Hands Out

[INSTRUMENTAL — sine lead sliding over snaps, claps skipping in]

[VERSE 1 — cool clipped flow, unbothered]
Friday, I'm in black, earpiece, no expression
Stamping pretty hands that never asked about my profession
Girls I took to prom walk past me with they new mans
Nod at me like staff — I am staff, I understand
DJ playing all my songs, I'm humming through my teeth
Checking IDs while the chorus bounce off the street
Marcello tried to tip me just to skip the line
I took it — rent don't care about my pride, I ain't lying

[HOOK — door chant, call and answer, claps skipping]
Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out)
ID and a wristband, keep it moving, y'all
Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out)
I hear my whole twenties through the wall

[VERSE 2 — flow opens up, warmer]
Day shift at the depot, this is shift number two
Daughter got braces coming — that's what this wristband do
Used to be inside them doors, bottle in my fist
Now I'm outside counting heads and everything I missed
Took an elbow to the lip last week breaking up a scrap
Posted up at 3 AM, counting stragglers, counting cash
I done been the whole party, I done shut that whole floor down
Now the loudest thing I hold is her hand on the school ground

[HOOK — door chant, call and answer]
Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out)
ID and a wristband, keep it moving, y'all
Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out)
I hear my whole twenties through the wall

[BRIDGE — beat drops to snaps and sine lead, voice down]
Some nights it sting (it sting), some nights it's cool (it's cool)
Depends what song is bleeding through the door at ten to two
Old me'd be inside it (inside), running up the plastic
New me's on the threshold where the money's automatic

[HOOK — biggest one, both chants stacked]
Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out)
ID and a wristband, keep it moving, y'all
Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out)
I hear my whole twenties through the wall

[OUTRO — chant fading with the sine lead, one last stamp]
Hands out (hands out) ... have a good night, y'all

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[INSTRUMENTAL — sine lead sliding over snaps, claps skipping in] [VERSE 1 — cool clipped flow, unbothered] Friday, I'm in black, earpiece, no expression Stamping pretty hands that never asked about my profession Girls I took to prom walk past me with they new mans Nod at me like staff — I am staff, I understand DJ playing all my songs, I'm humming through my teeth Checking IDs while the chorus bounce off the street Marcello tried to tip me just to skip the line I took it — rent don't care about my pride, I ain't lying [HOOK — door chant, call and answer, claps skipping] Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out) ID and a wristband, keep it moving, y'all Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out) I hear my whole twenties through the wall [VERSE 2 — flow opens up, warmer] Day shift at the depot, this is shift number two Daughter got braces coming — that's what this wristband do Used to be inside them doors, bottle in my fist Now I'm outside counting heads and everything I missed Took an elbow to the lip last week breaking up a scrap Posted up at 3 AM, counting stragglers, counting cash I done been the whole party, I done shut that whole floor down Now the loudest thing I hold is her hand on the school ground [HOOK — door chant, call and answer] Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out) ID and a wristband, keep it moving, y'all Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out) I hear my whole twenties through the wall [BRIDGE — beat drops to snaps and sine lead, voice down] Some nights it sting (it sting), some nights it's cool (it's cool) Depends what song is bleeding through the door at ten to two Old me'd be inside it (inside), running up the plastic New me's on the threshold where the money's automatic [HOOK — biggest one, both chants stacked] Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out) ID and a wristband, keep it moving, y'all Hands out (hands out), hands out (hands out) I hear my whole twenties through the wall [OUTRO — chant fading with the sine lead, one last stamp] Hands out (hands out) ... have a good night, y'all

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