Quicksand (feat. Common & Dezi Paige) - Yancey Boys.mp3

[00:11.194]I always knew I'd touch the sky
[00:16.806]With heart full of fire and third eye (Third eye)
[00:22.672]Steady my vision, my climb
[00:26.750]I, I knew with all my mind
[00:33.962]The dream manifesto, to get it and don't let go
[00:36.752]Praises to the most high, eyes are kinda set low
[00:40.074]A man of many faces
[00:41.684]I rock the crooked smile since they took off my braces
[00:44.301]Back on Stony Isle we was on our own oasis
[00:47.137]Mild sauce, hot tempers cold cases, huh
[00:50.915]I ran the town not knowing it was races
[00:53.436]Standing on the deck smokin' aces
[00:55.788]Grace is the wonderland
[00:57.470]I seek the face of the sunnah man
[00:59.318]A fatherless child that made it to the motherland
[01:02.533]I think how far these raps really took me
[01:04.534]A veteran in the game I stay fresh like a rookie
[01:07.404]When I was underground, they used to overlook me
[01:10.286]Now flicks and book tours make it hard for them to book me
[01:13.024]The presence of Rah, the essence of a star
[01:15.482]Jewelry and a car, suggesting who we are
[01:18.497]The blessings of Jah, that come through us all
[01:21.349]I'm seasoned y'all, I never knew when to fall in the quicksand (I always)
[01:24.067]I always knew I'd touch the sky
[01:29.347]With heart full of fire and third eye
[01:35.103]Steady my vision, my climb
[01:39.477]I, I knew with all my mind (I always knew, I knew)
[01:46.521]The pictures been clear since this man's been a shorty
[01:49.321]Consolidate the dollars go dumb E-40
[01:51.983]No pimping in your poetry
[01:53.375]No sleeping with your jewelry off
[01:54.920]And when you get your chance slam dunk it, Ronny Turiaf
[01:57.793]And I did that, me and my guys repping the city
[02:00.253]And I hustle with no pity, they christen me Frank Nitty
[02:03.109]And I took that and I ran with it, made a few stacks and some bands with it
[02:06.099]But then I brought it home, a student must then teach his own
[02:08.926]And I could never dream it could go from the Yancey's basement
[02:11.431]To be standing up on stages in front of some foreign faces
[02:14.078]Get love in those foreign places like we from there, and oh yeah
[02:17.275]They like, "Where the dollars at?"
[02:18.553]I'm like, "I'mma call you back"
[02:19.750]And please let me clarify
[02:21.236]Playa, I'll be damned if I
[02:22.854]Ever let the picture fade to black before I say goodbye
[02:25.524]Spot you like you Spotify
[02:26.935]Nitty make the song cry
[02:28.494]I'mma let Illa sing his lullaby
[02:30.601]Quicksand
[02:31.151]I always knew I'd touch the sky
[02:36.175]With heart full of fire and third eye
[02:41.980]Steady my vision, my climb
[02:46.196]I, I knew (I knew, I knew) with all my mind (I knew, I knew, I knew)
[02:52.415]I heard a hater say I never be more than J Dilla's little brother
[02:56.043]I never be more than an insignificant other
[02:58.885]I never be more than a video stand-in
[03:01.763]But here I am still standing
[03:03.634]When you haters try to leave me in the quicksand
[03:06.321]Left me outside the club with no wristband
[03:09.146]Now I'm pissed off like I'm repping the Pistons
[03:11.444]And I came all the way from f*ckin' Michigan
[03:14.669]That's when the sh*t hit the fan then I moved back
[03:17.360]Had to do my Stella still I had to get my groove back
[03:20.489]Then I came up with a plan to put my shoes back on
[03:22.933]I ran hella hella fast until I proved that
[03:25.879]I could do it while I'm swimming in the pool of sweat, blood and tears
[03:29.100]My career I had to keep pursuing that
[03:31.542]And I could do that with my eyes closed
[03:34.124]Cause I know I'm fly, always knew I
[03:37.750]I always knew I'd touch the sky (I'd touch the sky)
[03:43.299]With heart full of fire and third eye (My heart full of fire)
[03:49.010]Steady my vision, my climb (Off of my third eye)
[03:53.183]I, I knew with all my mind
[03:58.972]In my mind
[04:01.408]In my mind
[04:04.513]In my mind (Yeah)
[04:06.782]In my mind (In all my mind)
[04:09.802]In my mind (In all my mind)
[04:12.826]In my mind (Yeah)
[04:15.691]In my mind
[04:18.259]In my mind