Hard White

Album: Queen (2018)
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  • Work hard, just to get half back
    (Used to) work hard, just to get half back
    (Now I'm) gettin' to it that way
    (Straight up, straight up, straight up)
    I ain't coming through unless the bag straight
    (I used to) work hard just to get half back
    (Used to) work hard, just to get half back

    Ayo, just last week I told 'em to pick a side (side)
    I bust shots, don't duck if it don't apply ('ply)
    Bae out in Paris, he told me to pick a ride (ride)
    Sike, made you look, I still didn't pick a guy
    I'm the trophy of the game, everybody tryna win me (win me)
    Me, Olivier, Jourdan Dunn, my baby, Winnie (Winnie)
    Partying in Paris, these bitches is embarrassed (okay)
    'Cause they know I'm the queen, I still didn't pick an heiress
    Mirror, mirror, who's the fairest?
    (You the motherfucking fairest, Nicki)
    What I drop on this watch?
    (I don't know, about a hundred-fifty)
    Uh, I'm who they wishin' to be
    These hoes is on the 'Gram, Nicki pitchin' a ki'
    'Bout to cop Neverland, Michael up in the tree
    You got bars and still broke? You might as well took a plea, uh
    Be in the bando or would you rather move weight, Don Pablo?
    Uh

    Work hard, just to get half back
    (Used to) work hard, just to get half back
    (Now I'm) gettin' to it that way
    (Straight up, straight up, straight up)
    I ain't coming through unless the bag straight
    (I used to) work hard just to get half back
    (Used to) work hard, just to get half back

    Ayo, just last week I told 'em they run done (done)
    My legacy could never be undone (done)
    I'm a prodigy, R.I.P Thun-Thun (Thun)
    Got these bitches shook, they shocked, no stun-gun
    I'm the billy, billy goat, the goat, the goat's here (here)
    Vintage Hermès by Jean Paul Gaultier ('Tier)
    Lagerfeld customize my gold chair (chair)
    I run the point, you bitches just go cheer
    Uh, look at my knockoffs, I told 'em knock it off
    Anything that Nicki do, you know they knock it off
    Put my crown on again, and I'ma knock it off
    Anything with Nicki in it, they gon' pocket off
    I mean profit off (uh), my plug drop it off (uh)
    You see them copyin' my hair, tell 'em, "Chop it off"
    Uh, bad gyal whip, the top is off
    You nuh see him downgrade when me drop 'em off
    Uh, I ain't never play the ho position
    I ain't ever have to strip to get the pole position
    Hoes is dissin'? Okay, these hoes is wishin'
    You're in no position to come for O's position
    I ain't movin' weight, but I'm in the dope position
    I ain't movin' weight, but I'm in the dope position

    Work hard, just to get half back
    (Used to) work hard, just to get half back
    (Now I'm) gettin' to it that way
    (Straight up, straight up, straight up)
    I ain't coming through unless the bag straight
    (I used to) work hard just to get half back
    (Used to) work hard, just to get half back

    W-W-W-W-W-Work hard
    W-W-W-W-W-Work hard
    J-J-Just last week, I told 'em to pick a side
    I-I-I bust shots, don't duck if they don't apply Writer/s: Brittany Hazzard, Matthew Samuels, Onika Tanya Maraj, Ramon Ibanga
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC, Hipgnosis Songs Group, Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC, Universal Music Publishing Group
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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