DaRk TiMeS. (NDC) (Remastered)

Wake up six AM, creps by the door, School run stress but my phone still raw. Teacher say “sir, your boy too wild." I say, “nah, he just sharp," "got his own style” But the strip know my name, yeah the ends still ring, From the block to the shops, I’m a certified thing. Got love from them aunties, fear from them youts, And the olders know well I ain’t nothin’ to spoof. I tell my daughter, “head-on top, don’t rush-no-love,” pops countin’ cold notes, sayin’ prayers above. Two lives, one skin, same breath I breathe, One for the house, one for the street-side creed. Credible by day, Beast by night, Tryna raise seeds, while the rope's still tight. Heart full of love, but the roads stay grime, I’ll do anything fam, just to keep that line. Keep that line, yeah I keep that line, For my youts, me name, I’ll divide that line. Kids hit teens, start testin’ me nerve, Ask where I go when darkness swirve. I say “work-thing," they don’t need truth. Can’t let the darkness spill into youth. But the mandem call, when it’s tense outside, One wrong look, now it’s stressfull vibes. I tell my son, “don’t follow my path." While I roll with blood, ready for aftermath, Synths buzz like skank, twisted reality, Tempo shifts into sonic mode, bending life's melody. Smiles at the barbie, laughs with me crew. Fam versus thug-life is pain, who knew. city-darkness made me, kids save me, Stuck in the middle, Roadmap still mad Crazy. "It's all quick dopamine, All is-lazy." Credible by day, Beast by night, Tryna raise seeds, while the rope's still tight. Heart full of love, but the roads stay grime, I’ll do anything fam, just to keep that line. Keep that line, yeah I keep that line, For my youts, me name, I’ll divide that line.