Aretha

[Intro: Johnny Venus]

Yeah

Gotta let this shit ride, woo

Yeah, yeah

Hallelujah

[Verse 1: Johnny Venus]

"Options" dropped, barely made a sound, damn

I guess we let Nas and Cole down

Quarter mil' was the bill, toughen your skin up

Failure, that's artist development

See, God said it was time, "My son, you got to rhyme

My son, you got to rise, they got to see you shine"

Please don't trouble the waters 'cause that shit is my sign

Cancers, I love them girls, Scorpios, I take my time

I know you love the vibes, refreshin', don't you lie

Put that real shit on tongue, guarantee you gon' get high

No, I never sold no dope and commit no robberies

But it's funny how them coppers keep comin' after me

I tried some LSD, I sipped a little lean, well

And you know, we all smoked some weed

Right before our eyes, they makin' billions off of green

Black folks blowin' smoke and we still ain't feel seen

There's people still locked up for life since seventeen

They say, "'Lu, I ain't no rapper, so you gotta say it for me

I ain't no actor but you gotta tell my story"

And all of these feelings you got on your chest

You should get it off now 'fore we lay it to rest

Or they lay you to rest or whatever is best

I done studied the greats so put me to the test

I been dealin' with death, I still know that I'm blessed, huh

I been travelin' the world, I been sleepin' on jets

I been answerin' calls, I been prayin' through texts

I been there for my bros when nobody was left, huh

I been givin' 'em hope, G-O-D in the flesh

See the way that I move, they believe in they steps

See the way that I shine, they believe in they self

[Break: Doctur Dot]

Yup

[Verse 2: Doctur Dot]

I just be lookin' ahead of me, only concern is the legacy

Just a fan of simplicity, that what I bring to the recipe

How I don't know shit 'bout gravity?

Take off the roof and look right at the galaxy

I'm in the cut and I milk it like Anthony

Stick to your lies, you don't know how to act with me

Music for me therapeutic, it don't free within me, I can't do it

Off the block and I'm forever rooted

Look in my eyes, you could tell I been through it

Feel like the bald-headed Whitney Houston

I got a gift and I gotta use it

I gotta get it organic, authentic

Niggas be boosin', niggas be juicin'

My verse is NFT, exclusive

Fuck all that kumbaya, cool shit

Whip that trick, cookie and loosies

My bitch bad, she cook us up

Most of these hoes just cute and useless

Most of these folks just hate the truth

I be outta pocket like kangaroos

Wish a nigga would, can't wait to shoot

Still fuck 12 and Dylann Roof

More verses, less interviews

This what I'm addicted to, this all I'm committed to

Set my sights on bigger moves, feel like this is middle school

Been like this since in the womb, wrapped in my umbilical