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ball don't lie

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ball don't lie

Release date: 8th August 2023

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"ball don't lie" is a single by MIKE, released 8th August 2023. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 4 articles about MIKE.

About the Artist

MIKE

MIKE

Lyrics

ball don't lie

Shoot your shot
Ball don't lie the ball don't lie ay ay ay
Ball don't lie the ball don't lie
Shoot your shot
Ball don't lie the ball don't lie just shoot your shot yeah
It never has
I like it a lot yeah
I got the rock in my hand bitch
We got a shot
They don't speak my language
We don't got to talk
We've been gone for days and
I don't got to stop
I like it a lot
Like it a lot yeah
I need space
So I'm smoking on some NASA
Tidal wave
At the crib let's throw an after
Either way
You could stay or you could crash yeah
Tidal wave
You can hear them waves crashing
You can hear them waves crash
You can hear them waves crashing
Crash
You can hear them things crash
Pressure got em folding like an omelet
Baby I'm like Brady in the pocket
These psychedelics turn me to a prophet
Baby said she like the way I'm talkin'
With my back against the wall
I got your number and I'm gonna call
I got no problem with walkin' the walk
I got a limp when I'm walkin' the walk
I got a limp when I'm walkin' the walk
I make it look like a walk in the park
But you know it's not
Yeah you know it's not
I ain't got no time to waste
It's a ratchet vibe today
Woke up on the edge and I'm down to jump
I'm so high I fly away
Ball don't lie the ball don't lie ay ay ay
Ball don't lie the ball don't lie
Shoot your shot
Ball don't lie the ball don't lie just shoot your shot yeah
It never has
I like it a lot yeah
I ball don't lie and neither do I
I'm on a permanent vibe
One way or another me and brothers
We've been keeping it live
I feel like my time the whole time
While barely believing in time
Might get on the mic and talk about life
I don't even need it to rhyme
Fuck rap I'm still hitting the spot
Its like I'm deep inside
The crib is a tidal wave
Why would I leave this vibe
I spend most my life on demon time
The rest I'll be retired
To get what we got you gon need
To sign the deals that we decline
This whole place in the culture we design
The ball don't lie the ball don't lie
All we needed was time

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Track details

ball don't lie

2023Single

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Release year

2023

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Where You WasTenth Scale Tales

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Top Floor FreestyleTenth Scale Tales

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This Song Aint Got No NameTenth Scale Tales

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Run It UpTenth Scale Tales

School of the StreetsTenth Scale Tales

How To MoveTenth Scale Tales

Sei un pensiero fisso

life got crazy (live in concert)

like blood (live in concert)

rodman (live in concert)

Sangue congelato

È bastato un addio

nuthin i can do is wrng

catalogue cabin

i don't wanna party

little more time

nothin2say (Never Forget)

*storm & the calm

IpariBlack Soap

Like Mask (feat. Adé Sayyed)Black Soap

God Save the QueenBlack Soap

Comfort AjokeBlack Soap

Of Home (feat. Cheikhuana Bamba Fall)Black Soap

Time Ain't EnoughBlack Soap

MinistryBlack Soap

Keep SpinningResistance Man

Stargazer Pt.1Resistance Man

You've Been Blessed (feat. Camden Malik)Resistance Man

Coin Chasa W / Darryl JohnsonResistance Man

Stargazer Pt.2Resistance Man

Wait for MeBY THE WATER

HurdlesBY THE WATER

GnatsBY THE WATER

God's with MeBY THE WATER

Galactic Halo (Summer Of 2000 Edit)

Més Que Un Club

What Difference Does It Make

The Art of Love

Unity (NYC Nights Theme 2010)

Mi Casa Su Casa / Winter Night In NYC

Sunrise at Palamos 2009

Changes 'R Good

Voices From The Inside

Strange World 2006

Turn Out the Lights (The Remixes)

Turn Out the Lights

Future Platform One

Future Platform Two

Sunrise At Palamos

The Voice of God: Remixes

Battle (Ready for War)

Far Above the Clouds

Crime of Passion

Moonlight Shadow

Whose Your Latest?

