Sun Don’t Sleep

Yeah, boy back on his feet, yeah Had to crawl through the mud just to eat, yeah Tried to dip, tried to duck, tried to float Ash on the brim of my snapback Mama said “boy, better tap back” Devils creep when you nap, facts We don’t play tag, just clap back Got me a notion Let’s throw a block party, right here, no motion Oscar award for the weight I been holdin’ Let the trumpet sing four bars, no foldin’ That’s a dialogue, talkin’ through the smog, no foreman I make tough choices, dirty choices Steel nerves, black mask, touch the door Maybe that’s what war is Saw a kid in all gold from the East with the piece, it ain’t Mardi Gras Brought my sauce to the Ville, now it’s heavy talk Could smell the fake, peel the armor off I been chasin’ the loaf, tryna keep it low-key But it’s loud now, the squad movin’ rooftops Same few boys that I moved with, yeah Of course I (of course I), endorse my (endorse my) Wild-ass cousins from the South Side (South Side) Bad vision, still spot the dark side (dark side) Let the worries forget it, we move Alzheimer’s Of course I (of course I), gotta voice my (voice my) Truth on the stoop when you walk past (On soul, that’s a groove) Boys pluck strings like a banjo, banjo Old jeans stitched on my sandals I’m a real old soul, catfish fry in your channels Bricks on the eastside, no plates, just fables But I’m good for the leap like I’m three throws I’m good for your dreams, let me catch your soul Dirty choices Yeah, uh Look at how a fool move for a couple chips Dance on your top like it’s New Year’s flips Got to move, can’t sit, like your knees gone stiff If we ain’t kinfolk, I can’t let it slip To they noise, I dip, I skip, got hands like pump fake I don’t need nothin’ but one take I’m from a pocket where boys keep one close like a lunch plate Our mayor a bust, no fix, no savior We duel like corner store wagers How I’m the dropout’s major Success got a scent, no chaser Used to cover my scars, now they write up the fader Yeah, tape hiss, dials, and the faders Tell the pigs “move, no favors” You ain’t bout squabbles like scrapers Radio ain’t even hear us I put my breath in my verses, I’m sturdy wit’ it Most of y’all copy and blur it, can’t word it wit’ it I thought about naming names But better I feast and pave my lane Glimpse of a whole different field Brought through a cracked iPhone and a muddy frame I’m from the dust like my mama, that’s word to my mama We lay the law like corner chairs, clip ’em up with a pen and drama I make dirty choices, muddy choices You can’t be everything to everybody I just wanna be your lifeline, your best friend Your closed door, last hand Backbone when the world tryna press in I wanna damn near pull you down Just to be the one to lift you up Wanna be the one to fix you up On nights when your heavy heart hit the cup Wanna build you a bridge five lanes wide Keep the noise and the snakes off your pride Pull you up, toss my own dirt, Royal Rumble We moved out to the woods Built a lil’ temple, now they wonder How the hell a kid Go from countin’ the crumbs to countin’ the summers? I been so disconnected, my compass defective When you rich, folks just laugh and respect it Say dumb stuff, no one correct it Do what you want, no one contest it Wild when no one will check you I be out here checkin’ myself Boy stop hoarding that stack, you know you got wealth I be out here sharing my bread Used to be broke in the bed Twelve years old on Erie and Cicero Where they chop up the loaf and they run from the heat One eye on the badge, one eye on the feast Bag packed, took that gamble up east And I ran into you like fate through a screen Now damn, me and you sowin’ a seed Huggin’ the block, huggin’ the block all day Had no roof to my name, she gave me a place to lay Gave me her light to hold, I still got that weight in my chest She ridin’ with me through the cold, She ridin’ with me through the stress Huggin’ the block, huggin’ the block, okay She gave me a bloodline, a son And and a daughter a few years down the lane She gave me a world to love For that, I could never repay And yesterday could feel just like a waste, yeah If I don’t love you how I’m supposed to And yesterday could feel just like a waste, yeah If I don’t love you how I’m supposed to