Rich Rhetoric

[Verse 1]

I ain't tie a lace on my sneakers since I was ten

All the inspiration I needed was by the bench

Eighteen look like thirty to fifth graders

And smell like Dior Fahrenheit and Phillie paper

Know the vibe now, from how I was catching it then

Like when it dies down, you go out and stretch 'em again

Paint pickany, whether by example or literately

Literally here to hand to hand you epiphanies

Literally, same corner loops we was raised on

Flip A to Z and cruise, word to a Faison

All love, or whichever part that the phase on

Hundred thousandaires in the coupe to set the stage for

Scene set, play your role and bet your scene stretch

Carry the loop forever like it was Keith Sweat

Bet it last, forever or what you make it do

But know the rhetoric is irreplaceable

[Chorus]

They said to keep it richer, said to keep it richer

Sing it 'til the morning, lullabies and liquor

Sing it 'til the morning, swear that we got the picture

And treated it like if God sent word to the curb

They told us to keep it richer, said to keep it richer

Sing it 'til the morning, lullabies and liquor

Sing it 'til the morning, swear that we got the picture

And treated it like if God sent word to the curb

They told us to keep it richer

[Verse 2]

Rich talk from a broke adolescent with bigger eyes

But turned richer from how he listened when sitting by

Like this shit is whatever if ever you hit a stride

Saw them decorate a parade and then they died

Corner like a campus, talk turn rampant

Bottom of my fitted gray like misunderstandings

Young city bandit, lugging it single handedly

Where they're arms deep in the Os like Vinsanity

So simple, can it be

Aura of it all draped over like canopies

Guard us from the dormant, part it like a chorus

Never forget what sticks

Like how the city was better when Melo was still a Knick

Peace, God, word to the 7 threaded on my Compound

Sometimes it gotta get blatant for shit calm down

Words from the wise whether they're here or not still

And all the rubber bands I rock still

[Chorus]

They said to keep it richer, they said to keep it richer

Sing it 'til the morning, lullabies and liquor

Sing it 'til the morning, swear that we got the picture

And treated it like if God sent word to the curb

They told us to keep it richer, said to keep it richer

Sing it 'til the morning, lullabies and liquor

Sing it 'til the morning, swear that we got the picture

And treated it like if God sent word to the curb

They told us to keep it richer

[Verse 3]

That's all that they spoke for

And hoping you heard 'em right is all that you hope for

A few get roped in and a few get roped off

And know where you keep it at, vision like O-Dog, 'cause yo, pa

My man caught a bad one, son, lawyers was fighting

He bidded, came home and called me while I was writing

Reunited like the best song on the second Wu shit

Followed by the cream part two shit, the truth is

Cash is part of how we knew shit

Like how much these cost and how much the coupe fit

And most of the time they only threw that talk once

And lucky for us we always knew us how to loop shit

They said to keep it richer

[Interlude]

May I help you?

I want some flowers

The whole thing?

The whole thing

It's very expensive

I know, I'll pay