The Message

[Produced by J. LBS & Sounwave]

[Verse 1: Jay Rock]

It's like you're testing me now

This my testimony, look I got that recipe now

Keep that good book on the dash with that weaponry out

Ain't no mo' rules in this game plus no referees out

All that stressing, it taught me lessons

Caught blessings, went back to stressin'

And that moment when death is present

Had me praying and asking questions

I had no answers so I had to bottle up that aggression

Load up them hollows and I had to follow in my direction

Don't know where I'm headed

I can't look back though, there's nothing there

But backstabbers, snakes that slither, decisions when nothing's fair

Keeping my faith in all, even if they come take it all

Stand on my ground, I was born to fight so I'm taking off

Me and my champs on a mission, work with the baddest intention

Sharp as a scalpel incision

Gotta survive these conditions, vengeance is like a tradition

If you practice what you're preaching might just get what you wish

[Chorus: Vic Smitty]

Never thought it would be a easy, I hope we understand that

Gotta earn it when you see me, I hope we understand that

I look up at these tennis shoes over the wire

I'm looking at these tennis shoes over the wire

I know change coming

[Verse 2: Jay Rock]

Now we have to get whatever we after

See past the regular shit that we master

Learn to survive through love and Jezebels and street pastors

Live as free as we can cause Hell on Earth is being recaptured

I'm caught in this ghetto rapture, spirit detached

I'm smoking backwoods looking for greener pastures

Hashtag we bastards, from money change to snowflakes

The body found, a cold case, we making it out from no place

Now can you walk in these shoes with no lace?

Or push that S5-50 on shoes with no plates? I don't think so

Shit is insufficient when you think slow

That's why I keep one foot in the game like a flamingo

But here's the thing though, picking my spots yelling, “bingo"

Post it with the work, 501's with the peacoat

This ain't no New Jack City and I ain't Nino

Wondering if change gone come, but we gone see though

[Chorus: Vic Smitty]

Never thought it would be a easy, I hope we understand that

Gotta earn it when you see me, I hope we understand that

I look up at these tennis shoes over the wire

I'm looking at these tennis shoes over the wire

I know change coming

Never thought it would be a easy, I hope we understand that

Gotta earn it when you see me, I hope we understand that

I look up at these tennis shoes over the wire

I'm looking at these tennis shoes over the wire

I know change coming