Vitriol

Verse 1
Move without hesitation
Stinking of desperation
What up b, Og’s we hail with adulation
There goes another villain
Last night another killing
Gave him head trauma they couldn’t treat with no penicillin
And ain’t not snitch be no friend of ours
Living in this shadowy land blacked out to keep you camouflaged
Fall like a domino, fuck that we give and go
Hustle real fast if the money coming in kind of slow
Matter fact, if you see that younger who was talking all kinds of smack
You tell him beat told him that he better chill
Cause you know, if they catch him moving when they perusing
Then in the end, they gon bring his movements to a standstill
Standing on the outside look in the ghetto gallery
Artful dodgers bout to rob a nigga for his salary
Yeah don we seen it all, live through the rise and fall
Most dangerous when we got our backs against the wall slow down

Chorus
(Slow down) You ain’t hard at all, get bucked in the brawl, you might fall so just
(Slow down) You ain’t built for this, some get kilt for this, shit gets real so just
(Slow down) We ain’t born to fail, only the strong prevail, don’t get nailed and just
(Slow down) And I only fear God
And the weapons of the weak
Are the weakness of the hard, and I will never sleep

Verse 2
Feeling nothing but mercurial
Standing on the block at one o’clock by the flower shop with the murial
Last night was crazy kind of hazy had a tussle
Saw them OG’s moving heavy weight without the muscle
And we know to be aware, if they beckon us
Living treacherous church goers gang banging with them seculars
Cousin told me stay in school, why the fuck would that appeal
Making more money than them graduaters ever will
When morning comes, you get up, to move with them boys again
Night fall, bloop bloop bloop, you hearing that noise again
Pavements painted with magenta, tainted
Caught him slipping waited on the corner twisted the bora and left him sainted
That’s another nigga slain
Living by the gun
Next day we forgotten his name
But there’s another one, never run
Nothing but the ill, you looking for a thrill
Keep them shades on this is the place where looks could really kill, tell em slow down

Chorus
(Slow down) You ain’t hard at all, get bucked in the brawl, you might fall so just
(Slow down) You ain’t built for this, some get kilt for this, shit gets real so just
(Slow down) We ain’t born to fail, only the strong prevail, don’t get nailed and just
(Slow down) And I only fear God
And the weapons of the weak
Are the weakness of the hard, and I will never sleep

Verse 3
Beyond the realms of the bourgeois the bourbon
Where niggers lifestyles yo they far from suburban
Remaining vigilant in order to avert the drama
Suited in all black cause that’s the ghetto suit of armour
To maintain your name you must stay on your a game
You fuck around and catch a virus in your mainframe
More or less, they told you that knowledge would get you blessed
Which gave you food for thought, but way too much to digest
Never bluff, Cause beef son they never get enough
Rocking over your jewels that’s a diamond in the rough
So you must stay alert where they lurk shotting work
Don’t be stunting in a benz, that’s how niggers be getting murked
Your daddy used to cook so the Pyrex is vintage
Stay out on the corners tryna increase your mintage
Try and push past put it stays on your mind
Have you looking at your watch like it’s a sign of the times