"Survived in the era where Starter would get you ended" - Joell Ortiz
Yea brother it’s been a ride since that cover
From the hood to seeing the whole world wit 1 another wit 2 other Mother fuckers among us the 4 Brothers
To this day, we break the internet we talk to each other
Maybe one day we’ll reunite at Coachella
Til then, it’s just me and my dog Old Yeller
Jo-ell is just a Fresh
poem teller from the jects
Where dope sellers wore a vest
And chrome metal would eject
Til whole melons was a mess
In front of the building
I minded my business bumpin that Audio 2, sipping Yoo-hoo milk i was chilling
Buffalo Hat Top Billing man give me credit
I survived in a era where starter would get you ended
It’s was cool to get love but still move wit ya snub
Cause that 8 ball, a have you playing pool full of blood
Fast forward just bought a billiard room and a club
Chalk it up to how I still be in these booths wit the drugs
The Yaowa like the most potent sour diesel flower
Crushed wit the coca leaf man that’s a high powered powder
Like how the fuck can the sound of me have you both down and up together like the staircase I came outta
I amounted to more than any coward fingers could count up
I got Bullets for haters and a trigger for doubters 2 sig sauers
Become a headache, they Aleve u right over the counter
Near all the sunflower seeds sour powers and now and laters
Now the neighbors wave they see me come down the
Block remember my shop teacher telling me stop
Wit the beatbox lunchtable hip hop I’m a flop
He failed me, 20 years later look who’ setting up shop .. Really though
credits
from H.A.R.D.,
released May 29, 2020
vocals Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked
prod. Heatmakerz
Sounds Beautiful Like The Truth
Mello Music Group, 2020
New York has "New York Telephone" by Uncommon Nasa, Detroit has "Sincerely, Detroit" by Apollo Brown. Windows down, head nodding to the beat ✌ Ryan Evans HTX