Purity

[Verse 1] Head bloodied but unbowed Mama guessing how long she gon’ see her son around but know there’s only one crown That’s rhetorical, Arm & Hammer?, I became the oracle The way my family bleeding thank God there ain’t no more of you Let’s get to all the issues at hand quick as we can To my uncle who allowed me to take a big enough chance Know my hands will give applause up to you at any given Wool over my daddy eyes, you became the vision For the book of Saint, auntie read through it and never looked away Told her take a page to wipe her tears and give that book a break She did me one better and wrote a page of her own And kept writing ’til her book was the same weight as my chrome To Louisiana Louie who became a South Central beast Never forget who helped you to get a seat Ambition as big as me, shoulders broad enough to let the city sleep But you can’t Jenny Craig responsibility This shit gets heavier than the thought of Reed potentially not Being who he say that he is when we cop, I’m in a spot where my spot Is diamond coated with a red dot on it And you fighting like if that red dot’s calling to take you head on Well Louie you can have it I’m gentleman enough to let you do what you imagined, I’m through with all this baggage Back when this shit got active, the wizard called it “baśe” And at the base of it you know what I gave [Hook] So I’m expecting purity Just keep everything pure No steps to it like what I measured for y’all Just Gimmie purity More than ever before With no steps to it like what I measured for y’all [Verse 2] One day I met a brother named Dawit On the corner of Crenshaw and Slauson with his kids Teaching them black pride and about owning where we live I overheard the talk and went and told him who I’m is, minus the coke of course I said “I’m Franklin, I own some properties all over town And yo I admire the way you giving your boys crowns” He said “man I’m just doing my job, being encouraging This is my son Sammy, and my little one is Ermias” I reached out, giving them dap, hiding my nervousness Hoping they don’t pick up the que of me or my services One had a smile of gold, the other had hair like he was Jesus I looked at them both like “the city needs them” Pistol on my waist but my Lacoste was draped over it Thank God, this ain’t what I want baby Jesus noticing Fiends walking by that I knew from my grand opening Feelings came over me I pray don’t never come over them My reputation walks in front of me like it’s security I hide behind more business cards, less jewelry Dawit doted on his kids until the day was done Sammy was maybe four, Ermias maybe one With a soul full of guilt and a trunk with product stocked I downplayed my car and told them “you can buy your block” And as Dawit and his family made their way up the street I saw that what I did to this corner’s bigger than me [Hook] So I’m expecting purity Just keep everything pure No steps to it like what I measured for y’all Just give me purity More than ever before With no steps to it like what I measured for y’all [Verse 3] The spook who sat by the door while you in the driveway The game come with money as loud as Irene Abe Snowman knock on that door fresh off the highway Duffle bags for me and mine, and you know how I play Took advantage of it through all of its disadvantages Saints over everything ‘til the prayers from the family get Shown for what they were Down on bended knees but what you spoke of was a blur, and all that I preferred Was your loyalty, same way I treated you Jumped in front of every bullet every time I needed to Seems when you was tryna find a back door I tried to find distance Unc’ should’ve left you home fighting side bitches And I’d never look for love from a plug who kidnapped me Where anytime that he should love felt trigger happy The quickest on the draw to get me out, to get me more To get me rooted deeper in like the trees we was hanging off So to Louie and Jerome To Peaches and that 5 mil’ he took when shit it look like he’s truthfully full blown To Teddy who was tryna be more than he really was And to Alton reappearing to cover me with his blood To my mama with her heart on her sleeve, she did her best But 73 mil’ will turn all this shit into death and I digress My comeback is calling card Be sure to tell everyone in this bitch Au Revoir, man I’m outta here man...