Fourth Down

Yo, my man, what do you think I am, starvation army?
You don't pay, you don't play!
Come on, man
You heard what the man said, you don't have any cash, so take a walk
Meanwhile, we got some business to discuss
We do?
I got some special chips for you, yeah, just like I promised
You're gonna love them
Thanks
Hey remember there's just enough for you!
Salute! I got the hoodie on on this one, uh-huh
Yes, sir, come on

When the goons come out, it's an open invitation
The calm delete'll mute any situation
Shit so amazing, comin' from all ways in
Open the door or we gon' chop it down, blazin'
Whoever inside getting smacked with the axe
Real hard to crack a case without a witness intact
I know my niggas got my back, so I act how I act
Unjust in the world where it's hard to relax
A lot of niggas full of raps, me I'm filled with the facts
I don't mean Mickey D's when I talk big macs
For the sauce, damn right, I'll put a split in your nugget
Fuck private, street niggas always go public
Pair of dice where it's at, all I know is the gutter
How to get it in, ski mask, wait for the butter
Tend to daydream, sailing off far on the coast
But the hood where I'm at 'cause they need me the most
Spark the roach just to smoke like I'm low on the weed
Do it big but the little things matter to me
Keep cash, but never known to boast or brag
Street credit real good, altered beast in the lab
Sixteens I could spit from the lips or the hip
So my advice? Pipe down with that tough man shit
From the zoo, black bars, we surrounded by bricks
Specialize in hitting licks and that hustlin shit
See ya freak on your feet for taking one in the head
Real niggas don't die, that's why my nigga ain't dead
We survive through all the trials, play through the hard fouls
Where I'm from even little niggas loose like bowels, motherfuck, uh
Yeah, uh, yuh, yuh, yuh, yuh, Salute, nigga, yup

Yeah, yo
It get no better than fourth down to me
Don't matter to me
Ah, ah, yo, yo

It gets no better than fourth down, king with a four pound
Plus an addition of it, pistol whip him 'til he plummet
Simmer hell hole, smell of gold when I rummage
Chop the charts, holy prayers leaking all from it
Nadir to the summit, play numbers for the luggage
Robocop femurs, guns inside the speaker
Titanium plans, pick diamonds outta ether
Smoke until I hear severe sirens from the reefer
Pious league leader with my eye on the heater
Through the scope, still got my retina on the sparrow
Survive narrow, through crashin' hallways of ammo
When the plot thickens, more rot between victims
Plots form on the radar when blocks blisterin'
Still y'all friendly game of baseball we pitchin'
You still fall travel with ill thought
Charles Dutton when the music calls
Finger on the button, I'mma use it this fall
Atomic abusive napalm, spray your graveyard at the break of dawn

Lone wolf speech, camouflaging sheep
Easy way out where the silencers reach
Dig a grave out every time the violence'll peak
EQ levitate, skull bone metal plate
Superhero since fetal, all-time great
Al Kaline the canine crossbreeding your fate
False preaching and hate, left the table, I'm hungry
Your dinner is ate, I'm a thirsty fish
Chris' my philosophy, no one's stopping me
Unless the devil got metal bars surrounding me
Perform a spinal tap on the cell block floor
Laser incision 'scription burnt around the door
Warp time to drum lines, it's time for war
Fools, get your bugles, this one's civil
You dummies just watch and try and solve this riddle
Stars with all the shine always die in the middle

Home is where we roll, who sincerely knows what lies ahead?
My city groans when semis blow and niggas lie dead
Ain't no coming back, yeah, I got more trust in my gat
My heart's stuck in winter mode, like where is summer at?
In the hood, crops don't sprout, flowers don't bud
It rain pain for days instead of showers of love
No glory, no wonder why there's no hope in the slums
No hope for a bum who's somebody's son
Homeless no doubt, no route to follow a lead
America's disease rats with top model esteem
This the slums, how you gon' follow a dream?
Grammed and bagged it, simply on my mathematics
Understanding the tears, underhanded my past peers
So they fall for the same fears I endured for years
Be wise, my child, seek all there is to gain
Remain steadfast, refrain far from foolish games
This leopard's grown his spots, he can't change
A product of the same mainframe that made slaves