Black Alabaster

[Chorus: XVRHLDY] Carved into stone, that we make it known Keep your cameras on 'cause tonight is gon'' be one of those Carved into stone, that we make it known Keep your cameras on 'cause tonight is gon' be one of those Mother Nature, Father Time, Son of Mary Feet so tired, Father God, can you spare me? Meanwhile, I'm flicking ashes on the city New memories, flicking ashes on the city, hope you hear me [Verse 1: XVRHLDY] Rollercoasting is the theme, I'm parked and smokin' Stolen doughnuts, gave 'em to the homeless, am I bogus? Zay the one, I ain't for none and you can quote it Ain't for none, bitch, ain't for none, bitch, you can quote it Awfully often it seem The men with the pigment will end in a casket or prison Asking what is it Cash in your face, you make drastic decisions Masking the feeling, as we Joyride to the rhythms of the moon Leave your bitter friend at home if she got a attitude Soul is sore, my soul is sore Known to score, prone to score What you think I'm chosen for, chosen for? The nigga then gone overboard, I'm overboard And picking apart social norms To the rhythms of the moon Leave that bitter bitch at home if she got a attitude Pull the wrong card, still gotta play that Tryna go fish, but I gotta find a match Offer 'em a deal, but I couldn't sign that 'Cause a nigga worth more than a few hundred stacks Where you at? Don't get caught in the lights, you get caught at the light Then you're left at the light, make a left at the light Make a left when it's right, I'm prepared for the lights I'm the man, fuck with me, baby [Verse 2: Saba] Uh, hardships of a nigga livin' in the city They shot Shorty up and left him like he 50 Mean-muggin', never smilin', never slippin' See the cup as half full, it's never empty, hope you hear me We was dreaming of a peanut butter cream colored Cutlass Crop the lames out the pictures, see my pain, niggas suffering My nigga got a drum like a bucket, boy Around the street, he a track star And he be gettin' stoned since his pop left, Black Alabaster I was blessed to be out, but they still tried to bless me in Twenty-five cents juice bottle on the Schwinn We all been real since then, with the Cool Kids like ten now Can someone tell my side of the story 'bout this side of town? It's a sigh of relief if you make it out You assigned to the street when your mixtape out Raise me around with the ratio where you makin' it out There's not so much in your favor Things ain't been the same since my brother got raided His evidence tainted, the picture unpainted Picasso the way the block got My mom got a bottle, that's why I don't sip I learned as a toddler like Rallo, done followed my calling They had the whole colony out on they ship [Chorus: XVRHLDY] Carved into stone, that we make it known Keep your cameras on 'cause tonight is gon' be one of those Carved into stone, that we make it known Keep your cameras on 'cause tonight is gon' be one of those Mother Nature, Father Time, Son of Mary Feet so tired, Father God, can you spare me? Meanwhile, I'm flicking ashes on the city [Interlude: Noname] Thank you Alright, let's get it, uh [Verse 3: Noname & XVRHLDY] Black comin' back like we best in the season Your reason to turn up Writin' my raps on the paper The tree so clean when I burn up back in the woods Should've been, could've been free like Harriet The chariot underground, raps so underground Caught the Holy Ghost, holy smokes, six feet Under the metaphor, Eleanor lookin' like a raven in night Edgar Allen Poe on the page when I write Or maybe that was Martin Luther King for the people Music black, but the money not equal Sick of disparity All of the charity we already gave, you done sold Sold you to jazz, and the clothes and the lights And the Nikes And the rights to the songs that we like Money so green, every nigga on the scene wanna be Kermit Like, nigga, let me sip my tea, smoke my weed, write my songs New memories, flicking ashes on the city, making history, oh yeah [Chorus: XVRHLDY] Carved into stone, that we make it known (Yeah, yeah, yeah) Keep your cameras on 'cause tonight is gon' be one of those (One of those nights, one of those nights) Carved into stone, that we make it known (One of those nights) Keep your cameras on 'cause tonight is gon' be one of those Mother Nature, Father Time, Son of Mary Feet so tired, Father God, can you spare me? Meanwhile, I'm flicking ashes on the city New memories, flicking ashes on the city, hope you hear me