Before We Begin

[Anita Baker]
If I could, I’d give you the world
Wrap it all around you

[Jords]
Wrote this in duty free
Will you be who you say you are when it's you and me?
Rising faster than Uni fees
Fuck them rappers but we still need unity

Flights delayed and I'm feelin’ bummy
“Yo Jords You're moving different, you must have money”
In the land of the free
See a black man with a beard on their flight and they start moving funny

Respect our existence or expect resistance
Still put my middle fingers up to the system
Still call my brothers up to see how they're living
Still praying hoping and wishing

23 and I know what I'll do forever
Either I do it different or do it better
Tryna find the lesson from my antics
Tryna find the Method to the madness

This verse doesn't need adlibs, like
Good journeys and bad trips

Yeah , team rocket I'm blasting off again
Watching Pokemon us boys will never become men
Watching them thinking that we'll never become friends
You'll be waiting a long time before my heart goes soft again

Mm, Mama said to always be forgiving
And I will, but right now it's too soon to forgive them
Been easier to talk to women since I started singing
You'll never know who I'm missing when I’m missing

I heard some rumours oh Lord mama mia
Asking when I'll marry Thea nobody's been realer
Told them the brothers came a long way
From the days when we were letting off some onomatopoeias

Boom bye bye, pow pow
I want everything right here right now
Remember who brings a candle round when your lights out
I'm making a note of the things I find out

I need some, mm, need some bad karma i just want what I deserve
Look, Miss Swarovski’s with a diamond in the dirt
Heading to Munich airport in an AMG
In a G wagon to go from a to b

That was all the beginner phase
Need to know that we're on a roll not in a race
Tryna find a home in a foreign place
Heading to Rome for Bolognese

I ain't speaking bout King's I got a crown to find
Funny how Means To An Ends took me out of mine
They all wanna pree you when you go out at night
But don’t wanna see you when you go out of sight

Fair play, If you wanna hear my voice then check your airwaves
You can't call my phone cause it's on airplane
I’m with good vibes I don't hear what they're saying
From I care too much nights too I don't really care days

From I won't cut my hair months to trimming down the beard weeks
To disappearing when I'm low so I don't appear weak
Don't ever pressure me but never fear me
Bad energy I don't keep it near me

Yeah, very aware but very fatigued
Been a minute since I was Young dumb and naive
Enemies only check for me when there's a cheque for me
Popping up like yo fam remember me

Can't hear you I'm on a flight, no you can't fear what you wanna fight
Took me half a year to reach higher heights
Took a couple shows to see brighter lights
Took a couple bros to see I and I

Took a couple songs to see the finer things everyone's a badaman
Pledging my allegiance to my brothers in the Allianz
I still tell bossman to keep the change
If you think we the same auf wiedersehn

Still talking in lingo, leave the labels in limbo
Bring the tables together, I need 3 by the window
We're still keeping it simple. if you knew what we've been through
Seen my hairline receding I've been finding some wrinkles

Got some news for you if you're finding an issue
Had a couple blessings had a couple disputes
They call your friends to diss you
Then text you to say I miss you

This verse doesn't need adlibs
Good journeys and bad trips, madting

[Anita Baker]
If I could, I’d give you the world
Wrap it all around you
Won’t be satisfied with just a piece of this heart
My angel, oh angel