[Intro]
Ayo- ayo, yes [?], can you bring me that [?], too
Church on the move man, the tide done for sure came in
Lot of us is thinking annoying shit
Ay, man
[Verse]
Look, I was on that LAX tour in the Jay Rock van
We jugged out Warner Brothers [?], way back when
With the homies, so deep, one of us would have to sleep on the floor
We did the game with less but we needed more, yo
Me and Kenny was Johnny hypemen
Sagging round the country to gather experience
Met a brother with a lot of charisma
Malcolm X chain, and fuzzy braids, I ain't even gotta say his name
Just go and scroll through the hall of fame, ay
Opening up for the big homie Game, I remember it like it was only yesterday
Man, what a time to be alive
Squad [?] up in the club, side by side
A lot of kush, a lot of drink, a lot of fun, a lot of pranks
The west was won once again, tough as it was, I ain't want it to end
There was a particular incident I never forget, outside his RV puffing Newports
He walked up like "Soul, on your set, you gotta quit it with them white man cigarettes"
I chuckled a little bit, but he was serious
"My n*gga, don't forget the mission that we on
I really be listening to the shit you be kickin'
You represent Long Term, that's a marathon
So don't get it twisted, we on the same shit
Might take 'em a minute, but they'll get it
Look, stay on your path, cuz
I know your sight ain't great, but they gon' see the vision
'Cause they need to, I believe in it, my n*gga
Come fuck with us, soon as you finished with that cancer stick"
I flicked it, then followed him on the bus, yah
And with my third eye wide shut, I heard a familiar voice, like
"Fuck where your hoes at, where your goals at?
Where your backbone, n*gga, where your code at?
Where your ground zero, real bros at?
Where the privacy you tellin' them [?] at?
Where your heart, n*gga? Where your soul at?
We got old-school ways, you was never shown that
Ain't no guarantees, you already know that
N*ggas dying every day, just to reincarnate"
I'm really on that
[Outro]
So if- so if that's the case, that means we never really-
We never truly- we never truly die
You know, the soul is forever, you know what I mean?
You know, I spent a lot- I spent a lot of time in the rabbit hole, you know Juice, you know
Go and, "Do What Thou Wilt", and shit, you know what I'm saying, I took that shit all the way to Cairo, you know what I mean?
I ain't- I ain't on no, uh- you know, n*ggas calling me a satanist and shit, you know what I mean, and a- and a cultist, you know-
I'm almost serving in God's army or something like that, you know what I'm saying?
Like God ain't got me. Us, you know? For real
And uh, that was a true story, really, um
That was my first time meeting Hussle man
You know, I call him, uh- I call him [?], you know what I mean, but uh
The synchronicity with like, Long Term and, uh, Marathon
Like he had all this shit all- already mapped out
He had done his homework, all that, and, you know, shit was-shit was dope
I asked my old lady, I said "Have- have I- have I ever said anything profound?"
This' many years later, you know, obviously
And uh, she said "No", I said "Damn, uh, well-
Has anybody ever, like- has a rapper or artist said anything profound to you?"
She said, uh, "Yeah", she said [?], she said, uh, "The highest human act is to inspire"
Word, word
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