[Verse 1: De Rayi]
Make me your captain, your cargo won't get flooded
If I make a shipment it's not thrown overboard
I be takin' the right turns, I be leanin' starboard
I be makin' the best moves, on and off the chessboard
I'm a genuine bishop, ingenious trickster
Oops I mean rapstar, did you look at the rap stats?
Take a look at the calendar and get back to me man
God Over Everything, Pro got us praising
First day of the year Don Cavelle dropped a bomb
Got a lot of MCs runnin' back to the lab
That must have prompted Breezy to run it
Or Used to Run it y'all remember that trip
Then a Slizzy EP came scratching his back
Untitled unmastered rocked my playlist
Second quarter found me trustin the f**in shooter
Nickle Nine buried rap under heavy Layers
I swear I purchased a pack of crayons
After I took a chance on Coloring Book
Thought I had heard the best of the year
Hol' up De Rayi, did you hear Soko Matemai?
Love Hip-Hop
[Hook: De Rayi]
I been thinking of this year
Been thinking what I put down
Did I put enough work in?
Got me singing like this here
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a time
2016 De Rayi's on a roll
[Verse 2: De Rayi]
Was about to wrap up the year 2015
I recall the night I was watchin G.I. Joe
Then I got a text from the G, AJ
He said hop on the team young motherf**er
W-M-I-E We Made It motherf**er
That's why I told 'em to watch the space
I'm comin through with an ace of spades
Yeah I joined a crew too Kapital Mobb
Pressure heavy on me to rap using mother tongue
If I do how am I gon say motherf**
Cuz more often that's the only word
To describe what the government's puttin us through
This year alone we seen a lot of drama
I could give you 15 billion reasons why Zimbabweans
Are going through a sh** load lot of trauma
Why they call for a shut down? To end this sh** storm
[Hook: De Rayi]
I been thinking of this year
Been thinking what I put down
Did I put enough work in?
Got me singing like this here
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a time
2016 De Rayi's on a roll
[Verse 3: De Rayi]
All these blessings I'm on God's side
That's a camp I never desert this life
I pray the Lord guide every step I take
I pray my plots align with His will
I watched as my two nieces grew a lil
Then late May I got blessed with a nephew
Me and him I know we cut from the same duffel
I will see to it your lives are not a scuffle
You gave me the strength, the strength to fight
And wisdom to know when it's time to strike
Thank you Lord, I can never thank you enough
You made us your bride without a prenup
Forgive me Father for all my mishaps
I never mean to make so many mistakes
I don't take it lightly I know what's at stake
I'ma keep on thumpin' till the wall breaks
[Hook: De Rayi]
I been thinking of this year
Been thinking what I put down
Did I put enough work in?
Got me singing like this here
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a time
2016 De Rayi's on a roll
[Bridge: De Rayi] x2
Time after time
After time after time
Year after year
After year after year
I be livin my life
Chasin after my dreams
Fulfilling my goals
Takin after my pops
[Hook: De Rayi]
I been thinking of this year
Been thinking what I put down
Did I put enough work in?
Got me singing like this here
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a year
What a year, what a year, what a time
2016 De Rayi's on a roll