Swordfish / So Familiar II

[Swordfish]

[Chorus: Illmac & Lenka Shockley]
Oooh, the block get hot in the summertime
A short walk down your driveway
A long drive down the highway
Oooh, the block get hot in the summertime
Walkin' down the street I used to know (yea, yea)

[Verse1: Illmac]
I'm like dawg, I'm from the north
Lookin' for the sauce, shit I got that Borscht, woah
Yo was pouring from my pores, I was poor and couldn't afford a Ford
Now I focus on going from the foreign to a Porsche
Ain't poor enough before, I'm looking forward to the Forbes list
Enormous chip on my shoulder, support it like a forklift
Couple rappers cryin' now, Portland don't support shit
Pro'lly 'coz you boring, that's a warning for you
War with the warden of the north, I'll turn your block into a horror film
Forty in the bomber, turn your porch into a war flick
Buffalo cauliflower, taco filled with swordfish
Got the foreign top just like Halle Berry Swordfish (nice)
Nobody put me on, I might off took it wrong
Ain't get no play 'coz I wasn't cooking, surprised it took this long (took this long)
Had to recognize how I told myself them lies (lies)
Might of fetishized fame until we severed ties
So I don't blame homies that made it and don't holla'
Blame the people that treat em' like a path to they own dollar (real shit)
I don't need to benefit to love to see success for others
And I don't idolize most rappers unless we met eachother (real shit)
I don't treat fans like there less than others even though my DM's lookin' like an old double XL Freshman cover (talk to 'em)
I made my own way, and the only thing stopping me is if I get in my own way
But in my head the whole day, that's ok
Long as the Earth rotate I'mma go crazy
Need my soul saved, I know they gonna' pray on my downfall
I won't break (He's senile)
That's so Drake (He complex)
He's so Em' (He go cray')
He so Ye', hold up na
(He change clothes), He's so Jay
That's that shit I don't like, like salsa, they Söze, they Keyser, they so fake
They so-so, my soul glow
No shade, the whole globes my snow globe
Each verse a snowflake, its own shape
And I ain't even touch the surface yet
Made 'em anxious on accident, that's a nervous wreck
My brain feel like a circus tent
Got the drip putting in work and sweat
Blood and tears it was worth to shed
Tryna' secure the bag and curb this debt
And stay ahead of the curve and curve internal threats
And treat old me like obstacles I circumvent
Just to flourish, bed
A higher purpose my work reflects, work for less
Made it flip an' stuck the landin', perfect ten, I deserve the best

[Chorus: Illmac & Lenka Shockley]
Oooh, the block get hot in the summertime
A short walk down your driveway
A long drive down the highway
Oooh, the block get hot in the summertime
Walkin' down the street I used to know

[Bridge]
My price keep going up
Coz' rent ain't coming down
Strangers movin' in, familiar faces movin' out
Oooh, the block get hot in the summertime
Walkin' down the street I used to know (hold up)

[So Familiar II]

[Chorus: Illmac]
Why's it feel so foreign now in somewhere so familiar (so familiar)
Ooh, that sound' so familiar
Feel like I been here before
Feel like I live in my head
Feel like I been in my feelin's
Feel like I been here before
Why's it feel so foreign now in somewhere so familiar
Ooh, that sound' so familiar
Feel like I been here before
Feel like I live in my head
Feel like I been in my feelin's
Feel like I been here before

[Verse1: Illmac, Illmac & Lenka Shockley]
Ya, I barely recognize you, there's a little piece of you in whatever I do
But I can't let go so easy like you, like you
Got me feelin' foolish, no excuses, I ain't wanna do it
Had to keep it movin' on the road to self improvement (can't do what you did)(I hope you on the same road)
Yo, used to be so humble and take pride in your own struggle
Now you hide your scars and try to change for people that don't love you
We ain't owed nothin', I hit the road runnin'
Feels like you lossed yourself in the process of tryna grow from it
God is broken home huntin'
When they think of you they think of me, but it's bigger now
Turnin' your back on your day ones, and now they can't afford to stick around
Maybe you just a victim of a vicious cycle
Not the only one to feel like I do
But ain't a city like you, Portland

[Chorus: Illmac]
Why's it feel so foreign now in somewhere so familiar (so familiar)
Ooh, that sound' so familiar
Feel like I been here before
Feel like I live in my head
Feel like I been in my feelin's
Feel like I been here before
Why's it feel so foreign now in somewhere so familiar
Ooh, that sound' so familiar
Feel like I been here before
Feel like I live in my head
Feel like I been in my feelin's
Feel like I been here before

[Outro: Mic Capes]
Shit, didn't nobody wanna live in the north bro
Didn't nobody wanna live all the way out in St.John's
They was calling it dirty, they was calling it, they was calling it sketchy
You know the bullshit like that
I remember back in the day, the old Safeway, man we used to jack, uhh the Snack-attacks
We used to run routes on them all day
In that Safeway and that same Safeway now is condominiums and that's really where it started
St.John's started to change
People with money started to move in
I remember, man we used to pay like five-hundred for an apartment and now you can't get nothin' under twelve-hundred in St.John's now bro
St.John's still got the soul but it's changin' a whole lot man
Um, some for the worse, some for the better
At the end of the day I still love where we come from
But, gentrification certainly, is uh, took its course bro
Lot'a people I see there now
Wouldn't wanted to be in the north, twenty years ago
Where in St.Johns twenty years ago bro
The land of the underdogs but now it's being turned into somethin'
You know, it's the cool spot, the lil' cool corner of the city where people try to come move now and that's all good but
Man respect what this north shit about, respect St.John's bro, old St.John's, this Mic Capes, I'm out