Price of the Streets

[Verse 1] Hey yo, the rough and tough but even rawer and worse, there's no reward or dessert Like Friday night, people from church, wait, got it all in reverse Hit the back of my foot and turn the shoe, 'twas an accident Pull a beast move, have you in a backbreaker Made of water and dirt, met at the core of the earth Call a man "bald head," short for a jerk Throw a lighter at the end of the bridge, burnin' a port Rhyme I made, killer bee swarm, you hearin' it first [Verse 2] Step up, but if you in the car, back out the parking space I don't mean what you doin' with her, ain't talkin' face Every morning when I'm up, I'm lookin' for a pound I'm like my homie in Ohio, I be talkin' weight These bars cold, they probably in the Arctic place Like the felon who got off, we gettin' off today I get sick of this sh't, throw the faucet away So I threw it out the window, now the faucet break And now the window, it's broken too I told 'em I was takin' over and they told me, "Dude" But my flow been ill, like a COVID flu It's been sick since the first time I told a dude It's so crazy how they hate and get to talkin' But when I'm around, you see that dude switch the topic 'Cause if they wanna act crazy and they wanna get to brawlin' They gon' need the bulletproof vest with the metal in the pockets Because [Hook] [Female Sung/Melodic] They say money talk, but my silence is louder (Louder, yeah) I been keepin' the peace, but the power is powder (Powder) You can lie to the world, but your lies don't fool me I know the price of the street, and it's paid in the jewelry. So don't cross the line, boy, don't move too careless (Careless) 'Cause the love is expensive, and the hatred is merit. [Verse 3] I'm a man of my word, it never meant nothin' to me I thought you wasn't in town, I heard you was under the sheet I'm like a new restaurant, I'm comin' with beef Tellin' my man "be a wave," come in the sea Swim with the fishes Like when a pair of leather pants stick to the britches The enforcers pull up quick, they hearin' the whistles Only time you should be clean is when you countin' the digits You start gettin' tired, lookin' like you need to switch all your shifts up The money got long, I'm doin' the splits in a Lyft truck My youngin got tools, he ain't learnin' no trade He gon' turn a full brick to a couple of slabs and a fade. [Verse 4] I used to ride the bus, now it's all tint on the coupe I see my past self starin' through the glass—told him "shoot!" The price for my time's goin' up, I'm chargin' a fee You ain't livin' for the city, you just campin' with me I'm the main event, watch the way I step out on the floor The only thing fake about me is the check when it's poor Used to call me a dog, now they call me a K-9 I got four different lines waitin' just to get a lay-in Yeah, I'm sittin' on a fortune, but I'm still starvin' You try to be a lion, but you lookin' like a garden My whole team is wired, we don't need a single plan I'm just lookin' at your chain and tryna figure out the man. [Hook] [Female Sung/Melodic] They say money talk, but my silence is louder (Louder, yeah) I been keepin' the peace, but the power is powder (Powder) You can lie to the world, but your lies don't fool me I know the price of the street, and it's paid in the jewelry. So don't cross the line, boy, don't move too careless (Careless) 'Cause the love is expensive, and the hatred is merit. Outro [Beat begins to subtly fade, heavy bass remains] [Rapper's Voice, spoken, gravelly, and close to the mic] Yeah. You heard what she said. The price is the piece you wearin'. It's all on the clock now. You start thinkin' too much about the lights... you forget about the switch. Don't look back. Don't call for a ride. The sea is still waitin'. [Bass and remaining synth drone fade completely]