The Bends

Get it on the floor, get it on the floor
Mermaids in free, get your tickets at the door
Tried to bring the drama, but they didn't want the smoke
I'm fresh up out that water, still dripping, gotta glow
Gotta flow like the Nile and the Tigris
Every time I slight flex, you gonna need a live vest
Even as I write this, pen is a trident
I feel like Poseidon, then again, I digress
I just bid adios to the Ivory Coast
I went overboard when I drive the boat
I hope they get it later, but they probably won't
And that's cool, just looking for the move
Shoulda drew blood before they threw me in the pool
Got me swimming with the sharks, they forgot I went to school
But I always bounce back, that's just how a nigga do
Float

Living for the day, my whole style been a wave
But niggas don't swim
See I do it for the culture, came straight up out the ocean
Since then nigga, I've been on ten
I'm a go in, I'm a go in, throw that ass in a circle
Milly rock with both fins
Nah, I aint worried about tomorrow, get it popping underwater
Best believe all my niggas gon' win

Better cut that check, run that bill
No, I've never been one to chill
More one-in-a-mil than run of the mill, don't come to the 'Ville
'Cause when shit gets deep, we turn our lungs into gills
I was miseducated but I'm feeling elevated
When I see how far we came, I can only be elated
Came in here a chain, but your booty liberated
Girl, they'll take your whole culture and say you assimilated
Baby do not be degraded you might be the greatest
Queen, may you reign over waters that were waded
Tried to play the game, it was all simulated
So I copped a new whip for the scars that were traded
Yo, I made my on lane, turn up insane
They can catch a vibe, but they better not say
Kendrick came around and reclaimed my old name
I'm a ride for my Negus all day
Float

Living for the day, my whole style been a wave
But niggas don't swim
See I do it for the culture, came straight up out the ocean
Since then nigga, I've been on ten
I'm a go in, I'm a go in, throw that ass in a circle
Milly rock with both fins
Nah, I aint worried about tomorrow, get it popping underwater
Best believe all my niggas gon' win

Be not ashamed, we aren't enslaved
They lust to be us, 'cause we are the wave
Be not ashamed, we aren't enslaved
They lust to be us, 'cause we are the wave
Be not ashamed, we aren't enslaved
They lust to be us, 'cause we are the wave
Be not ashamed, we aren't enslaved
They lust to be us, 'cause we are the wave

Living for the day, my whole style been a wave
But niggas don't swim
See I do it for the culture, came straight up out the ocean
Since then nigga, I've been on ten
I'm a go in, I'm a go in, throw that ass in a circle
Milly rock with both fins
Nah, I aint worried about tomorrow, get it popping underwater
Best believe all my niggas gon' win

My soul, deep like the river
Was sold, just like my siblings
But no, I'm not your nigga, just go
Keep on swimming
My soul, deep like the river
Was sold, just like my siblings
But no, I'm not your nigga, just go
Keep on swimming

We grew gills when you thought you killed us
But that's the will of niggas
Give us time, and we'll adapt
Now, who said Blacks couldn't swim
Much to your chagrin, I'm smiling
While defying odds
God, according to Darwin, evolved us so we could prosper
So guard your ships
For this passage was drafted in octopus ink
Sink or swim nigga
And tell them your story
Underneath the sea
Float