Land of Nod

You can tell I'm in fact a native

I live this vivid shit, I ain't that creative

You can tell I'm in fact a native

I live this vivid shit, I ain't that creative

Had to repel calm to get things clickin'

Pack back to Belmont with slim pickins

Said "what up cuz, it's love" 'fore there was anything Crippin'

Did over forty foul winters, I ain't no spring chicken

No arrests, just a few court summons

Got someone to long for me after knowin' my shortcomin's

Death toll highest when hot, I'm wishin' for short summers

And trust is a must before we could talk numbers

I delete the doctrine of "retreat's an option"

Must defend, if up to them, we'd be locked, eatin' toxin

Flamin' tool in plain view, could never let the cops in

Least one foot in the square's what we revere as boxin'

String o' itchy trigger fingers, where they act rash

You could tell I had a wack past

The opponent every wakin' moment tryin' stack cash

Come through, bricks, new whip, equipped for backlash

You can tell I'm in fact a native

I live this vivid shit, I ain't that creative

You can tell I'm in fact a native

I live this vivid shit

Fiends took grams as we shook hands, 'cause neither had a fair shake

Already livin' with prisoners, I couldn't be scared straight

Didn't invite friends over, 'cause never had a spare plate

Anyone who made it out of here, I wouldn't dare hate

Generally outgoin', but around the decoy

Malaise most days, be years before I speak joy

What they profess is estrogen, and I don't eat soy

And I can't party when they party, tryna kill each boy

Moses to the hoes, learned from burnin' bush

Had to have some pull, before I should turn and push

Was on the corner by night confirmed as rooks

But made more in the job than was earned as crooks

Put part of me in the art, like I'm pendin' an appendage

Invested since the beginnin', in the end I want percentage

When night's over, might know it, dependent with descendants

Was always the same one word when my family got the sentence

You can tell I'm in fact a native

I live this vivid shit, I ain't that creative

You can tell I'm in fact a native

I live this vivid shit, I ain't that creative