Trouble in the Water

What's up, world? Goin' give you a little love right here
My man DJ Honda blessed us with a joint
Word up, De La up in here, ha
We goin' to spread a little love
To some folks who up in my hair right now
A'ight, check it out

It was a big deal, moving my big wheel to L.I
Had a backyard tho' shit moved slow
Caught a cat on the humble, wassup, wassup kid?
Y'all be memorizin' flicks of the wild things we did

We was brick ball niggas, six small niggas
And they knew it and wasn't nobody runnin' through us
Steppin' in the backyard parties was a blast
Fuckin' up our sneakers on the wet grass

Remember gettin' stabbed in ya ass?
Your mom sat us all down
Said, we was niggas and clowns, but it was just love
And plus love showed me that she was a diamond

Findin' out God, took a hit me dead on my heart
And made the eye water start
But you was strong, can ya hear me, Huggy?
Keep your mind crystal clear when your thought gets muggy

We them easy street kids from Mr. Bryant's basement
Wishin' for the Apollo, tryin' to get dough
Now my time moves slow, ain't it all full circle?
A dove cry makes the whole scene turn purple

Remember, that night you had to hide in the freezer?
For real, see them kids were real, we still slay
But now we grown niggas, and we handling kids
We been since day one and the days ain't over

Gotta share a back seat, push with the chauffeur
My Pops said he's waiting for your ass in the zone
So we can fly to the land and welcome you home
Rob O, see we good to go, you know the rest
Don't stress, love, love baby, ah'ight

If you got time to give, I got time to think
See it could all change in one eye blink
While you in the trouble water, I hope ya don't sink
Don't sink, don't sink, don't sink
Check it out

Some rarely saw the negative cause
From the depths of one's blurred
Every thing's now cleared by laws

Mad for mere seconds in the span of dying
Trying to tell you, don't go, I'm about to blow
No mo' innocence, it's about the dollars
And events of fame

Aren't you? Search your name
From the group? Search your name
On the dotted line, back before the rhyme I had reasons
To punch the kid who tried teasin' during lunch

It was a matter of promoting decency
But the 'DE' and the 'CY' fell off, so I sinned
Again and again, until Jesus came down
Wait, I'm still sinning, I guess he hasn't reached the ground

Thoughts of me before my voice could
Even recall, couldn't afford the physical peep
How then was now, but now is not
Yo, I'm a minute wiser, but it seems, kid

I got some beef, can't take or shake off the wrong
Accept my apologies to Bob, pass the horn
No need for false alarm
Word up

The Nuyopian charm is for show back again
It's rememberin' the was that is now gone
For the access of the now so I can move on
For the access of the now so I, so I

If you got time to give, I got time to think
See it could all change in one eye blink
When you in the troubled waters, I hope ya don't sink
Don't sink, don't sink, don't sink

If you got time to give, I got time to think
See it could all change in one eye blink
When you in the troubled waters, I hope ya don't sink
Don't sink, don't sink, don't sink

G'night world, g'night world, De La, yo
My man DJ Honda is on the beat like this
Don't sink, don't sink, don't sink, don't sink y'all
Just letting y'all into the fleeing moments
Of the memories of mine and about like this, one time, one time