The Fall

[00:00.59] We dey kyɛɛ
[00:00.95] But hopefully God go make us predators
[00:03.41] And you for bake before you go eat cake yeah
[00:06.10] Will I be successful? If only Drake stares
[00:08.65] Massa this ain't fair
[00:09.33] You no go barb until you end up in the studio with your idol
[00:11.73] On a label that you always told your friends that you'll sign to
[00:14.35] Feeling like you made it to the finals
[00:16.39] Small time the blow up go dey find you
[00:18.05] The whole city behind you
[00:19.69] Remember winning, it's time to
[00:21.25] Spin em true tales to a classic mixtape
[00:23.74] Figure the label go have your back
[00:24.70] But then throw you to the sharks
[00:25.89] You be smart so you play the optics
[00:27.96] But the fact, is the cards, on the ground
[00:29.74] No be great for options
[00:30.92] Producers se nana y'asigne wo deɛ a tua yɛn beat ka
[00:33.64] Efiefoɔ ate, ɔmo refrɛ for sika
[00:35.56] Wo nnipa joe se he dey from day 1
[00:37.46] No be this thing we pray for?
[00:38.76] So how e set e no dey get the cake some?
[00:40.70] Make man, depressed
[00:42.16] He just, dey crib, dey stress
[00:44.11] 3 singles, no hit, radio no dey pick sef
[00:46.60] You turn entourage for EL
[00:47.87] I mean you're happy to be there
[00:49.28] Opening act on every stage
[00:50.57] But Nobody sef dey care
[00:51.82] Fans dey talk, say you flop
[00:53.72] And you're losing your groove
[00:54.67] Pappy drop, he on top
[00:55.96] For you nothing dey move
[00:57.14] You abusing the booze
[00:58.37] Taking it out on your boo
[00:59.31] Mummy still dey call dey biz what you dey do
[01:01.87] Cos I've been waiting long ain't getting this call
[01:04.59] And I be staying strong watching fellas dey ball
[01:07.17] But Baby I'm falling
[01:09.86] Baby I'm falling
[01:11.43] Falling
[01:12.35] Cos I've been waiting long ain't getting this call
[01:14.90] And I be staying strong watching fellas dey ball
[01:17.58] But Baby I'm falling
[01:20.24] Baby I'm falling
[01:21.60] Falling
[01:22.14] You no go barb until you link up with this label mate you know
[01:24.59] And finally crack the code
[01:25.91] Pen & Paper start the blow
[01:27.26] Calls dey come for the shows
[01:28.56] But the shows no dey match the kwacha
[01:30.37] The big shows all you dey play for barter
[01:32.22] Transpo sef matter
[01:33.45] They tell you that bi how e dey
[01:34.94] Wo first hit deɛ free shows you go play
[01:36.83] You for dey, everywhere
[01:38.15] So the fans go see you big
[01:39.60] Someway, but you balance am
[01:41.00] Cos plenty small shows dey come
[01:42.42] Winneba strip club koraa mo gyee bam
[01:44.53] And Lauryn Hill put you on her tour
[01:46.34] VGMA best rapper ɛnyɛ obidi a nka
[01:48.59] That year sef you chop
[01:49.89] The label too dey sort
[01:51.08] 30% on everything
[01:52.45] Successful, yet still, something is off
[01:54.90] They make you drop a song that clashes with your spirit
[01:57.14] It becomes your biggest ever joint leaving you livid
[01:59.84] Your legacy cannot be those lyrics
[02:01.66] So you start to pull away
[02:02.89] Your partner sef no dey pull ein weight
[02:04.59] Or so you say
[02:05.51] You tell them free shows no deɛ m'awie
[02:07.39] And I'll be going away
[02:08.77] The label slows down the promo
[02:10.14] You ain't popping no mo
[02:11.69] You start slumping
[02:12.69] This Could've been something
[02:13.83] But your ego was in the way
[02:14.91] Cos I've been waiting long ain't getting this call
[02:17.47] And I be staying strong watching fellas dey ball
[02:20.10] But Baby I'm falling
[02:22.87] Baby I'm falling
[02:24.60] Falling
[02:26.15] Long ain't getting this call
[02:27.91] And I be staying strong watching fellas dey ball
[02:30.52] But Baby I'm falling
[02:33.30] Baby I'm falling
[02:34.72] Falling
[02:35.12] You no go barb until you get the vim to bet on your self
[02:37.71] Making your people mad cos you dey mess up what dey sell
[02:40.04] Winning formula, cos of you PnP 2? shelved
[02:43.06] Secof you feel you get something wey you for tell the world
[02:45.51] You make an album for your brothers they are hoping it fails
[02:47.93] So you jump back in the group and you, humble yourself
[02:50.63] But my pride is all I have and I'll tell you what else
[02:53.36] I'll tighten my belt before I ever beg for help
[02:56.52] Cos I've been doing me
[02:58.07] Since two gee
[02:59.11] Every time I try dey go
[03:00.59] Something dey zook me
[03:01.85] They judge me guilty
[03:03.18] Biz the jury
[03:04.20] So why them no won make I shine like the jewelery
[03:19.66] Hard headed, Always been set in my ways
[03:21.44] Time - the only real currency, I've been betting my days
[03:23.94] And though, it may be hard for you to get me I pray
[03:26.75] You see, the height, of my respect in my face
[03:29.24] Shaker you're a legend to me
[03:30.89] Though you never complain
[03:32.25] I know I let you down as I was jetting away
[03:34.41] But I'll always follow my heart, it never led me astray
[03:37.18] Confidence in my pace until they take me away
[03:39.52] Sometimes I wonder
[03:40.82] All the advice, what if I listened?
[03:42.55] Dropped I no dey instead of Corolla and it was crickets
[03:45.17] And Lomi doesn't want me on that song for me to kill it
[03:47.57] BBnZ never calls, and the school I finish
[03:50.30] NSS at NMC
[03:51.69] My rap career withers
[03:52.63] Words end up on the page-s
[03:54.63] Of newspapers
[03:55.59] Or I end up on TV
[03:56.98] Because of my face
[03:57.90] Or I research applica-tions
[04:00.00] And I chase
[04:00.86] A Phd in English
[04:02.14] So I can end my days
[04:03.56] Somewhere in America as Dr. LK
[04:06.02] Associate professor
[04:07.45] And the world never
[04:08.65] Gets, The Shining, P&P, Up & Awake
[04:11.09] For My Brothers doesn't drop
[04:12.58] On that November day
[04:13.76] And the boy who dm'd me
[04:15.17] Saying that I saved
[04:16.46] Him
[04:17.03] Is consumed by his grief, and he makes
[04:19.12] His way up to a peak, jumps and falls
[04:22.06] To his grave
[04:24.34] What else in the world would've changed?
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