The Cold

[Intro]

Kota

(Statik Selektah)

Uh

Yeah

[Verse 1]

Santa Monica, livin' and losing followers

Gimmicks doin' a lot for the dollars, I don't acknowledge them

Alcoholics Anonymous, livin' like hippopotamus

Fuckin' 'round with the Oculus, digital me is wildin', I'm free

God watchin', I'm gettin' hit by the breeze

I tend to stumble and slip, but never fall to my knees

I'm living my life in tandem with all the shit I believe

Movin' in unison with my spirit toward the dream

Take it to the block, always focused on the scheme

B&Es, greener weed, all the possibilities

All the soldiers on the Ave falling, somethin' like the leaves

In between, we crack a laugh, then remember how it be

Branchin' off, because really, they don't got nothin' for me

Hear a lot of people talk, but ain't sayin' what they mean

I just focus on they walk, notice if they hit the lean

If I'm missin' what they saying 'cause they rushing when they speak, yeah

[Chorus]

Water in my soul, pressure on my back, pushing through my lows

I go fifty on my road, no one on my back, reaping what I sow

They wonder where I go when I get in my bag, where they can never know

Fires in the cold, flying to the goal (Uh)

Separate the diamonds from the coal, the coal (Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2]

Never actin', no stuntin', I really want the action

Still authentic, I plan to get it and get the practice

If I said it, I meant it, print it, copy and fax it

Lot of people just focus on how empty they glass is

Income comin' aggressive, ironically, it's passive

I'd play my new shit, but they all still dissectin' my last shit

I'm a force, I be solo-dolo, it's out of habit

Shorty trying to love me, she's saddened 'cause living made me callous

Came out the dungeon and then we took the palace

I'm at the function for minutes, feel like I'm moving backwards

I'm on my legacy, put my children ahead of me

Guarding my woman from all the garbage that turned me savage

I'm focusing past the physical, hear it and take it literal

Every syllable audible, hear it and see the visual

Wrote it like, "Yeah, I thought it of you", spittin' somethin' despicable

Flowing, shit is nautical, savin' little for interviews

[Chorus]

Water in my soul, pressure on my back, pushing through my lows

I go fifty on my road, no one on my back, reaping what I sow

They wonder where I go when I get in my bag, where they can never know

Fires in the cold, flying to the goal (Yeah, yeah)

Separate the diamonds from the coal, the coal (Yeah)

[Verse 3]

New year, new issues, don't never let 'em get you

Trust in nothing, look at my woman, I'm wondering, "Who sent you?"

Got the bag and fumbled it and woke up in this sweat pool

Niggas couldn't kill me if they killed me like I'm Deadpool

Made this shit for youngins mixing vodka with the Red Bull

I write the future, if you was wondering what my pen do

Thought I'd be a loser, misguided, hungry, disheveled

I'm runnin' shit so crazy, don't need the trophies or medals

I'm brushin' off the dust and lay a verse before it settle

Got 'em mimicking my moves, now they calling me Geppetto

I was sittin' in my room, sippin' sour amarettos

Dropping classic after classic, stackin' bangers like they LEGOs

Childish, higher learning, I ain't go to college

Couldn't read me 'cause they couldn't see me through my eyelids

I be that example how the pressure make a diamond

And depression make a legend, live progressive on my island, yeah

[Chorus]

Water in my soul, pressure on my back, pushing through my lows

I go fifty on my road, no one on my back, reaping what I sow

They wonder where I go (Go, go) when I get in my bag, where they can never know

Fires in the cold, flying to the goal

Separate the diamonds from the coal, the coal