The Scrimmage

[Intro] And look what we have here now Luxury houses What made you think, the people who do these things Are they— How are their thinking going? Are they really thinking about people, or they thinking about money? It has to be the money 'Cause you're not thinking about people Look at this Yo [Verse 1: Skyzoo] City culture like extra duck sauce, scramble under the trunk floor Hammer tucked in the front door, cameras rolling, but unsure Antidote that they come for, do the same to who throw it So you can break from your home but you can't unsee what you done saw I seen it for all that it's gon' be, so none of it's ever beyond me Shit is as true as a heartbeat, you worry if itʼs ever off-key Everyone 'round us was on beat, no matter whatever the song be Their trumpet was always in arm's reach, it hang on the side like car keys Followed wherever the horn lead, serenade and let the song breathe Heard it all like it was on me, but "Kind Of Blue" was my horn piece Wanted to make it a talk piece, figured that's how it should all read As heinous as all of this all be, home is where nothing can harm me As heinous as all of this all be, home is where nothing can harm me And making it home is what draws me, explains why everyone want a piece Couldn't price what the cost be, highest bidder, on your mark please Remember that everything is up for sale, like what else you want, B? [Chorus: STLNDRMS] See I been looking for the difference, yeah Between love and forgiveness, yeah Between hate and indifference, ayy Between the game and the scrimmage Minding your limits, soul and infinite From beginning, living and winning Between God and this sinnin' that we've been given Watch how we get it in the scrimmage, yeah Watch how we get it in the scrimmage, yeah Watch how we get it, ayy [Verse 2: Skyzoo] Son, I been looking for the difference between holding and giving and loading and clipping Open-ended, hope and ambition and holding your pivot Known intentions, notice your dripping like dope in syringes Go the distance, scoping the exit as close as the entrance And my interest is tantamount to no one else who standing 'round Graffiti on the end of the deeds to where we was camping out Word to who we grew up with, hula hooping the Phantom 'round And all the chicks that pay their tuitions off OnlyFan accounts Same corner made hundred-thousanders outta hand-me-downs Turned into the Upper East Side soon as the lease died Comfy, thinking the street died, papi them is still street-tied He ringin' up your PBR with a package on rewind Packages turn to G5s pulling up to the building They told you they tearing apart, but they still in front of your building, 'cross the street And it all means is this is more than what it seems So treat it like we crossing paths in the store and pardon me, right? [Chorus: STLNDRMS] See I been looking for the difference, yeah Between love and forgiveness, yeah Between hate and indifference, ayy Between the game and the scrimmage Minding your limits, soul and infinite From beginning, living and winning Between God and this sinnin' that we've been given Watch how we get it in the scrimmage, yeah Watch how we get it in the scrimmage, yeah Watch how we get it, ayy [Outro: Skyzoo] Watch how we get it, yeah Know how we with it, yeah And that's regardless of who is or isn't living here Watch how we get it, yeah Know how we with it, yeah And that's regardless of who is or isn't living here Watch how we get it, yeah Know how we with it, yeah And that's regardless of who is or isn't living here Watch how we get it, yeah Know how we with it, yeah And that's regardless of who is or isn't living here, yeah What do you think will become of our neighborhoods? Like what do you think will become of our home after a while? Whose neighborhood? Ours? We don't have that anymore, that's not ours no more They gon' put me out just like they put everybody else out