Belvedere

[Intro: Sample & Boldy James]

Who knows better than you?

Detroit

Where we at?

I'd like to say

[Verse 1]

We come through like Green Beret Marines (R-r-r-rah)

Fully auto submachine rifle with the laser beam

Can't believe everything you hear, but I'ma have to

Yeah, I want 'em, tell 'em pull up, I'm on Belvidere and Gratiot

Old school mint-condition, be careful, try not to scratch it (Yeah)

Well aware of my surroundings, know I'm tuggin' on the metal

On the Warren, my young buls thuggin' on another level

Whole block snaggletooth, but we got money in the ghetto

Narcs flickin' niggas left and right, raidin' with no search warrant (None)

Rival gang members in the neighborhood, turf-warrin' (Drums)

None of this shit came overnight, I had to work for it

Now your bitch tryna ride my wave, might let her surfboard (Ride the wave)

Payin' my ticket in that bando was my first mortgage

Never turned my back on the streets, instead I turned towards it (Who knows better than you?)

Bro don't need no bond money, he just wanna hear my voice

Nickel nine on me, I call this a souvenir from Royce

[Chorus]

Here's lookin' at you, kiddo

I cry tears just wishin' that you was here, bro

Without you here, got me feeling like a weirdo

Can't get took from my kids, leave my wife behind a widow (Bless)

Can't trust a soul, sleep with toast under my pillow

So right 'fore I get ghost, she said she love me, I'm like, "ditto" (Ditto)

Don't think these niggas got the memo or listened to my demo

[Verse 2]

Open cases in Tuscaloosa, did a yick a week

Tryna have patience with this music, really in the street (Mafia)

Plug in Belize raised the ticket, I'm like, "Goodness grief"

Proof-of-purchase guaranteed, but this shit don't come with receipts (I swear)

Pulled off some shit you wouldn't think, by the skin of my teeth

Torched the ride, ditched the piece, then wiped myself down with some bleach (Wipe me down)

My B-moor niggas young and scandalous, free that nigga Cheeks

Judge hit him with everything but the kitchen sink (Free my guy)

Niggas gettin' cooked for drug dealing, breakin' even-Steve

They threw the book at my young nigga, he can't even read

Fightin' for his freedom, lost Malik, he was a demon seed

That was just karma comin' back from all my evil deeds

Slid down on dawg, that's tobogganin' (Slide), left him hobblin'

I run with ConCreatures, gargoyles, and hobgoblins (227)

Ran him down, stood over him, don't do no squabblin'

A nigga touch a hair on Blocks, we gon' pollute the oxygen

[Chorus]

Here's lookin' at you, kiddo

I cry tears just wishin' that you was here, bro

Without you here, got me feeling like a weirdo

Can't get took from my kids, leave my wife behind a widow

Can't trust a soul, sleep with toast under my pillow (Strapped)

So right 'fore I get ghost, she said she love me, I'm like, "ditto" (Love you, too)

Don't think these niggas got the memo or listened to my demo

[Outro]

Blockworks

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