The Woes

[Verse 1: Nile]
We turn whips into BMWs
Gold dripping off our teeth and such
Anything been possible nigga
You speaking logic
But what's logical nigga
I got a gut feeling
Projecting positives, healing the hood
We yelling change on the way
You can take ya petty two cents
Go bankrupt speaking that goof shit
Ya nuisance
Prolly buy a brain with some new sense to move shit
A lever to the game, you knew this
Shit if you bugging might pesticide
We making way for a better time
The city gave me a better odd
Fresh food for the youth
These niggas rapping like a nevermind
I just hope they know that it's better lines
I pray this song be the proof
Picture being passionate
Packing a punch that might land a young nigga the wealth
Need vibrations to lend some help
This shit ain't never been about myself

[Chorus: Genesis Renji]
Only knew pain
Only felt tears
Never knew hope
Only knew fear
Caught in my thoughts
Scared of my dreams
I'm feeling lost
Grass ain't too green
I need some guidance
Nobody patient
Everyone blinded by they mistakes
Fam became strangers
Friend became foes
This all I know
Life of the woes

[Bridge: Nile & Genesis Renji]
Chain on mask
Face don't last
Chain on mask
Face don't last
(I might pop a nigga, They tryna stop a nigga)
Chain on mask
(They wanna rob a nigga, From all his options nigga)
Face don't last
(I might pop a nigga, They tryna stop a nigga)
Chain on mask
(They wanna rob a nigga, From all his options nigga)
Face don't last

[Verse 2: Genesis Renji]
Since I was an infant
Was put in positions
To help with my winning
No whining or wincing
The shit that I saw and the things that I witnessed
Reminded me most shit that's promised ain't given
Wasted potential with dreams out the window
Personal progress
Diminished and dwindled
But I grew up different
Thank mama for wisdom
Wasn't part of no system
To them I'm a symbol
The woes of my kinfolk

[Chorus: Genesis Renji]
Only knew pain
Only felt tears
Never knew hope
Only knew fear
Caught in my thoughts
Scared of my dreams
I'm feeling lost
Grass ain't too green
I need some guidance
Nobody patient
Everyone blinded by they mistakes
Fam became strangers
Friend became foes
This all I know
Life of the woes

[Bridge: Nile & Genesis Renji]
Chain on mask
Face don't last
Chain on mask
Face don't last
(I might pop a nigga, They tryna stop a nigga)
Chain on mask
(They wanna rob a nigga, From all his options nigga)
Face don't last
(I might pop a nigga, They tryna stop a nigga)
Chain on mask
(They wanna rob a nigga, From all his options nigga)
Face don't last

[Verse 3: Burgie Streetz]
Niggas rather have lies
They like fuck the truth
Who the fuck is you
Trying to teach me shit
I'm fucked up enough
I don't need to know how deep it get
You gotta paint a smile
Ya'll want a pat on the back
While the industry patting you down
Damn
Look I watched a friend of mine dreams come true
Can't remember last time I seen him smile
Label sign you
Give you 20G's
And ya'll niggas wanna paint the town
Shut it down
Take ya time
I seen everything that's yours and made it mine
I'm unorthodox, I'm outside of the lines
Tiptoeing in red elevens
Avoiding the fines
They wanna buy my silence, no Kap
Alot of us wouldn't even be here with no trap
These invisible bars all around us my nigga, we trapped
Put ya phone down for one second my nigga
Stop living through these apps, shit
I was told you wanna hide something
Put the shit in a book
Louis everything, did the shit for the look
I wrote the verses with no assist
That mean I did the bridge and I did the hook
We the underdogs, so we overlooked
Until the calendars say we overbooked
Ya'll never understand how much it took
But look how good we made the struggle look
Burgie

[Chorus: Genesis Renji]
Only knew pain
Only felt tears
Never knew hope
Only knew fear
Caught in my thoughts
Scared of my dreams
I'm feeling lost
Grass ain't too green
I need some guidance
Nobody patient
Everyone blinded by they mistakes
Fam became strangers
Friend became foes
This all I know
Life of the woes

[Bridge: Nile & Genesis Renji]
Chain on mask
Face don't last
Chain on mask
Face don't last
(I might pop a nigga, They tryna stop a nigga)
Chain on mask
(They wanna rob a nigga, From all his options nigga)
Face don't last
(I might pop a nigga, They tryna stop a nigga)
Chain on mask
(They wanna rob a nigga, From all his options nigga)
Face don't last