[Verse : AC Lane ] ATL State of Mind, I go crazy in these rhymes These n***as in the A be acting shady all the time But not me, everybody plotting and scheming Of course they're not what they seeming, these women hot for the semen You better watch those, and watch out the potholes They watching your watch while you rock shows So peep that, n***as getting head with the seat back Take you out ya' rolls, and ya' ho, you could keep that Ride off bumping me, ac, or maybe 3 stacks Give ya girl knee pads for them knee caps You need cash if you wanna make a profit Takes money to make money, words of a profit No,i'm not from the hood directly, word, but i wreck beats And you ain't really balling like a rec league AAU, they send a squad to Aim At U Aim and shoot, your ney worth,aim at hoops It's that easy, n***as bumping gucci and jeezy I was bumping nas and jay so they couildn't read me Parties in the A, damn that sh** does not work Awkward, everytime somebody shot burst Can't throw an afterparty cuz the party getting shot first Back in the day they had fought first Not today, we tryna make a knot a day Pot or ye,and some of us the proper way Yeah but seein all em' bills make you contemplate All in lennox and phips, and they spend it all in your face Now they hating feeling like you spittin all in your face And that could be the very reason for a h*mo case That's not okay, i was at starlight off in moreland That's a drive-in movie, i was there with like four friends With my lady friend I'm tryna get up in her soft skin Tryna get it in before it all ends Door locked, heard a knock from the back window Gun shot, shot gun, could've been that simple But nah, it was my n***a,I'm like " what do you want?" He said Yo we need to go, you looking like a sittin duck So we riding, driving to the nearest waffle house I'm just tryna get a damn waffle then im out But nah g, n***as came in claiming they all g In tall tees, one of them peeping my car keys And i don't bare arms like a long sleeve Got a n***a asking should he reach under the car seat But nope, it was just more paranoia Prepare your soul you never know when they rolling up on ya If his mind is dark, he might, off your switch Have your whole squad wonder where your life went Pops took us to the burbs so we ain't gotta deal wit it Pop still got the word, hope he don't gotta k** wit it Just intentions, he didn't want me to be making a pension In the kitchen, young Cy Young with the pitching Off base,if you living that life then you're not safe No insurance for the dealer n***a, that's in all states Cause in atlanta the moneys the only motivation Your girl could've set you up, so be safe when you hold relations No one's safe in this world nowhere Know why? somebody's sitting in the cold somewhere And that's enough to get them hot headed That's enough to fill you up with some hot lead and Not care a-bout it, cause terror, out in Public, like f** it, if they ain't get it you ain't getting nothing, cousin Make a decision, they only see an 8th of the vision Everybody's a rapper because of all the paper that's in it Here in Atlanta, home of the dances, n***a the real's back So chill black, i'm part of the crew, that's tryna k** that Steal that, throne, nevermind i own that Illest n***a in the city yea you should've known that Yall autotune tooo much, where's the love for hip hop You n***as too tuned in to that love and hip hop Where the art of storytelling go, let a n***a know Y'all took rap to the cliff, and tried to let a n***a go But ima be the one in atl to save that n***a Pull him up, it's AC Lane and i'ma stay that n***a (RANT) That's the mind state in this state of mine ATL state of mind