[INTRO — instrumental, upright bass walking, dusty drums, sax lick] [HOOK — group chant, big and warm] It's the end of the month and we still here (still here!) Fridge light on, nothing in there (nothing!) But we got us, and that's enough for tonight Say we gon' be fine — we gon' be fine It's the end of the month and we still here (still here!) Check the balance, say a prayer (amen!) But we got us, and that's enough for tonight Say we gon' be fine — we gon' be fine [VERSE 1 — urgent melodic flow] Rent check thin like tissue in the rain (uh) Landlord texted twice, I left him on the same Phone that my mama FaceTimes me on Sundays Told her everything's good, she heard the thunder anyway Payday Friday, but the month stretched to Monday Ramen with an egg is a feast when it's fun day Marcus brought a bottle that he found behind his bar Denise brought dominoes and we turned the table hard Laughing till the lamp shade shook up off the wall Neighbor banged the ceiling, we banged back, that's all Ain't nobody crying 'bout a number in an app When your people in the kitchen, man, you're richer than the math [PRE-HOOK — half-sung, building] Wouldn't you know We been broke, been broke before Pride on the floor Still we open up the door like come in, get warm (we gon' be fine) [HOOK — group chant, big and warm] It's the end of the month and we still here (still here!) Fridge light on, nothing in there (nothing!) But we got us, and that's enough for tonight Say we gon' be fine — we gon' be fine [VERSE 2 — playful flow, half-sung] Denise hit a split, slapped the table like a judge (hah) Marcus on his third glass talking 'bout he don't budge Somebody's cousin DJ'ing off a busted speaker phone Every song from 2004, we know them bone for bone I'm thinking 'bout the notice in the pocket of my coat Then somebody grab my hand and pull me to the float We dancing in the kitchen like the rent already paid Maybe that's the secret that the rich already made Joy don't cost a dime and tonight we spend it free Tomorrow we go get it, but tonight we just be If the fridge is empty then we fill it with the noise Of everybody singing at the top of they voice, like — [HOOK — group chant, full stack, biggest moment] It's the end of the month and we still here (still here!) Fridge light on, nothing in there (nothing!) But we got us, and that's enough for tonight Say we gon' be fine — we gon' be fine It's the end of the month and we still here (still here!) Check the balance, say a prayer (amen!) But we got us, and that's enough for tonight Say we gon' be fine — we gon' be fine [OUTRO — sax rides over the chant, fading] (still here... still here...) End of the month But we still here (we gon' be fine)


