Crabs in a Bucket

Know we all want crowns
But who's gone live it up when it all falls down?
Know we all want crowns
But who's gone live it up?
Know we all want crowns
But who's gone live it up when it all falls down?
Know we all want crowns
But who's gone live it up?

Since a youngin I've been... hitting licks like guitar hero
After queens like Peach and the coins like I'm Mario
Grind and hustle like that's all me know
Heavy lifting broken hearts, dream chasing for the cardio
Body building be my passion
I've been in my feelings before the shit was in fashion
I've been killing niggas before lil brudda was blasting
This shit been the vision before the features came asking
Before I started snapping... instrumentals with the poetry
Lyrically relaxing never lacking in potency
Hoping in vain, this shit brings me back to them days
Youngins rocking some du-rags trying to get 'em some waves
Big dreams shot down facing minimum wage
Same breed, shot down trying to get the new Jays
Kills me say, wishing that I could live in them days
Before a youngin knew the world ain't give a fuck if you stayed

Niggas dying everyday, shit been normal for a minute
Niggas trying to find a way, fuck the karma gotta get it
Niggas eyeing niggas plates, never had then it's fuck 'em
Niggas dying to escape, crabs in a bucket
Niggas dying everyday, shit been normal for a minute
Niggas trying to find a way, fuck the karma gotta get it
Niggas eyeing niggas plates, never had then it's fuck 'em
Niggas dying to escape, crabs in a bucket

Imaginary pressures, me they always seem to get the best of
Leave me like my room as a kid... messed up
Shid even now, the message manifesting through my projections
Mirrors that of a wreckage... call me the Titanic
Armor running low, I can't survive damage (I can't take it)
To much is out of control, so I just time mange (I stay patient)
Pull what I can from this hole before the night vanish
Right handed, but from their perspective I'm a lefty
Status quo to chase the bag, we all want that hefty, steady
Flexing with it where I'm coming from is deadly
A city full of Yetis, cold hearts, and mysteries
Wonder can we overcome the misery, every day is bittersweet
Emphasis on the bitter, please
Open eyes, undercover lies shaping history
No surprise, maybe when I die truth I'll get to greet
No disguise, let me see the eyes of my killer please
Stand for something or die for nothing
Life law nigga not up for discussion
Like police, and the government's knowledge of justice (bullshit)
Or the streets... kill a loved one it's up and we busting (hood shit)
Sad to say this the way that we live
Fuck change if it ain't paying the bills, I think it's change that we fear
Don't promote it till the pain interferes
Just turn our heads and pray it all disappears

Niggas dying everyday, shit been normal for a minute
Niggas trying to find a way, fuck the karma gotta get it
Niggas eyeing niggas plates, never had then it's fuck 'em
Niggas dying to escape, crabs in a bucket
Niggas dying everyday, shit been normal for a minute
Niggas trying to find a way, fuck the karma gotta get it
Niggas eyeing niggas plates, never had then it's fuck 'em
Niggas dying to escape, crabs in a bucket

I know you're fighting demons, I can see it, I can feel it
I know you're tired of reaching, tired falling off the deep end
(Know we all want crowns, but who's gone live it up when it all falls down?)
Jus want to climb but deep down you're scared of heights
But... Just look inside if you ever wonder why
(Know we all want crowns, but who's gone live it up?)
I know you're fighting demons, I can see it, I can feel it
I know you're tired of reaching, tired falling off the deep end
(Know we all want crowns, but who's gone live it up when it all falls down?)
Just want to climb but deep down you're scared of heights
But... Just look inside if you ever wonder why
(Know we all want crowns, but who's gone live it up?)