SAFETY

[00:06.62] Ay, can you go check on her real quick?
[00:09.78] Alright, safety (where you're from, Bunce Road, throw your hands up)
[00:12.96] (Ay, can you go check on the baby real quick?)
[00:13.34] It's that Bragg Boulevard, reportin' live from (safety)
[00:15.87] I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[00:17.92] I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home? (Yeah, alright, safety)
[00:21.17] Kane Road, Eutaw, throw your hands up
[00:23.39] Bardy John, Lewis Heights, yeah, it's been a while (alright, safety)
[00:25.96] I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[00:28.05] I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home? (Yeah)
[00:31.23] Yo, Jermaine, what's the word?
[00:33.05] I got a new numbеr, delete that old onе
[00:34.91] By now, I'm sure you must've heard
[00:36.59] 'Bout how I got jammed up and had to sit some
[00:38.85] It's nothin', though I did longer bids, this was a quick one
[00:41.69] I never hit you 'cause I know niggas be playin' victim
[00:44.03] Beggin' you for big sums of dough
[00:46.09] When income's low, that ain't my style, it'll never be
[00:48.72] To me, you'll always be my dog, not a celebrity
[00:51.36] And plus, you did enough, wired me bands
[00:53.16] Way back when it was rough, last night
[00:55.17] When it was dusk, ran into Jizzle at Cross Creek
[00:57.42] You know how he be movin' like he in a rush
[00:59.66] Told him, "Come through to the crib over at Haymount Hills"
[01:02.44] We sat in my living room, where then we lit a Dutch
[01:04.83] I ain't even know that he smoke like that
[01:06.44] Drank a few beers, it's been years since we joked like that
[01:09.40] Yo, I seen Brina on the 'Gram, she don't post like that
[01:12.01] But bro, she's still bad, one of the baddest bitches the 'Ville had
[01:15.21] Lotta these hos fallin' off, and it's real sad
[01:17.52] How time can rob us of our best days
[01:19.73] As we slave for peasant wage with no nest egg
[01:22.19] Saved for rainy days, but anyways, what's up?
[01:24.89] I thought about you, holla at me
[01:26.38] I would love to catch up, but I know you busy
[01:28.26] But you in my prayers, God bless you and your affairs
[01:30.91] Stay aware 'cause real niggas is rare, dog, safety
[01:33.23] Safety, safety, safety (Westside, Cliffdale, throw your hands up)
[01:35.64] (Merc Mob, Charlesboro, reportin' live from)
[01:37.96] I know the whole world blowin' up your phone (safety, safety)
[01:40.59] I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home?
[01:43.28] Safety, safety, safety (Northside, Terror Garden, where my dawgs from)
[01:46.11] (Hope Mills, Bent Creek, yeah, it's been a while)
[01:48.29] I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[01:50.56] I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home? (Uh)
[01:53.64] Ay, bro, what's goin' on?
[01:55.10] I feel no way when you don't respond, dog
[01:56.99] I know your heart, and I know our bond
[01:59.04] I know a lot is on your plate and more is on your mind
[02:01.51] But still I hit you time to time when you crossin' mine
[02:04.06] I heard that big Mal died, and no, I couldn't tell you the cause
[02:06.89] I know fentanyl's been leavin' brothers cross-eyed and things
[02:10.17] Can't tell what's killin' more niggas, drugs or crossfire
[02:12.49] When moms cry, it's a shame, as of late, I've seen
[02:15.15] An uptick in motorcades, but not for the president
[02:18.60] These processions are for the negligent
[02:20.42] So I don't care to hang out
[02:21.79] These younger niggas even quicker than I was to bang out
[02:24.32] Oh, shit, forgot to say I got a daughter now
[02:26.62] Here's a picture, she's startin' to look more like her father now
[02:29.31] When she cries, her mama put on your songs to calm her down
[02:32.13] It's wild, how just the sound of your voice, it brought a smile
[02:34.85] Dog, I'm proud, you made it out of this bitch
[02:36.80] Few things are better when a nigga from the bottom get rich
[02:39.53] Although I'm sure it brings its own set of problems
[02:42.02] Most of the city love you, though a couple seem jealous of your stardom
[02:44.76] Like, what's up with old buddy that's makin' songs 'bout you?
[02:47.22] Was about to punish him vicious, but then I thought about you
[02:49.76] And what you would say, might tell me to chill, but he violatin' for real
[02:53.01] Let me know when you comin' back to the 'Ville, dog, safety
[02:55.49] Safety, safety, safety ([?], Faye' State, throw your hands up) whoo
[02:58.45] (Hillsborough, central jive, reportin' live from)
[03:00.58] I know the whole world blowin' up your phone (safety, safety)
[03:03.30] I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home
[03:05.95] Safety, safety, safety (grateful road, whole country, put your hands up)
[03:08.65] (Calm down, underdogs, now we worldwide)
[03:10.85] I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[03:13.54] I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home
[03:16.04] Yo, hit me back when you get the chance
[03:17.99] So many of our peers passed away through the years
[03:20.45] My appreciation for airs in my lungs has been enhanced
[03:23.22] Yo, Quay passed last night from medical conditions that were too advanced
[03:26.77] For doctors to intervene, they couldn't do a thing
[03:29.32] They say he dwindled away until his size was that of a figurine
[03:32.52] It seemed just like a mystery
[03:34.34] Some say it was Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
[03:37.37] We been known what team he acknowledged
[03:38.98] Since we was kids, he lived in a closet
[03:40.70] But that changed soon as he went to college
[03:42.68] Up there wilin' in the A&T, runnin' with fruity types
[03:45.22] Dick in the booty types, tight pants
[03:47.83] Switchin' their hips, paintin' their nails
[03:49.58] So niggas from the Ville had to distance ourselves
[03:51.98] He felt a way, remember, he was beefin' with me
[03:54.30] That's when he moved to the A, I guess, so he could be free
[03:56.91] But years later, I heard they seen him walkin' on Bragg (oh-oh-oh-oh)
[03:59.77] At 2 a.m., with a lace front, dressin' in drag
[04:02.43] I shook my head, but still, I began to feel bad (oh-oh)
[04:05.16] It's like his lifestyle was blockin' all the love that we had
[04:07.72] We turned our backs on him, some of us called him a fa- (oh-oh-oh-oh)
[04:10.35] Nah, time's changed, I know that's wrong, now that we grown
[04:12.85] I wish I could apologize, 'cause we did him wrong (oh-oh)
[04:15.59] Man, why it feel like recently niggas ain't livin' long?
[04:18.08] Rest in peace to your boy Filthee, I heard about that too
[04:21.06] Last summer, lotta brothers had got murdered out the blue
[04:23.47] Shit was wild, but anyhow, just reachin' out
[04:25.66] Bearin' bad news infused with what I'm thinkin' 'bout
[04:28.42] Here go the obituary, and just in case
[04:31.01] There's a program attached that gives you the time and place
[04:33.66] It's that funeral home off the merc', the one adjace'
[04:35.95] To that used car lot where I copped that Ford Escape
[04:38.59] I know fame make that shit hella awkward to be at wakes
[04:41.06] But I bet it mean a lot to his family to see your face
[04:43.59] If you can make it home, the viewin' is on Thursday
[04:46.22] Funeral on Friday, by plane or by highway, yo' safety
[04:50.78] (Safety, safety, safety)
[04:53.94] Safety (safety, safety)
[04:57.98] Huh, alright, safety
[04:59.55] I gave up, I got time's up, too stressed to reply
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