Stay Woke

[Verse 1: Royce Da 5'9"]

Yeah, now you see what the Lord doin'

Rippin' pages out the book, I had to make the story fluent

Thanks to Marshall, I'm sober doin' what I enjoy doin'

I'm puttin Chavis Chandler on, had to at least pay it forward to him

Yeah, every other day another star is born

And that's to freshen the decayin' of the art form

Fuck with my commas, shit will be quick

Got what's in my pocket out of the dirt, filthy rich

I stuck to my promise to momma, stay focused

Double entendre, I'm tryna vocally smoke you, you will be missed

The hocus, the pocus, magician doing tricks in this miserable business

Who spit, loyalty, forgiveness through biblical scripts

Of morals and wisdom, paintin' pictures of this

Historical war of attrition who's just, the dopest, the wokest

I'm five years sober

Trauma from my childhood constantly haunts me 'til I finally cry tears over

Sharp as a gauntlet, with thoughts of my side chick in high heels

'Cause I didn't want her, I needed her, though I didn't want her

I'm hot as July, no lie, I wouldn't lie in a sauna

Invest in the truth, don't expect me to buy into moments

They done took the charts over so now y'all scared of them shook niggas?

Jamal Crawford couldn't crossover and sell me them Wolf tickets

[Interlude]

Uhh, "Best Rapper Alive" broadcasts in five

Four, three, two, one

[Verse 2: Royce Da 5'9"]

I’m fly as a dive in the sky in a harness

Anyone alive sleepin' on me can die in pajamas

Police call me a threat to society, though I am a promise

I am a one-of-one like I’d say a Isaiah Thomas

You can’t fathom thinking deep enough to sink the abyss

You think you Pac, I’m thinkin' of sinkin' your Demetrius Shipp

Only thing that I can’t fathom is why the preacher is rich

How to think in the moderation and turn a drink to a sip

I'm private when I fly, I ball out like 'Bron do

You in the game but you sit and coach like Tyronn Lue

Me and my soldiers, we just out here mobbin' like old Italians

Snatching your homie's necklace to rock it with your medallion

Over these groceries, I’m toe-to-toe with your whole battalion

I hit you with four from this .44 like Hova album

I take lives like banned contracepts

All the contraband I collect is Iran contra-esque

Respect the mantra or die at the hands of consciousness

Run up and get left ran down to death on your damn conscious steps

The booze already made me lose, I can't go out like I’m Amy Winehouse

The Lord graciously still kept me here in a place to be

On the corner like baby Blue standin' in timeout

Looking real spiritually aware, pair of Pumas on

Looking like I’m aboard a Lear, headed to uniform

I’m so lyrically rare, I spearheaded the unicorn

[Outro: Ashley Sorrell]

I was born a bold one, sugar-coated

All the way I'm livin' put me in a great position now

Every time they hear me, they say, "Ain't nobody did this, nah"

And if they don't, they shit been off, just listen to the diction in this lyricism

I won't break a fool, they don't want me to blow

But every single show, they hand out like I owe 'em

Already paid my dues and wordings, uh

But if I said it then they still won't know, so I won't waste my time on you

And speakin' on the level that ya never on, the way they hatin' so incredible

My writings on the wall, to you, it's so illegible

I'm invincible, you're sleepin' on me, I'ma stay woke

Yeah yeah yeah, yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah