Take Me Home

[Hook]

And I promise if you take me home

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Said c'mon baby throw me a bone

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

And I promise if you take me home

I'll sing you a song, never leave me alone

Said c'mon baby throw me a bone

I'll sing you a song, never leave you alone

[Interlude]

I'mma tell you something about me

That's my favourite subject, I don't know whether you picked up on that yet or not

[Verse 1]

I never said I had a business mind

I just don't believe that quitting time exists, ain't no finish line to this

You got to give me mine, I really shine, my given time is this

Live and die by the grind driven by the fist

Where do you place my name if I never played your game

We don't race the same, I don't run inside no painted lane

Plus y'all pacin' strange, y'all either stop or you sprint

Run when it's sunny and hide if it change to rain

I wouldn't be half the Ali that I am

If I slowed myself up and tried competing with these people fam

I'm every bit as unconcerned as they are unprepared

Market flooded, needless to say I wasn't scared

Let's all drop they same day, I don't fuckin' care

Put listening stations in the store and let the public hear

Better yet, let's have an in-store performance

Make it oranges to oranges, me dwarfing your endurance

After that we'll shoot the shit with our supporters

And see how many more discs of yours the indie stores order

Shit you already knew I out rap em'

On the low we out work, out think, and out class em'

[Hook]

[Interlude]

Nobody's doing this thing exactly like we do

They do it, they just ain't doing it like us, you know what I'm sayin'

Sucker ass mother fuckers

[Verse 2]

My personal pedigree's so bona fide

Cause a man of my stature ain't born overnight

The undisputed king of where poor folks reside

Because every time I speak it be hope vocalized

And you sit and bitch with your chickens about it isn't fair

The sound system ain't shit but I was crystal clear

We first name basis, sound men - we give em' beer

Plus I tipped 'em 50 last semester when the clique was here

Listen here, I ain't gonna give you all my secrets

Just these few examples help me illustrate my pretense

Our strength is unrelated to your weakness

Cause you'll never be a worthy pool of peers to be competed with

I see my shit with Son House and Syl Johnson

And always loose, I done lost face too but I'm sporting their shoes

So let me remind you, them little kicks you trying to fit

We outgrew them shits in high school man

[Hook]

I don't think I'm arrogant man, I think I just

You know, I do's what the fuck I does man if that's just..

Kiss my ass for all I care

[Verse 3]

It's of foremost importance there is none like unto the brother

Out this motherfucker regardless

So stop all the nonsense

You see me lounging: call Rhymesayers' office

I've officially lost it

They say my reputation precedes me

I don't know the meaning of off-season, I ain't taking it easy

Ain't taking a day off, never had an off-night

Never been laid off, I live on the job site

It all pays off though when I squint in the spotlight

And see your lips are moving to the true shit that I write

And we gon' be alright, every night of my life

It's my night cause I view the future like it's hindsight

I ain't waiting, I'm patiently persevering

I see greatness in the person in the mirror very clearly

And that's why I take this seriously

Baby come near to me and truly, truly hear me

[Hook]