“Flowers” samples Coolio’s “Gangsta’s Paradise” off his 1995 album of the same name.
However, Coolio’s record samples Stevie Wonder’s “Pastime Paradise” off his 1976 album, Songs In The Key of Life".
[Intro]
My Brother Dizz made this
[Chorus: KXNG Crooked]
Tell me why I gotta die just for y'all to give me all my flowers?
Why a nigga gotta die just for you to see my superpowers, my prowess?
Yeah, I put the work in, I put the work in
I gave the game over ten-thousand hours
I know for certain, I know for certain what I am deservin'
All my flowers
[Verse 1: KXNG Crooked]
I gave you a couple decades on these hard beats
But you don't wanna listen while my heart beats
Industry sorcery got you fuckin' with forgery
Your favorite rapper love me, he's an art thief
Nah, don't get it wrong, no, don't get it wrong
I ain't bitter a bit, this is a different song
I just want you to be able to authenticate and differentiate what I illustrate, puttin' niggas on
The artwork on my EP is a true story
Coppers on top of Death Row, the buildings a few stories
The last days of the road, a story is true gory
If WorldStar was around, I'd probably be doin' forty (Woo)
I escaped it, I'm a different kind
The people at Interscope need to hit my line
I want them 2Pac plaques for them 2Pac tracks
I produced on The End of Time
Gimme my flowers
[J. Cymone]
Give my flowers while I am here
So I can see the beauty they bring
A mountain of roses upon my death bed
But to have one tulip while I can breathe
[Pre-Chorus: KXNG Crooked & J. Cymone]
All my livin' legends come and get your flowers
(While I can breathe)
Hold up, wait a second, come and get your flowers
(While I can breathe)
Watch out where you're steppin', don't fuck up the flowers
(While I can breathe)
Before you get to Heaven we gon' give you flowers
(While I can breathe)
[Chorus: KXNG Crooked]
Tell me why I gotta die just for y'all to give me all my flowers?
Why a nigga gotta die just for you to see my superpowers, my prowess?
Yeah, I put the work in, I put the work in
I gave the game over ten-thousand hours
I know for certain, I know for certain what I am deservin'
All my flowers
[Verse 2: KXNG Crooked]
I'm spendin' half my life in the studio
You ain't gotta think I'm fly, it's all Coolio
It's really sub-machine pipe, Lil Uzi know
Gotta play my cards right, nigga, Yu-Gi-Oh!
I'ma whole 'nother fuckin' animal, cannibal eatin' rappers Cadaverous just like a cantaloupe
I'm like Jesus ridin' an antelope, callin' itself a sacrificial lamb
Dear God, I am the goat
[Chorus: KXNG Crooked]
Tell me why I gotta die just for y'all to give me all my flowers?
Why a nigga gotta die just for you to see my superpowers, my prowess?
Yeah, I put the work in, I put the work in
I gave the game over ten-thousand hours
I know for certain, I know for certain what I am deservin'
All my flowers
Flowers was written by KXNG Crooked.
Flowers was produced by My Brother Dizz.
KXNG Crooked released Flowers on Fri Jul 12 2019.