Momentum

[Intro: Russ]

Yeah, yeah

[Verse 1: Russ]

Don’t compare me to employees who hopin' they see a check

I’m in a drop top McLaren just hopin' I see an ex

She hopin' we reconnect, no chance

I’m tryna be bigger than the Beatles, not hold hands

Keep on throwing stones, I'ma make statues

No face tats, but people got my face tattooed

Freeing the damned by being free as I am

And speaking belief into people sittin' with reason to stand

Who just might be needing a hand, I got you

9th Wonder blessed, provided the gospеl

I feel God-like, my fans all feel like apostles

Modеl your mind after mine and you gon' be just fine

Model your mind off these other guys and you gon' die

That’s why I’m always at the head of the table, follow my lead

I'm a money tree, women tryna swallow my seed

You wasn’t with me at my roots, though

I’ve been on a quest for love for women with a Roots fro

And potential like a JUCO

Athlete, catch me in the backseat with ass cheeks on my lap

We in Utah, so we fuck to a jazz beat

It’s actually therapeutic, she classy, I’m Ferris Bueller

Swimming out in Turks and Caicos, beware of the barracudas

I got heart, I’m the cause, my life is just the effect

I’m altering my reality, living in VFX

Made a half million dollars, then fell asleep on a jet

Fuck the club up, Atlanta ain’t seen this since BMF

Told my accountant, "Reinvest," gotta pound of weed for stress

I might drop two platinum albums in a year like DMX

Keep on living in my light and let my faith just lead the way

'Cause if I’m taking y'alls advice, I’m probably making y’alls mistakes

Instead, I’m out in Egypt, just baskin in the results

Of listening to myself and mappin' out all my goals, uh

My career is a course in self-confidence

And how ownership leads to opulence, adjust your oculus

If you tryna rise to prominence

Bust down the doors, assert dominance when you call your first conference

I’m honest with my women, that’s probably why they all hate me

They focused on bein' Lori, I’m focused on bein' Jay-Z

The run that I’m on is gonna be longer than the Euphrates

Gotta super model chick that’s badder than Tom Brady’s

Rap game bunch of clowns in disguise like John Gacy

You got one plaque, and it’s not even your song, I got eighty

Lately, y’all are lazy, waitin' to be carried

Lotta y’all are dead, you just waitin to be buried

Listen, I’ve been hot since Michelle and Barack

You out your mind if you think I’m gon' stop, ha

[Chorus: Russ]

I didn't come this far to only come this far

I gotta, keep momentum swingin', keep momentum swingin'

I didn't come this far to only come this far

I gotta, keep momentum swingin', keep momentum swingin'

[Verse 2: Benny The Butcher]

Conversation alone in the mirror (Uh-huh)

I told myself before the year up (Before this year over)

I'd be another homeowner and another millionaire, uh (Facts)

My life crazy, but I'm way too busy to tear up (Too busy)

Just please keep them broke vibes from near us (Walk away from me)

We different, I'm not the one to converse (Uh-huh)

By the time you mumble your verse

I'll be in top five company, comfortably, gunnin' for first (First)

If it's rap or either trap, one gon' come with some perks

The other comin' with a six foot hole dug in the earth (Damn)

Look, I know how them numbers lookin', I don't gotta check stats (I don't do that)

The pussy good, but I'll still never text back (Nah)

Being unsigned ain't never changed my potential

With every wave of a pencil, a nigga gaining momentum

Wanna walk in my shoes, but I'm not trading my Christians

For Crocs (Never) but lil' rap niggas only cravin' attention

It's funny when you hot (Funny, uh), but it's ugly when you not

Everybody doubt, then suddenly you pop (Pop)

Niggas sign them 360s, and hope it do something for their stock

But I turned on more money than I got, and that's a lot

Had patience and it helped, I remember thinkin', "Make it big"

Then decorate the crib with paintings of myself

'Cause that who I owe (That's who)

You gotta give yourself credit, they definitely won't (They won't give you shit)

You won't hear this flow so often, so treasure these quotes

As far as cheddar, we know enough plugs with bricks

That I'd probably never be broke

I'm used to not gettin' sleep, that's a twenty-four hour business

Exercisin' my brain like 24 Hour Fitness

Haters look at my jewels, get the feel of resentment

Feelin' like I'm 'posed to buy they friendship (What?)

I remember sellin' merch dolo, mailin' my own shipment (Dolo)

Now I'm on, y'all hoes thinks it's Christmas

Am I the one trippin'? (Me?) even if you think you this nice

It's gon' be hard, try to match my ambition

I'm goin' on a rampage, handguns and champagne

House need a damn maid, my watch need a lampshade

Body language everything, read what my hands say (Read what my hands say)

I'll go a little slower if you need me to translate (Need me to translate)

Boss moves, keep options, that's how you plan safe

Just sealed the deal for a hundred with a handshake

Weighin' out the racks, a hustler who really made it out with rap

With the jewels in the bank accounts to match

The Butcher

[Chorus: Russ]

I didn't come this far to only come this far

I gotta, keep momentum swingin', keep momentum swingin'

I didn't come this far to only come this far

I gotta, keep momentum swingin', keep momentum swingin'

[Verse 3: Black Thought]

Yo, when I first started recording, I swore it was more important

To make it to Soul Train in a gold chain and some Jordans

Than makin' my own lane and then blaze in the trail forward

But I came from the old days where the vision was too distorted

To come to an understanding, a partnership and plannin'

For your marketin' and brandin', though the office was abandoned

Am I surprised? I'm monetized like more Morgan Stanley

I'm in a position now to make a difference for the family

My wife, kids, and in-laws deserve Renoirs

Picassos and Warhols distressing my memoirs

About the knowledge of experiences I've endured

Create the bars, full of information like SIM cards

I left court rooms as a defendant, fully acquitted

In spite of the bloodsuckers who try sully my image

And fightin' with motherfuckers who tried to tell me I'm finished

As if I'd ever consider the sky above as a limit

When I am the scientific, my honor, I'm dying with 'em

Iconic, gifted, it's rare and requires a fairly different

Kind of spirit, far as inner feelings, I ain't tryna hear it

Bein' fearless how I'm pioneered into a higher tier

If I am peerless, I guess I am here 'cause ain't nobody near me

On a pyramid and I'm adhering to the game theory

I maintain, momentum and I made a name clearly

But I can't stop, I believe it's no rest for the wary

From the cards I was dealt, to awards on my shelf

I turned scars to a sense of regard for myself

Based on where I set the bar, I made it hard for myself

I lent the hand before my brothers called for my help

When I was still an inspiring, gun right for the firing

Tryna find a part-time job site that was hirin'

Never concerned with the age or the height requirements

Tryna shake the ways of the hood, like the violence

Watchin' the homies being forced into early retirement

I'm stuck as another product of their environment

I was told that achievement of goal starts to tryin' at

The prize, keep your eye on the hard work, rely on it

And nothing else, don't just hustle for your health

Fear they gon' do nothing for you until you secure your wealth

Focus on the top, I've been hot since before crack rock

You out your mind if you think I'ma stop, yo

[Chorus: Russ]

I didn't come this far to only come this far

I gotta, keep momentum swingin', keep momentum swingin'

I didn't come this far to only come this far

I gotta, keep momentum swingin', keep momentum swingin'