yea that was probably us (Repeat 2x)