Light One Write One

[Verse 1]

I just fired one up, now I'm in the zone

Sometimes I write inside my head and leave my pencil and my pen alone

My eyes got big when hearing B.I.G. did the same thing

Also, Shawn Carter 'cause they both became king

Now dare I say, that one day I'll be in the conversation of who's great

Those who punch below their weight don't want a confrontation

Just blaze when the sets roll

I could be Halley's Comet in a vessel

If I wasn't, would life be less stressful? I don't know

I think dead ends are new beginnings to grow

Like Five on the Black Hand Side, taking pride in your 'fro

During Jim Crow, just let it Jim go, did you catch it?

I hope it was caught by some kid whose parents got divorced

And they think it's their fault

Don't carry that with you as an adult, it could make you depressed

From your subconscious head, in the vault

Believe me, I know, and that ain't on the low-low

I put myself in this song, you don't picture me as strong

You got the wrong photo

I killed all my demons and lived to tell the tale

Where they dumping bodies in the Great Lakes to sell the sale

Or leave you right where you stand for your Pelle Pelle and Starter coat

I saw how one could stab you in the back could also part your throat

What a shame that people feel they gotta go there

Then later find out they ain't going nowhere

I'm so rare when I jot it

That I've compared my lines to the ones that you shave from a narcotic

And ain't nobody touching our product

Them other niggas good, but let's be real

My cup runneth over, they need fresh refills

They probably got 'em from fast food spots that make you obese

In the hood, are those the only places we can go feast?

If so, I wonder if it's more to it

Since every corner got a liquor store with crooked police

And swear you in a stolen car and not a car with no lease

And you got drugs inside a stash box along with your piece

Peace to Sandra Bland, Eric Garner and Kaepernick

What happened to all in the same gang?

"Self-Destruction" when popular rappers stick together for a cause

Now they doped up from their flaws

Excuse me while I pause to blow strains

[Pre-Chorus]

Hundred dollar gram blunts

Them killers that made popo start up manhunts

Take a puff and jot it better than you can, dunce

I'll be happy if I only touched a fan once, 'cause

[Chorus]

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is write

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is...

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

[Verse 2]

I was chiefin' when I wrote this, forgive me if I go astray

You should play this loud while you twist a blunt or if you roll a J

This one here is for all my West siders who 'dro sparkin'

All my niggas off that east side high like Joe Clark

Facing nightmares that really are dreams that grow dark

They take a left turn in alleyways where you can smell the meth burn

I wonder who they bought it from and just how much the chef earn

To make a fiend out some teen that look like Audrey Hepburn

Or Steve McQueen, I've seen 'em in a movie once

On a late night, was with this bad chick

We smoked about two-three blunts

Then I made her climax, next week we hit the IMAX

But I had to cut her off 'cause she was out for my stacks

She wasn't in the gym with me, nor did she drop a gem

Witty at the open mic in El's, Royce and Em city

I recall Paul telling all three of us in St. Andrew's Hall

We would carry Detroit on the small

Of our back then put it on the map

'Cause when I rap, I leave circular traces around a clown so fast

It's a blur to their faces and stripped focus

I came out swinging like a pendulum assistin' in a hypnosis

On some "listen closely and do what I say"

Run and tell ten of your friends to stream this album all year

And while they at it, make sure they tell ten of they co-workers

So that they can do the same

Put the Dutch to the flame and blow strains

[Pre-Chorus]

Hundred dollar gram blunts

Them killers that made popo start up manhunts

Take a puff and jot it better than you can, dunce

I'll be happy if I only touched a fan once, 'cause

[Chorus]

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is write

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is...

All I do is light one, write one

All I do is light one, write one

[Outro]

Yeah

This some strong-ass shit here, man

Aw, shit

Man, turn this down for these motherfuckers

Tell 'em then start fuckin' with me

Man, I hope they don't drug test at my job, dawg

My motherfuckin' urine test gon' come back lookin' like Italian dressin' in that motherfucker

I'm sayin', shit