Ring the Alarm

[Verse 1: Avelino]

I payed my dues with effort

I still lose count counting my blessings

Sold dubs at my gigs, pain is the essence

Now I'm making hits, taking them hits made me a weapon

Uh, I never had a pot to piss in

Now I piss in a pot of gold and watch it glisten

In a race with my own race, that's not the mission

That's why I'd rather link WSTRN than cop a Smith &

Every time that top was missing, I went missing

Came back and left the old me, my friends miss him

How am I gonna stay the same tryna make a difference?

Tryna make a living, then make a killing and live killing shit

I mind my business cuh my mind's on my businesses

Kicked out of business studies, studied my businesses

It's kind of crucial what Ms. Simmons did

I've got away with words, a way with words cause I'm a lyricist

Mumma needs a new stove so I do stove

Could have got sectioned, I had to do road

And now I've got some new dough off a new flow

Couple diamonds, I can kill one bird with two stones

[Pre-Hook: Tiggs Da Author]

I used to wake up in the AM, cold showers

While I hear my Nana praying, amen

Counting money, watching Boondocks

Then I put it in my shoebox, still tryna put my crew on

[Hook: Tiggs Da Author]

Ring the alarm, ring the alarm

Everybody run when the po po come

All I see is a smoking gun

Whoa, yeah

Ring the alarm, ring the alarm

Everybody wanna be all in, so

I'mma stay up till the morning comes

Whoa, yeah

[Verse 2: Avelino]

How am I going to sign a deal with ya, even deal with ya?

If you don't deal with me properly, what's the deal with ya?

I was taught to be real with ya, so I'm real with ya

Though I'm in Tommy Hilfiger, still a real nigga

Yeah, my plan A was my plan B

I only planned my A levels for my family

And now I'm with a bad bitch and some bad breed youts

Even though I can't change them, I can teach

The things we used to do for figures

Now I do a one show and that's a new four figures

I can go forever and a few more minutes

I'm just tryna paint pictures, I don't do this for the image

I do this for the broke niggas

Not the 'lose a little hope and it's over', they're some joke niggas

I don't dodge my old women

Cause there's nothing wrong with gold diggers

When you dig for gold with your own niggas

Shining, from the ground up, we was grinding

Told the mandem watch cause it's timing

The top is like a DM, I'mma slide in

And bring my people through, I've got pride in my lions

[Pre-Hook: Tiggs Da Author]

I used to wake up in the AM, cold showers

While I hear my Nana praying, amen

Counting money, watching Boondocks

Then I put it in my shoebox, still tryna put my crew on

[Hook: Tiggs Da Author]

Ring the alarm, ring the alarm

Everybody run when the po po come

All I see is a smoking gun

Whoa, yeah

Ring the alarm, ring the alarm

Everybody wanna be all in, so

I'mma stay up till the morning comes

Whoa, yeah

[Bridge: Avelino]

Don't tell me about no hard knock life

When you've had a good dream, the alarm's not nice

Heart on my sleeve but my garms weren't nice

I would talk to myself and ask for advice

Like, how am I gonna get this dough?

And was it really worth my time? Do I say yes or no?

Do I let shit slide or do I get involved?

And everything changed when I went with the flow, yeah

[Pre-Hook: Tiggs Da Author]

I used to wake up in the AM, cold showers

While I hear my Nana praying, amen

Counting money, watching Boondocks

Then I put it in my shoebox, still tryna put my crew on

[Hook: Tiggs Da Author]

Ring the alarm, ring the alarm

Everybody run when the po po come

All I see is a smoking gun

Whoa, yeah