Channel 19 / Only With You

Shake the Hand / You Can't Stop Me From Dreamin'

You (Are the Answer to My Prayer) / I'm Gonna Knock on Your Door

Spring Break (Original Mix)

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MIKE — How To Move (from Tenth Scale Tales) [2:01]

MIKE — Sei un pensiero fisso

MIKE — Luci e ombre

MIKE — Tutto al 100%

MIKE — malibu breeze

MIKE — we die once

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MIKE — Red Jacket 6

MIKE — like blood (live in concert)

MIKE — rodman (live in concert)

MIKE — woosah

MIKE — Sangue congelato

MIKE — È bastato un addio

MIKE — Cuore spezzato

MIKE — £2U$D

MIKE — i'm sorry

MIKE — nuthin i can do is wrng

MIKE — long legs

MIKE — act right

MIKE — good day

MIKE — up again

MIKE — Makeda

MIKE — commas

MIKE — hail mary

MIKE — In My World

MIKE — so sick

MIKE — catalogue cabin

MIKE — i don't wanna party

MIKE — in & out

MIKE — little more time

MIKE — turncoats

MIKE — been thinking

MIKE — nothin2say (Never Forget)

MIKE — fortune teller

MIKE — REGRETS

MIKE — Numbered Dayz

MIKE — *storm & the calm

MIKE — Intersection

MIKE — Talk Less

MIKE — Ipari (from Black Soap) [3:36]

MIKE — Like Mask (feat. Adé Sayyed) (from Black Soap) [3:14]

MIKE — God Save the Queen (from Black Soap) [3:28]

MIKE — Comfort Ajoke (from Black Soap) [2:20]

MIKE — Of Home (feat. Cheikhuana Bamba Fall) (from Black Soap) [2:58]

MIKE — Time Ain't Enough (from Black Soap) [2:21]

MIKE — Ministry (from Black Soap) [3:22]

MIKE — All Hits

MIKE — Keep Spinning (from Resistance Man) [3:38]

MIKE — Stargazer Pt.1 (from Resistance Man) [2:08]

MIKE — You've Been Blessed (feat. Camden Malik) (from Resistance Man) [2:02]

MIKE — Coin Chasa W / Darryl Johnson (from Resistance Man) [2:45]

MIKE — Stargazer Pt.2 (from Resistance Man) [2:08]

MIKE — Wait for Me (from BY THE WATER) [1:48]

MIKE — Hurdles (from BY THE WATER) [2:25]

MIKE — Gnats (from BY THE WATER) [2:02]

MIKE — God's with Me (from BY THE WATER) [2:18]

MIKE — This Feeling

MIKE — Respire

MIKE — Galactic Halo (Summer Of 2000 Edit)

MIKE — Natural Source

MIKE — Canvas

MIKE — We Are!

MIKE — Més Que Un Club

MIKE — Athlete

MIKE — What Difference Does It Make

MIKE — The Art of Love

MIKE — Unity (NYC Nights Theme 2010)

MIKE — Mi Casa Su Casa / Winter Night In NYC

MIKE — Sunrise at Palamos 2009

MIKE — Nu Sensation

MIKE — Changes 'R Good

MIKE — Shipwrecked

MIKE — Voices From The Inside

MIKE — Strange World 2006

MIKE — Massive Motion

MIKE — Fuego Caliente

MIKE — Best Of...

MIKE — Turn Out the Lights (The Remixes)

MIKE — Turn Out the Lights

MIKE — Future Platform One

MIKE — Future Platform Two

MIKE — Sunrise At Palamos

MIKE — Fear Me

MIKE — The Voice of God: Remixes

MIKE — Futurism

MIKE — Battle (Ready for War)

MIKE — St. Sylvestre

MIKE — Got To Have It

MIKE — Clubphase

MIKE — Far Above the Clouds

MIKE — The Vibe

MIKE — Phrase Two

MIKE — Phrase One

MIKE — Tattoo

MIKE — Earth Moving

MIKE — Magic Touch

MIKE — Flying Start

MIKE — Crime of Passion

MIKE — Moonlight Shadow

MIKE — Whose Your Latest?

MIKE — Mistake

MIKE — Channel 19 / Only With You

MIKE — Guilty

MIKE — Ommadawn

MIKE — Just For Kicks

MIKE — Come Outside

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God Save the QueenBlack Soap
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