SAFETY - J. Cole.mp3

[00:00.000] 作词 : Powers Pleasant/Jermaine Cole/Michael Holmes/Kelvin Wooten/Tim Friedrich/Keir Gist/Thomas Wlodarcyk/Melvin Dinkins/Joe Sample
[00:01.000] 作曲 : Powers Pleasant/Jermaine Cole/Michael Holmes/Kelvin Wooten/Tim Friedrich/Keir Gist/Thomas Wlodarcyk/Melvin Dinkins/Joe Sample
[00:06.927]Babe, can you go check on her real quick?
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[00:10.017]Alright, safe— where you're from, Bunce Road, throw your hands up (Babe, can you go check on the baby real quick?)
[00:13.420]It's that Bragg Boulevard, reportin' live from (Safe—)
[00:15.416]I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[00:17.782]I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home? (Yeah, alright, safe—)
[00:21.069]Kane Road, Eutaw, throw your hands up
[00:23.663]Bonnie Doone, Lewis Heights, yeah, it's been a while (Alright, safe—)
[00:25.751]I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[00:28.100]I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home? (Yeah)
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[00:31.365]Yo, Jermaine, what's the word?
[00:32.899]I got a new number, delete that old one
[00:34.827]By now, I'm sure you must've heard
[00:36.402]'Bout how I got jammed up and had to sit some
[00:38.726]It's nothin', know I did longer bids, this was a quick one
[00:41.291]I never hit you 'cause I know niggas be playin' victim
[00:43.975]Beggin' you for big sums of dough when income's low
[00:46.797]That ain't my style, it'll never be
[00:48.668]To me, you'll always be my dog, not a celebrity
[00:51.310]And plus, you did enough, wired me bands way back when it was rough
[00:54.495]Last night, when it was dusk, ran into Jizzle at Cross Creek
[00:57.425]You know how he be movin' like he in a rush
[00:59.564]Told him, "Come through to the crib over at Haymount Hills"
[01:02.191]We sat in my living room, where then we lit a Dutch
[01:04.760]I ain't even know that he smoke like that
[01:06.781]Drank a few beers, it's been years since we joked like that
[01:09.310]Yo, I seen Brina on the 'Gram, she don't post like that
[01:11.896]But bo, she's still bad, one of the baddest bitches the 'Ville had
[01:14.910]Lotta these hoes fallin' off, and it's real sad
[01:17.546]How time can rob us of our best days
[01:19.703]As we slave for peasant wage with no nest egg saved for rainy days
[01:23.516]But anyways, what's up? I thought about you, holla at me
[01:26.310]I would love to catch up, I know you busy
[01:28.316]But you in my prayers, God bless you and your affairs
[01:30.829]Stay aware 'cause real niggas is rare, dog, safety
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[01:33.508]Safety, safety, safety (Westside, Cliffdale, throw your hands up, Merc Mob, Shaw Road, reportin' live from)
[01:37.746]I know the whole world blowin' up your phone (Safety, safety)
[01:40.368]I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home?
[01:43.316]Safety, safety, safety (Northside, Terror Garden, where my dogs from, Hope Mills, Grays Creek, yeah, it's been a while)
[01:48.094]I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[01:50.648]I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home? (Uh)
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[01:53.821]Ayy, bo, what's goin' on?
[01:55.114]I feel no way when you don't respond, dog
[01:57.079]I know your heart, and I know our bond
[01:58.993]I know a lot is on your plate and more is on your mind
[02:01.552]But still I hit you time to time when you crossin' mine
[02:04.137]I heard that big Mal died, and no, I couldn't tell you the cause
[02:07.066]I know fentanyl's been leavin' brothers cross-eyed and things
[02:10.292]Can't tell what's killin' more niggas, drugs or crossfire
[02:12.719]When moms cry, it's a shame, as of late, I've seen
[02:15.414]An uptick in motorcades, but not for the president
[02:18.457]These processions are for the negligent
[02:20.279]So I don't care to hang out
[02:21.623]These younger niggas even quicker than I was to bang out
[02:24.197]Oh, shit, forgot to say I got a daughter now
[02:26.720]Here's a picture, she's startin' to look more like her father now
[02:29.326]When she cries, her mama put on your songs to calm her down
[02:32.067]It's wild, how just the sound of your voice, it brought a smile
[02:34.781]Dog, I'm proud, you made it out of this bitch
[02:37.047]Few things are better when a nigga from the bottom get rich
[02:39.696]Although I'm sure it brings its own set of problems
[02:42.054]Most of the city love you, though a couple seem jealous of your stardom
[02:44.952]Like, what's up with old buddy that's makin' songs 'bout you?
