Starting 5

[Part I]

[Intro: DJ Drama]

Ayy, Lute

Can you do me a favor?

I need you to talk that talk like a Charlotte nigga would

Carolina proud of these bars (Gangsta)

[Verse 1: Lute]

Rap niggas corny, this ain't your only vessel

Niggas flash without the ice, they ain’t nothing special, shit

You go through levels, niggas swear they helped you

Put in the work, I promise God gon' bless you

Every day, this what I tell my nephew

I lay low 'cause I can’t relate

I'm good at ghosting 'cause I'm that nigga in my creative space

Hurt less when you out the way

You got your fame 'til you not the wave

Shout out my name, nigga, I'm gon' wave

Never too good to show you whеre I came

Spit that flame, nigga switchin' lanеs, shit

I spit pain ’cause I’m takin' aim, shit

My brother called, said he seen me on the TV screen

When I was sixteen, they ain’t think I planned to be anything

Don't wire checks, I want the cash, I like my money green

I'm 'bout to flex like I’m Money Team

My old bitches be perplexed 'cause they ain't support the dreams (Damn)

[Chorus]

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, ain't no Judas in my starting five

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, I got shooters in my starting five

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, ain't no Judas in my starting five

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, I got shooters in my starting five

[Verse 2: Cozz]

Drive-bys where I reside often

Beautiful black lives sit inside of that coffin

We gotta realize it's toxic

F a stick-up, put the sticks up, let's stick together through hardships

We already exhausted

'Cause along with living as living targets to these officers

Now we gotta watch for any signs of us coughing

And I got asthma, gotta be cautious

Ironic now I can't run it up

Show money done turned to no money just to sum it up

I ain't seen the sun in months

But how can I complain when some fathers ain't seen they sons in months? (Damn)

Some are stuck overseas, some are stuck six feet under us (Damn)

But even through the downs that we seen, we still coming up (That's right)

God really be loving us, gained strength through pain, we toughened up (Uh-huh)

Yeah, gained strength through pain, I got that tatted

Been through what I been through, you equipped, but I'm not that average, nah (No way)

If you ain't seen me in months, you gon' ask, "What happened, Cozz?"

I level up daily because I keep my hands to God

[Chorus]

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, ain't no Judas in my starting five

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, I got shooters in my starting five

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, ain't no Judas in my starting five

I turned nothing into something, water into wine

I really do this, I got shooters in my starting five

[Interlude: DJ Drama]

Keep playing with Dreamville's name

Don't get Chris Rocked out your socks

Anything can and will happen

Then watch me walk back to my seat

Keep my name out your fuckin' mouth

(Gangsta Grizzillz)

[Part II]

[Interlude: DJ Drama]

On this side over here

Godly flows only

Drama

[Verse 3: Omen]

You witnessing the heart of Omen

Everything that y'all release is like DeMar DeRozan

Straight mid, but my art is golden

When you dream like I dream, see, you seem odd

'Til these hoes lookin' at you like they seen God

I'm not God, just the best thing that God made

A higher power calling me, that goes beyond faith

A strong blessing, they calm stressin'

Extraordinary person, can't relate to John Legend

You see, I speak with my chest like Bobby Fischer

Deep as the Mali River

Understand I'm not a role model figure

Beast with the pen, plus my beats like modern Dilla

Peaceful within, but I'm still a Chicago nigga

Intellect that I intel got me out of quiet hell

Thought TDK was dead, bitch? I'm alive and well

I'm better through the try and fail, tell your clientele

I'm just a star, I was carved from Orion's Belt

Nonchalant 'bout homicide when you desensitized

Niggas incentivized to keep on stealing lives

Put my pain in perspective while I roll pine

Last few years, now I'm back in your starting five

[Outro: DJ Drama]

You're witnessing a dynasty like no other

Dreamville

Welcome to D-Day