Lines

Album: Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors (2012)
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  • Now that's what I'm talking 'bout
    DF to the ASAP Mob

    Lines, tell them read between it
    Tripping while I'm slipping, busy fighting off these demons
    Listen while I'm spitting boy, you probably won't believe it
    But life is so terrific, tell them pinch me if I'm dreaming
    Revenue's what I get get, your bitch is what I did hit
    And I'm bout my business, them pesos what I did get
    Made a hit, had a fix, they saying you's the shiznit
    Tell them get off my diznick, you bucket headed bitches
    Crossing all the lines, time is only racing time
    He flippin' to the bars so I'm only raising mine
    Depending on the grind is the only way to shine
    So I'm feeling like that odds is the only state of mind
    And it's finna give me peace, life up in these streets
    Equipped with a piece, case you niggas wanted beef
    Cause man gave us laws and God gave us time
    It's the art of storytelling and I'm only telling mine

    The lines we've crossed, the lines we crossed
    Have always been why I've lost
    It changes all the time
    Cause I've wondered how (I've wondered how)
    I'm happier when I lose what I've needed all my life
    (Talk that talk boy)

    Straight out of the belly of East Point, yea that's my origins
    Was born in West Savannah, Georgia then I was born again
    Like the baby in the manger
    I gave my life to Jesus because he could protect me from the dangers
    In the circle of angels, just to help me shine my halo
    Attended Sunday school but it felt like it was every day though
    I didn't have a suit or no fancy shoes, we went in our play clothes
    Received the word and it moulded me like Play Doh
    We don't play though, we don't play though
    They say we get lower than an alligator's navel
    And when I say gator I mean that gator that match that sable, fur coat
    I wish that PETA would throw some blood off on my fur, folk
    Boy, ass whoopin'
    They out 'chea eating flesh but wanna worry how I'm looking
    I stay simply fresh to death, Sir Luscious Left Foot, best foot forward
    You reap what you sow, and now it's showing

    The lines we've crossed, the lines we crossed
    Have always been why I've lost
    It changes all the time
    Cause I've wondered how (I've wondered how)
    I'm happier when I lose what I've needed all my life
    (Talk that talk boy) Writer/s: Antwan Patton, Christopher Carmouche, Josh Carter, Rakim Mayers, Raymond Murray, Sarah Demarest Barthel
    Publisher: BMG Rights Management, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
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