[02:47.360]Was about to punish him vicious, but then I thought about you
[02:49.948]And what you would say, might tell me to chill, but he violatin' for real
[02:53.387]Let me know when you comin' back to the 'Ville, dog, safety
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[02:56.398]Safety, safety, safety (Seabrook, Faye' State, throw your hands up, wooh, Hillsborough, central jive, reportin' live from)
[03:00.411]I know the whole world blowin' up your phone (Safety, safety)
[03:03.042]I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home
[03:06.010]Safety, safety, safety (Raeford Road, Hoke County, put your hands up, [?] underdogs, now we worldwide)
[03:10.737]I know the whole world blowin' up your phone
[03:13.216]I wanna know, nigga, when you're comin' home
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[03:15.904]Yo, hit me back when you get the chance
[03:17.951]So many of our peers passed away through the years
[03:20.296]My appreciation for airs in my lungs has been enhanced
[03:23.287]Yo, Quay passed last night from medical conditions that were too advanced
[03:26.688]For doctors to intervene, they couldn't do a thing
[03:29.259]They say he dwindled away until his size was that of a figurine
[03:32.779]It seemed just like a mystery
[03:34.340]Some say it was Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
[03:37.062]We been known what team he acknowledged
[03:38.958]Since we was kids, he lived in a closet
[03:40.826]But that changed soon as he went to college, up there wilin' at A&T
[03:44.436]Runnin' with fruity types, dick in the booty types
[03:46.999]Tight pants, switchin' their hips, paintin' their nails
[03:49.506]So niggas from the 'Ville had to distance ourselves
[03:51.943]He felt a way, remember, he was beefin' with me
[03:54.443]That's when he moved to the A, I guess, so he could be free
[03:57.130]But years later, I heard they seen him walkin' on Bragg (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
[03:59.907]At 2 a.m. with a lace front, dressin' in drag
[04:02.257]I shook my head, but still, I began to feel bad (Oh-oh)
[04:04.793]It's like his lifestyle was blockin' all the love that we had
[04:07.371]We turned our backs on him, some of us called him a fa— (Oh-oh-oh-oh)
[04:10.179]Nah, time's changed, I know that's wrong
[04:12.210]Now that we grown, I wish I could apologize, 'cause we did him wrong (Oh-oh)
[04:15.656]Man, why it feel like recently niggas ain't livin' long?
[04:18.258]Rest in peace to your boy Filthee, I heard about that too
[04:21.071]Last summer, lotta brothers had got murdered out the blue
[04:23.631]Shit was wild, but anyhow, just reachin' out
[04:25.851]Bearin' bad news infused with what I'm thinkin' 'bout
[04:28.399]Here go the obituary, and just in case
[04:30.774]There's a program attached that gives you the time and place
[04:33.369]It's that funeral home off the merc', the one adjace'
[04:35.966]To that used car lot where I copped that Ford Escape
[04:38.522]I know fame make that shit hella awkward to be at wakes
[04:41.068]But I bet it mean a lot to his family to see your face
[04:43.697]If you can make it home, the viewin' is on Thursday
[04:46.484]Funeral on Friday, by plane or by highway, yo' safety
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[04:50.379](Safety, safety, safety)
[04:54.301]Safety (Safety, safety)
[04:58.724]Huh, alright, safety
[05:00.250]Don't want to go back, time's up, too stressed to reply (Safety, safety)