Ricky

[Intro: Hit-Boy]

Yeah-yeah-yeah, yeah

Shit sound like a magician playin', yo

[Chorus: Hit-Boy]

Two-parent household, yeah, for us that's a fantasy

Watchin' Boyz N The Hood, I relate to the agony

Like stealin' from the store, coming from broken families

When Ricky get popped at the end, that scene still be sad to me

[Verse 1: Hit-Boy]

I was on La Venisia with Diamond and Anthony

Up in Altadena watching gangsta Crips and dope boys

Hoppin' up outta beamers, they shot at Westside

That's when he had to drop a heater, fresh outta church on Easter

I'm in my Sunday best, praying I could onе day rest

This shit be tiring, we wеren't even sharin' beds

We had Palace on the floor, I swear them was the days

Back in the A, I met a nigga named Earl Hayes

These hoes will make you crash out, fuck what the world say

A random Thursday, it could turn to your worst day

Found out a nigga fucked my bitch, I swear that shit was hell

Damn near took me four months to get back to myself

I'm just tryna do my shit and pay my bills with this music

Go to Bentley from Buick, studied it, still was confusing

These rappers cannot get the files 'tll I see a wire

These niggas busters and they burnt out like the Eaton fires

Movin' too casual, you could end up a casualty, dawg

The pain, grief and perseverance, yeah, I mastered 'em all

Went and disconnected the terminal, the battery off

Ain't gotta prove the lights is working 'cause I'm actually on

I'm breaking out from this emotional incarceration

This run is personal, this verse right here is confirmation

I tailored my life, went through so many alterations

I'm just tryna provide my seed with a solid foundation

[Chorus: Hit-Boy]

Two-parent household, yeah, for us that's a fantasy

Watchin' Boyz N The Hood, I relate to the agony

Like stealin' from the store, coming from broken families

When Ricky get popped at the end, that scene still be sad to me

[Verse 2: The Alchemist]

Two-parent household, yeah, that's all that I ever knew

Mother kept the house together, pops collected the revenue

Not ever what it seems, through every season a legend grew

My vision skewed, imagine livin' in hell with a heaven view

Of California palm trees and beaches

On the exterior, everything appears cream and peaches

Hide my molar in the bed, wait for the tooth fairy that never came

But in the mornin', it was gone

And there was money under the pillow;

I had to accept it even though it seemed suspicious

Innocence, still believe in Santa Claus and Christmas

Everything I thought was true was a war façade

Reality's ugly, they say it isn't good for God

Ear to the wall, I'm hearin' fights in the living room

Bits and pieces of info I wasn't privy to

Weight on my shoulders made my back fold

Beneath my feet my world crumbled, and I fell inside a black hole

Findin' out somethin' isn't what you thought as a youth is tragic

The magician revealed his trick, now you see through the magic

So many layers for me to peel back, I kept removin' plastic

Kept a big smile on my face is what I'd do to mask it

Losin' my cool, the engine overheated, I blew the gasket

Runnin' on fumes, became a rebel, wanted to break every rule

Across the chessboard, I made every move

Uh, yeah, tsk

Two-parent household, the only thing me and my brothers know

Solid as a rock, but still my pop was a tumblin' stone

When thrown once in the wash, might get lost in the bubble foam

Dap me up with a closed fist, contact with the knucklebone

Matter fact that's too much, don't even touch me

[Outro]

The, the way that these samples would be chopped

It was nothin' like it to me, y'know I'm sayin, it was straight-up magic

And every time I would hear the beats it was like