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[Verse 1]
This joint should've been done
A year late, dollar short, and then some
Talked big shit, now my face is blazing red like fire engines
And I wonder now that I have it, do I really want your attention?
'Cause my literary expression just preliminary extensions of the real me
That's why it took twelve albums plus a mixtape to reveal me
And now you're listening to the sonic memoirs of a real G
So don't take none of these words too lightly
Funny thеse verbs and nouns just might be
Fast bеcoming your life preservers on this current LP
No Killer Mike, but I'm much too prone to kill a mic with no remorse
I'm so devoted, I vowed my faith to these bars for life, that's no divorce
And now that we might break up, I am holding court
Got the silent treatment for so many years with no retort
Now I'm so in mode to just emote until my throat is hoarse
'Cause they wouldn't recognize a trailblazer until the road is torched
So if you follow me, beware, my accounts are probably jaded. Maybe a characteristic of the underappreciated, Sa-Roc

[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know I'm just talking
They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin
Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer
I just wanna leave 'em with some options, oh God
I know, I know, I know I'm just talking
They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin
Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer
I just wanna leave 'em with some options

[Verse 2]
This urge run through me like electric pulses, my tongue convulses
And spits out pieces of my shattered past, unfiltered and rather impulsive
But they don't want the army of me
They want an R&B audio freak that they can digest and swallow in small doses
Fuck a snack, it's a muh'effing buffet
Ask Chico, Stoney, Isha, Tony, and the day one homie Zack
They can vouch, MLK didn't raise no shrinking violets
My streets didn't shrink from violence
I can still see the aftermath beneath my eyelids
But I'm built tough like Ford trucks
A fortress of secrets and forced trust
And yet they say that no woman's an island
But when I throw my fist up and post my politics up
They say that this chick's just much too defiant
I'm just a product of my environment
You either learn to take the heat or get up out the fryer then
And I've been rather callous since I been burned, just a side effect
So y'all gon' take this lyrical rehab to my retirement

[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know I'm just talking
They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin
Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer
I just wanna leave 'em with some options, oh God
I know, I know, I know I'm just talking
They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin
Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer
I just wanna leave 'em with some options

[Verse 3]
If these words move you, I can prove it's worthwhile
'Cause I had to push and pull this deep from out the church aisles
For this Holy Ghost has haunted me for a million Earth miles
And I had to walk it solo and that's no fair like jumping turnstiles
You feeling it or not? Are these sentiments forgot?
Once your interest diminishes, we rekindling the spark?
My flow limitless from renegades to remnants of cotton
But I feel like I can't reach you, I'm antenna-less and blocked, bwoy
This shouldn't be so hard still
But I guess it could be painful sharing a piece of your heart like a three-course meal
And they think if they throw cash, they deserve to see cartwheels
But I don't bend and I have no tricks, just my beliefs in God's quill, so
So we gon' see what happens, what frequency you packing
Maybe we meet up on the tracks I'm frequently attacking
And see the difference 'tween MCs and simple re-enactments
F the image, I just want the caption, Sa-Roc

[Chorus]
I know, I know, I know I'm just talking
They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin
Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer
I just wanna leave 'em with some options, oh God
I know, I know, I know I'm just talking
They probably won't listen 'til I make it to the coffin
Lead 'em to the water, might not drink until you offer
I just wanna leave 'em with some options