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Dave East

Rules

Release date: 18th November 2022

From Book of David
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About This Track

"Rules" is a track by Dave East, from the album Book of David, released 18th November 2022. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Dave East

Dave East

Lyrics

Rules

[Verse 1: Dave East]

Live by it die by it

Rule number one

Never shit where you eat at (Never)

Rule number two

Keep it private don't let them see that

Shooter they was really on our nuts

Hard to believe that (Hard)

Yo Buda I don't really give a fuck about no feedback (I don’t)

Rule number three

Don't talk filthy it ain't on WhatsApp

Sick of niggas screaming Marathon (Nah)

They ain't ran one lap

Rule number four

Don't have them asking

Where your gun at (Nah)

Rule number five

It ain't pressure that you don't want that (I’ll pass)

Rule numbеr six

Keep the family and all the kids straight (All)

Rule numbеr seven

Keep your distance from niggas that did hate (Remember)

Rule number eight

Come with the flow like 50 that made Ja Rule wait (Uh)

Nobody yelling all over this shit

This ain’t no Clue tape (Clue)

Rule number nine

If in Miami

We eat at Prime (prime)

Them niggas ain't put in no pain with you

Ain’t owned a dime (Nothing)

The nigga that created the Rolex don't know this time (nah)

Rule number ten

Shine on these niggas till they go blind (shine)

[Chorus: Dave East]

Biggie had commandments

I got rules (Let’s go)

Pay attention

Show you how to move (Move)

Ain't nothing you can do to ever get me out this mood (Nothing)

It's hard to stop a nigga that’s determined not to lose (Hard)

Decided not to snooze

Now we pop a lot of Veuve (Clicquot)

Keep the grass cut

Keep the snakes about this loop (Gone)

Me plus two bad bitches out this Coupe look like a group

Like how you gonna blame us

Getting this paper is all we know

(All we knew)

[Verse 2: Dave East]

Rule number eleven

Before chain go get a weapon (Get one)

Rule number twelve

Before you buy learn how to sell (Sell)

We don't come from wishing

Throwing no pennies in no well (Nah)

Now we come from wreaking cognac cause that Henry got a smell

Rule number thirteen

Make sure your shirt clean

I learned that from my grandma

On them Sundays doing our church thing (Mama)

Rule number fourteen

Always avoid the court scene (Always)

Got water on your neck

But you dirty go get some chlorine (Uh)

Rule number fifteen

Can't believe what a bitch seen (Nah)

Rule number sixteen

Can't play both sides we gotta pick teams (Pick up)

Rule seventeen

Come out with some shit that they never seen

Rule eighteen

Nineteen

And twenty

They might never read (Shine)

[Chorus: Dave East]

Biggie had commandments

I got rules (Let’s go)

Pay attention

Show you how to move (Move)

Ain't nothing you can do to ever get me out this mood (Nothing)

It's hard to stop a nigga that’s determined not to lose (Hard)

Decided not to snooze

Now we pop a lot of Veuve (Clicquot)

Keep the grass cut

Keep the snakes about this loop (Buda)

Me plus two bad bitches out this Coupe look like a group

Like how you gonna blame us

Getting this paper is all we know

(All we knew)

Lyrics provided by LRCLIB

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Track details

From Book of David

2022
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Album
Book of David
Book of David
Dave East
Release year
2022
  1. —Pray
  2. —Call the Promoters
  3. —Chills
  4. —Egyptian Kings
  5. —10 Toes (Interlude)
  6. —FTWTD
  7. —Rules
  8. —Trouble
  9. —Aggravated
  10. —Disrespectful
  11. —Eternal
  12. —Eyes Can See
  13. —Gangsta
  14. —HEAVY
  15. —Seen a Lot

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