Cold Sweat

[Intro]
We don't leave anything in the past
The nostalgia weed
Billy said that too
It must be nice for those who remember it
That's the loud part
I know, he said that
And again, I don't know why
Let me tell you, my darlings, these are laughter lines

[Verse 1: billy woods]
I had my community sick
When they unraveled, I time traveled and still picked Darko Miličić
Niggas ask, "Is this as dark as it get?"
Put a finger to my lips, shook my head
Hallway was barely lit, air thick with dread
It's a room full of record execs on the other end and you dancing on the desk
Wake up in a cold sweat
In a barber chair, Math Hoffa asking if anyone tried to make you wear a dress
Wake up in a cold sweat
Laid up next to your old, old, old, old, old, ex
And you never broke up, duplex
West 86th, three beautiful kids that get up and make they own beds
But the way she popped that— (Oof) I knew I was gon' wake up, I ain't even trip, cold sweat
My place is a mess
Landlord tryna empty the building so he can make it flip
I'm the only one left, they mad I'm stoppin' the grift
I'm glad 'cause the shoe on the other foot and it fit
Every slave dream of the day he get ahold of the whip
Shit-eating grin, I pay rent, they mad as shit
They tryna wake up, but it's the same N-word again and again with the same check
They tried threats, they offered me bread
Begged me to talk sense like, "How you want this thing to end?"

[Interlude: billy woods]
End?
Who said— who said anything about— hold on, hold on, why would it end?
I love it here
I'm not tryna go anywhere, man, y'all my people
For real
Why would it end?
Maybe I'm crazy
It's not ending, man
It's no ending

[Outro]
The clothes I describe were the clothes he was buried in
The piece of paper that he gave me
She brought a letter that he wrote her when he was in the army
The signature was identical
There was only one thing that was different
I said, uh, "He had a high voice?"
She said, "Oh, no, no, no"
She said, "Had a deep voice like yours"
Anyway, this story happened to a guy like me and as I say, it's been haunting me