When to Say When

Album: Dark Lane Demo Tapes (2020)
Charted: 35
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  • Yeah, somebody on
    Somebody hit me today and they were like
    "Nah, just make sure, you know
    You tell me what to do when I get there, you know?"
    (June, you're a genius)
    I said, I respect it, no problem
    I got all these blessings just to give it to others anyway
    Know what I'm sayin'?
    Yeah
    My hand's always open, for real

    Ayy, thirty-three years, I gave that to the game
    Thirty-three mil, I save that for the ring
    Five hundred weeks, I fill the charts with my pain
    Five hundred mil and I fall back in the 6ix
    Finally give you niggas the space you need to exist
    Michael Jackson shit, but the palace is not for kids
    Still women sayin' it's childish the way we live
    Brought a few Ws to the 6ix
    Baby mama fluke, but I love her for who she is
    Baby, Wayne and Tez responsible for this shit
    Half the time, I question my consciousness in this shit
    Other times, I question if compliments are legit
    Full-time, I'm out here, confident as a bitch
    Tryna make good on the promises that I give
    Tryna make sure my accomplices are legit
    Register the business in my brother's name
    Thirty-five hunnid in the pocket, that should cover things
    Certified loverman, trappin' out the motherland
    Always move right, so my watch is on the other hand
    She can try and play it down now, but she was a fan
    People wanna know what's in my pockets, they don't understand
    My assistant always findin' Percocet and rubber bands
    Know my mom might not want to hear how I discover plans
    Word to Sandra Graham, no one love you like your mother can
    I watched Michael Rubin win a million off a couple hands
    I decide what to see next like it's on demand
    I decide what to be next like I'm switchin' plans
    I'ma tell you what you feel next like the weatherman
    I will split heads and break necks for my little man
    6 God, praying hands like I'm a religious man
    But I'm just a sicker man, wicked man
    Look, we can argue back and forth, but who's the richer man?
    Isn't that what matters in this world that we livin' in?
    Bang those dividends, snakes stay slitherin'
    How you plan to make it to the top by just fittin' it?
    How you plan to take a nigga's spot by just givin' in?
    How you gon' treat this shit like you gon' get to live again?
    How you gettin' hype off one hit? Do that shit again
    How you got a manager you met after you got the win?
    Bet you got some niggas that'll love you to the bitter end
    Bet you got somebody that's just smarter than your other friends
    Give 'em a percentage, see what happens to your blessings then
    You just need to stay close to your people
    That was there when others could've been
    Then when others should've been
    Got a nigga starin' at the game like, "damn coach, put him in"
    But you never listen, so you niggas going wood again
    Got us in the crib, talkin' 'bout what niggas coulda been, shoulda been
    And I got your girl on the second floor, beggin' me to put it in
    And it's not because all of the money that you wouldn't spend
    And it's not because I set it up to try and get revenge
    It's because you niggas insecure, you ain't made men
    It's because, even though you hate on me, we stay friends
    It's because you niggas never learn when to say when, yeah

    For real
    Facts, you know what I'm sayin'
    Yeah Writer/s: Alonzo Thornhill, Anthony Costley, Aubrey Drake Graham, Douglas B. Gibbs, June James, Ralph R. Johnson
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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