Wale - Rise lyrics

[Intro: Cyhi The Prynce] CyHi, okay Yeah, hah [Verse 1: CyHi The Prynce] My music make the crowd move, hah I'm in the car rolling cow food, yeah But I still keep a strap wit me I ain't never been a slipper, that's a house shoe, hah Got my education without school Quiet as a mouse move but I keep a loud tool Play games you'll be sh**ting in a pouch fool Got stock like DOW do New hardtop, off the car lot Hit the gas, tires smoke like cigar shops Make ya jaw drop, bought it off the narc cops Tax on the work we got them H&R blocks Alumni, yeah I'm from the school of hard knocks Looking out for the 12 Roger Staubach No cafe but we had them hard rocks For the bread they'll throw you off of dark docks So before ya heart stop, or the narcs knock I gotta give it to you straight like a bar shot Cuz the streets don't play fair, huh n***as mad cause you got more rides than the state fair Terrified I can't lie, boy I stay scared So I keep a lotta toys like a day care, huh Hold the shotty like a ba** player I ain't a k**er I'm just trying to stay safe player [Hook: Curren$y] It was my only wish to rise It was my only wish to rise On them jealous muthaf**as I despise Coming down clean, bumping Ridin' Dirty, getting high It was my only wish to rise On them jealous muthaf**as I despise Coming down clean, bumping Ridin' Dirty, getting high [Verse 2: Pill] It's a mystery, break out ya magnifying gla**es Wit ya hat and fine jackets, Macs & iron ratchets Asinine ba*tards big as packs of line backers p**y fat wit fine a**es in the back wit lines asking Who that on that new track wit that rap reclined backwards I knew that it was you but matter fact don't mind asking Cooling on em, moving on em, my shooters on em Show this flow off like a trophy and a new diploma Graduation, crackers say that I wasn't gon' make it Pack of paper, pen and pad and now calculate it Malcolm made it, cinematic and black related Addicts and crack and bases, my status is cracking faces Embarra**ing cracking vases at the dinner party I took no slow cla**es baby but yes I been retarded You see my folks acting crazy like it's in kindergarten I'm bringing heat like old ladies when they is menopausing Okay then [Hook] [Verse 3: Wale] Yeah, been at the lowest of my lows That's why I get high hoping no one ever know To open up my mind I can show you what I wrote Or rather show you how to boat And hope that you can live or float Independently self made and well paid Three whips, one chain, no welt pain When you treeing over n***as they gon' yell shade They outta patience where I live cuz they sell weight Avoided the temptation of crack slinging But Lincoln Park had it looking like back in the 80s Now my partners getting broads and the hottest whips And I was sweating hours trying to get the illest scholarship Ain't have a pot to piss, I wasn't born rich When I be writing I'm as hungry as a model b**h She got the fattest a** they got the hottest look Leaving wit 8 b**hes I need some octopuss See how Wale go J4 DS My lake shore who*e never be on the BS Bullsh**, Chi-Town, riding around, top down Hanging with the squares will be the reason n***as not around What it do, Penny foams all blue Or you could prolly use a n***a drive welcome to my car pool Double MG sh**, G double O D sh** Five time foul n***as need to stop reaching [Hook] [Verse 4: Curren$y] High as f** with my down a** b**h roll to the Porsche from the bus pa** But got lost when me and the cash crossed paths Indo smoke out my nose no mustache b**hes I want but that money is a must have f** is you drunk? Pay that up front like the Ferrari trunk Be careful you won't have to be sorry hun Stay close to the G's and you might learn sum'n Might earn sum'n Chop it up like mobsters on the rooftop let you burn sum'n Stop talking so much Soak it up next time you have sum'n to say, boss the f** up Butcher knives done died trying to be as sharp as us Talking ‘bout you on yo way See them n***as downstairs 'fore you talk to us By appointments no walk ups [Hook]