Dave East - Prosper lyrics

[Intro] I need everything I came for, Joe Joe gotta get it And some. Prosper I’m tryna live prosper, prosper I’m tryna live, I’m just tryna live [Verse 1] I just pray that I’m living prosperous Coming from conditions that’s moderate to accomplishing Each goal I ever set that check off my bucket list Know who you f-----g with, you can’t s** it baby just swallow it Prosper, ‘P’ for the p---y been getting thrown at me ‘R’ for the Rollie that Nas got me, the sky dweller ‘O’ for the ounces, I drove the most to the mountains ‘S’ is for the sour, I sold to n----s in housing ‘P’ is for that pack of that Newports that I couldn’t never smoke ‘E’ is for the easy-pa**, get nervous when I pa** the toll, pack a pole, pack a stick back on my s--t I been through the worst, it don’t matter s--t got me rich Story I could tell, I could still remember the smell of my cell Thought I was in hell, hit mama for mail I had CO’s that I wanted to hurt, I’m speeding fast, I just wanna reverse Get some fame behind your name and they gon’ come at you worse I’ve seen friends go to the (?), they left blood on my shirt and I can’t never get them stains out Try and understand what this came ’bout Half deaf in my left ear from them shots that they rang out I’m tryna own property, put my daughter through private school Fiends was our neighbors, their mamas told us, we gotta move I thought I knew it all, couldn’t pay me to follow rules Almost lost my life for some Prada shoes, you gotta chose [Hook/Chorus] Is dying worth everything you done lived for? Ran out of arm and hammer, get more, was p--s poor I can’t even add up all the clothing stores we ripped off I gotta get fresher, was so harder to get them zips off I smoke a lot, see a op, spot ’em like a polka dot Always in the gutter like I bowl a lot Open up the Rover top, blow up fifty bag to the heavens Keep a mask plus a weapon, I ain’t know if I was gon’ blow or not

[Verse 2] I never knew ’bout no fame or no movement “never” Now I’m recruiting lieutenants, my women friends they was in the booster She must of loved me, she put this onion up in the coochie Played games, my youngest one fades and not the one Boosie Heavenly scented, the Dodger was rented Tryna prosper by any means, I’m Malcolm in a Detroit fitted I got the scars from my life of war I love the rap, but I don’t like the talk I get excited if the white is soft I pushed the portions ’til the pipes exhaust Ain’t got no felonies, get a license for it So many thoughts got me thinking like s--t I might record this the couch was leather and the floor was cold and the (?) was coldest Talking my mother crib, ounces in my dresser The cash in my Timberland box, keep all that extras The one they loved the most, kidnap ’em, they’ll get the message Stay down ’til you come up, you’ll get your blessings [Hook/Chorus] Is dying worth everything you then lived for? Ran out of arm and hammer, get more, was p--s poor I can’t even add up all the clothing stores we ripped off I gotta get fresher, was so harder to get them zips off I smoke a lot, see a op, spot ’em like a polka dot Always in the gutter like I bowl a lot “always” Open up the Rover top “open”, blow up fifty bag to the heavens Keep a mask plus a weapon, I ain’t know if I was gon’ blow or not [Outro] Yeah, yeah It’s the kid with the glow, I get it and go See I don’t talk fast, you just listening slow Prosper You know, get what you gotta get while you here man Do what you do, like you’re doing it for TV or… You know, whatever you’re doing it for man, lotta money to be made, make sure you make it Don’t waste no more time, time ticking I can’t even see what time it is on the Philipe, but you know Catch up, what you want, the money or the respect? Pick one Prosper Joe joe gotta get it