Strangest Thing

For the record (For the record)
And we made it for the record (Made it for the record)
Now we made it on the record (Made it on the record)
Yeah, for the
Yeah, yeah, yeah

For the record, let it speak for itself
On the record, take a second and just keep to yourself
I never question, I'm not flexing, you just need to get help (Get help)
See we're hungry like some dogs and the beat is the bell
Pavlov, padlock on the gates of our hell
Yeah, we're never going back to the reason we fell
And the ladders going up, there's no reason to yell
Yeah, we're holding down shift, because we're moving in stealth
I'm a silent killer, never fit the mold of a winner
So I made my own, homegrown, Minari descriptors
Write it in a thousand words, but that's not a restriction
Got that photographic flow, I never run out of pictures
Now I'm running the road like Brockhampton
Foundation getting stronger the longer that I'm standing
Can't stand in my way, feet planted
"How the fuck you know you'd make it?" bitch cause I planned it

It's the strangest thing that I have
Unlocked the key to my past
Don't stop, the future goes fast
The pen can't drop, the money won't last
It's the strangest thing that I have
Unlocked the key to my past
Don't stop, the future goes fast
The pen can't drop, the money won't last

See what I used to think was wealth was having stairs in the house
It was a dog eat dog world and I felt more like a mouse
Cause we were scrambling for some cheddar, tryna figure shit out
I had to crawl out of the rubble and get my ass off the couch
Cause now my folks are getting older, I had to carry my weight
And if I had some time for free, then that was money to make
Yeah, natural-born grinder
Can't see me through the blinds, uh
Working harder every day, these beats are on rewind, uh
D. O. Double G the way the money on my mind, uh
If you step to me then your career's just a reminder
We on that next level
The truth is in the treble
Your hit is like my off day, when we falling off is never
We started this shit way way back look at us right now
"How they got that spark?" is the only thing that they ask now
Production value going up, we don't know how to act now
Had to talk my shit, there ain't no way that I'ma back down

It's the strangest thing that I have
Unlocked the key to my past
Don't stop, the future goes fast
The pen can't drop, the money won't last
It's the strangest thing that I have
Unlocked the key to my past
Don't stop, the future goes fast
The pen can't drop, the money won't last

Yeah, yeah

Pen to pad was never my speed, cause I was more digital
Type the words up into my screen, these times were so pivotal
To my growth, cause I talked to Number One and the Hermit
Said don't lose sight of the present, don't get lost in the current
But the tides changing, times changing
Listen to my rhymes baby
Think I'm getting older I'm not writing all the time lately
Seeing grey, feeling mundane
All the days are getting slower and they're feeling the same
Same shit different day, for weeks then maybe months
I've been writing all the time, I need a pick me up
Write my best, when at my worst, don't need to cheer me up
Cause to vent instrumentals, for me, it is enough
I write a quick sixteen, it seems to be enough
But the next day comes and feeds upon my bluff
What do I do when I'm lost?
What's the cost of the cause? The point I can't get across

It's the strangest thing, that I have
Unlocked the key to my past (I have, I have)
Don't stop, the future goes fast (It's the strangest thing that I have)
The pen can't drop, the money won't last (I have, I have)
It's the strangest thing, that I have
Unlocked the key to my past (I have, I have)
Don't stop, the future goes fast (It's the strangest thing that I have)
The pen can't drop, the money won't last (I have, I have)