Same Lick

[INSTRUMENTAL — clavinet riff over snaps, muted guitar answering]

[HOOK — weary chant, call and answer]
Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick)
New deck, same cards, same hustle, different day
Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick)
We too old for this, bro — you the only one who stay

[VERSE 1 — exasperated flow, fond]
Debo hit my line with "bro, I got the play of plays"
Same voice he used in '09 for the sneakers and the J's
This time it's ATM routes and a vending thing
Last time it was speakers that fell off a truck in spring
He pitched me at my son's recital — during the solo
Whispering 'bout ROI while a kid killed "Hot Cross Buns" though
I love Debo like a brother, that's twenty years of road
But bro — you thirty-five in the group chat, and the rest of us got old

[VERSE 2 — flow heavier]
At seventeen the lick was funny, quick, and mostly harmless
At thirty-five the lick is court dates, bonds, and alarms
His kids got my number saved as "Uncle" — I'm honored and I'm sad
They call me when his phone go off — that's not an uncle, that's a dad
I bailed him out in March — the money and the mood
He paid me back in July with a food truck and a "we good"
I let his first call ring out — let the golden lick just sit
If it's real it'll be there Monday — and it never is legit

[BRIDGE — beat drops to clavinet and snaps, voice low, real]
I ain't cutting him off (nah), he still my man (my man)
But a grown man can't keep wearing seventeen's plan
Grow up, Debo (grow up), I say it with love (with love)
You the only lick I know that never rose above

[OUTRO — chant fading slow, clavinet alone]
Same lick (same lick) ... (call me Monday, bro)

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[INSTRUMENTAL — clavinet riff over snaps, muted guitar answering] [HOOK — weary chant, call and answer] Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick) New deck, same cards, same hustle, different day Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick) We too old for this, bro — you the only one who stay [VERSE 1 — exasperated flow, fond] Debo hit my line with "bro, I got the play of plays" Same voice he used in '09 for the sneakers and the J's This time it's ATM routes and a vending thing Last time it was speakers that fell off a truck in spring He pitched me at my son's recital — during the solo Whispering 'bout ROI while a kid killed "Hot Cross Buns" though I love Debo like a brother, that's twenty years of road But bro — you thirty-five in the group chat, and the rest of us got old [HOOK — weary chant, call and answer] Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick) New deck, same cards, same hustle, different day Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick) We too old for this, bro — you the only one who stay [VERSE 2 — flow heavier] At seventeen the lick was funny, quick, and mostly harmless At thirty-five the lick is court dates, bonds, and alarms His kids got my number saved as "Uncle" — I'm honored and I'm sad They call me when his phone go off — that's not an uncle, that's a dad I bailed him out in March — the money and the mood He paid me back in July with a food truck and a "we good" I let his first call ring out — let the golden lick just sit If it's real it'll be there Monday — and it never is legit [HOOK — weary chant, call and answer] Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick) New deck, same cards, same hustle, different day Same lick (same lick), same lick (same lick) We too old for this, bro — you the only one who stay [BRIDGE — beat drops to clavinet and snaps, voice low, real] I ain't cutting him off (nah), he still my man (my man) But a grown man can't keep wearing seventeen's plan Grow up, Debo (grow up), I say it with love (with love) You the only lick I know that never rose above [OUTRO — chant fading slow, clavinet alone] Same lick (same lick) ... (call me Monday, bro)

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