6:16 in LA

Album: released as a single (2024)
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  • Uh (uh)
    Uh (uh)
    Uh, yeah
    It's survival, survival
    I think somebody lyin'
    Smell somebody lyin'
    I don't see no fire

    Off-white Sunseeker at the Marina
    Fuck a Phantom, I like to buy yachts when I get the fever
    Wine cooler spill on my white t-shirt, the sightseer
    Trifecta, money, morals, and culture, that's my leisure
    My visa, passport tatted, that's your hub in Ibiza
    Lucalis dwellings in Brooklyn, just to book me some pizza
    Who could reach us? Only God could teleport this type of freedom
    God, ah, my confession is yours, but
    Who am I if I don't go to war?
    There's opportunity when livin' with loss
    I discover myself when I fall short
    Raise my hands to a fallen sky, I fantasize
    Me jumpin' planets immortalized, I correspond
    Three angels watchin' me all the time
    Put my children to sleep with a prayer then close my eyes
    Definition of peace
    Tell me who gon' stop me? I come from love
    Estelle cover my heart, then open me up
    Remember when picked up a pen, lyrics that I can trust
    Timid soul, stare in the mirror, askin' where I was from
    Often, I know this type of power is gon' cost
    But I live in circadian rhythms of a shooting star
    The mannerisms of Raphael, I can heal and give you art
    But the industry's cooked as I pick the carcass apart
    Yeah, somebody's lyin', I could see the vibes on Ak'
    Even he lookin' compromised, let's peel the layers back
    Ain't no brownie points for beating your chest, harassin' Ant
    Fuckin' with good people make good people go to bat
    Conspiracies about Cash, dog? That's not even the leak
    Find the jewels like Kash Doll, I just need you to think
    Are you finally ready to play have-you-ever? Let's see
    Have you ever thought that OVO is workin' for me?
    Fake bully, I hate bullies, you must be a terrible person
    Everyone inside your team is whispering that you deserve it
    Can't Toosie Slide up out of this one, it's just gon' resurface
    Every dog gotta have his day, now live in your purpose
    It was fun until you start to put money in the streets
    Then lost money, 'cause they came back with no receipts
    I'm sorry that I live a boring life, I love peace
    But war ready if the world is ready to see you bleed
    The Elohim, KTW
    Know you can't sleep, these images trouble you
    Know the wires in your circle should puzzle you
    If you were street smart, then you woulda caught that your entourage is only to hustle you
    A hunnid niggas that you got on salary, and twenty of 'em want you as a casualty
    And one of them is actually, next to you
    And two of them is practically tired of your lifestyle, just don't got the audacity to tell you
    But let me tell you some game, 'cause I can see you, my lil' homie
    You playin' dirty with propaganda, it blow up on ya
    You're playin' nerdy with Zack Bia and Twitter bots
    But your reality can't hide behind Wi-Fi
    Your lil' memes is losin' steam, they figured you out
    The forced opinions is not convincin', y'all need a new route
    It's time that you look around on who's around you
    Before you figure that you're not alone
    Ask what Mike would do Writer/s: Kendrick Lamar Duckworth
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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