Stop Growing

[Meyhem Lauren]
Yeah yeah, AKA Laurenovici
Keep shinin', keep growin', keep building, yo
Still growin', evident when I’m flowin'
Shit I rap about is what my universe is showin'
Damn right I changed, nigga I grew
Tactile, hands-on like the rest of my crew
Still Queens-minded, New York-hearted
But if I didn’t think worldwide I’d be retarded
I departed from my old ways, now I’m enhanced
Looking back at the old me, shit I advanced
Fly with it to the death though priorities first
Parched from the props y’all niggas dying of thirst
But never me though, life is like a free throw
Used to play the block but now I’m under the gazebo
Sipping something while I’m staring at the water
Focused on the win like I’m preparing for the slaughter
I’m an advocate of progress, helping myself by helping others in the process

[billy woods]
Before it was work, came up out the dirt
Raised in basements, crawlspaces
‘Kept to himself’ all you’ll get from the neighbors
Insomniac, one eye out like the Raiders
Sun up to sun up, graduated from plastic cups
Full on lush, brolic as fuck
Leave work in a rush, just to put him to bed in the evening
Then sit in the dark, listen to him breathing
It’s a beautiful thing, nah mean?
Before you know it, they in they teens
Acting up, sneaking out, paranoid
Where is the smell leaking out?
It’s like trying to roll fire in your momma house
Water, hash in a drought
Like the boil of Guiness stout
Kids too big for they room, I’m proud of em all
College applications in, they’ll be gone in the fall