Thank Me Now

[00:00.31] You could thank me now
[00:01.83] Uh, go 'head
[00:05.21] Thank me later, yeah, I know what I said
[00:08.32] But later doesn't always come, so instead
[00:11.29] It's okay, you could thank me now
[00:15.61] Uh, yeah, well, alright, here I go
[00:25.55] Uh, Mahalo from the hardest act to follow
[00:29.25] Lately, I've been drinking like there's a message in a bottle
[00:32.36] Alohas to women with no ties
[00:34.85] To men that I know well, that way there are no lies
[00:37.98] You could thank me now for all the info I give to you niggas
[00:41.62] I'm on the brink of influential, I'm here for you niggas
[00:45.02] I guess a hit doesn't add up to a career for you niggas
[00:48.14] I must have been hard to watch, what a year for you niggas
[00:50.99] It's December 31st and we in Miami just meditating
[00:55.14] You got the resolutions, we just got reservations
[00:57.91] Living out a dream, it feels like I stayed up
[01:00.82] And we just wanna party, Patron straight up
[01:03.94] Fuck that old shit, I'm on new things
[01:07.39] OVO Clique, Red Wing Boot Gang
[01:10.47] Yeah, we want it all, half was never the agreement
[01:13.56] Who'd thought the route we chose would ever end up this scenic?
[01:16.79] I could relate to kids going straight to the league
[01:19.53] When they recognize that you got what it takes to succeed
[01:22.78] And that's around the time that your idols become your rivals
[01:25.86] You make friends with Mike but gotta A.I. him for your survival
[01:29.06] Damn, I swear sports and music are so synonymous
[01:33.04] 'Cause we wanna be them and they wanna be us
[01:35.95] Yeah, so on behalf of the demanded
[01:38.55] And the entertainment that you take for granted
[01:40.80] Y-you could thank me now
[01:42.47] And oh my goodness, you're welcome, you're welcome
[01:45.38] At this point, me is who I'm trying to save myself from
[01:48.21] Rappers hit me up, and I never know what to tell them
[01:51.39] 'Cause they think that I can help them get back to where they fell from
[01:54.76] But drink up 'cause everyone here is good tonight
[01:58.01] Except the niggas that I came with, they good for life
[02:01.44] Yeah, that's how you know it's going down
[02:03.82] In case another chance never comes around
[02:06.17] Y-You could thank me now (thank me now), uh, go 'head
[02:11.99] Thank me later, yeah, I know what I said
[02:14.59] But later doesn't always come, so instead
[02:17.89] It's okay, you could thank me now (you, you, you)
[02:31.92] Uh, shallow nigga but deep enough to have gone swimming
[02:36.13] I think I'm spending all my time with the wrong women
[02:39.29] I think I'll have a chance at love but knowing me, I'll miss it
[02:42.65] 'Cause me dedicating my time just isn't realistic
[02:45.74] Man, the good girls went silent on me
[02:48.81] They got a boyfriend or left for college on me
[02:51.99] And all the bad ones I used to hit are friends now
[02:54.83] That make me wish I had a little less mileage on me
[02:58.28] But do I ever come up in discussion over double pump lattes
[03:02.36] And low fat muffins? Do I?
[03:04.93] Or is missing what we had outta the question
[03:07.81] I'm probably just the reason that you learned your lesson
[03:11.02] I got flows for the Marilyn Monroes who there before it all
[03:15.19] I guess that's how it goes
[03:16.78] They hear about your cons, but focus on your pros
[03:19.85] And love you for who you are from the bottom of they soul
[03:23.14] But those same ones from your area will grow
[03:26.01] Into women that are ready to get married at "hello"
[03:29.26] Because of what they allow
[03:30.80] Where are they all now
[03:32.38] I know they're somewhere watching, so I'm trying to make 'em proud
[03:35.57] Searching for the meaning
[03:37.19] You'll find it next to me
[03:38.64] They tell me I'm the hottest, guess we finally get to see
[03:42.09] I'm feeling like Nas who am I to disagree
[03:44.92] They say that doors will open up as soon as you find the missing key
[03:48.35] It's probably why I'm in this bitch shining
[03:50.96] Jump up in the sky and put the stars into alignment
[03:54.01] I rep the ATF in case you need to be reminded
[03:56.95] And the bandwagon's full, but you can try and run behind it
[04:00.06] I'm sorry, poolside drinking, Margarita rounds
[04:04.03] Shout out to my city, though I hardly be in town
[04:07.18] I'm the black sheep, but Chris Farley wears the crown
[04:10.34] And I know life is just a game in which the cards are facing down
[04:14.29] I'm in the world where things are taken, never given
[04:16.82] How long they choose to love you will never be your decision
[04:19.75] And I'm aware that this could be the last time you listen
[04:22.98] So while I'm still here in this position
[04:25.35] Y-you could thank me now (thank me now), uh, go 'head (go 'head)
[04:30.53] Thank me later, yeah, I know what I said (what I said)
[04:33.94] But later doesn't always come, so instead
[04:36.89] It's okay, you could thank me now
[04:49.76] It's a- okay (okay)
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