Scandinavia

(Alright, let's be serious now)

Of course, they came with that pole, cousin, I seen it coming

Of course, that's what they gon' do, but to me, it's nothing

To burn this whole thing down and go back to hustling for my dinner (seriously)

It's all I ever did, after all, I'm no beginner

Might sell you a bridge, but it's no regrets when you examine the metalwork

Just say he's best, the arch like a lover's neck

From up here, hard to judge the water depth

Don't guess which way it'll take the body

(One, two, two, check it out)

Shitty mic, but I ain't going back

My baby's face shining like new pennies

I never chase, I'm in my loafers

It's coming back, I promise, everything you owed us

I never asked and that was probably my fault

What she told me, what she told me, I believe

Yes, I do indeed

It been hand to hand, the pocket sense, muscle memory

Printing e-checks off Fulton

Chicken in the bag with the chicken sandwich

Rick the run-up on Mercer, flashing

Ay, ay, any money you don't need, brother

I'll hold it for you, just say the word

Every dollar I got was earned by somebody somewhere, but I got it now

Fair fowl, foul is fair

Harvard through the fog in filthy air

Grinning in a greasy mirror like, "You and me is quite a pair"

Swimming in re-segregated pools, the bleach burn good like menthol

Alive with pleasure, I could never be mad at y'all

Scorpion gon' sting, snake gon' bite

I sleep deep and get dressed at first light

One step slow, all it take

(You won't have a chance to change your minds later)

Yes, of course, another

Woke the skull, this one formed

When nobody came, punching wind

I got it now

Calling gods and devils by their name

Two club sodas in the ice cup

Instant transfer, change your life

Old nigga skating, spike the pipes

From "Get the fuck gone" to "Shit, they might"

Such is life

Thin air with the baby breath, bust this right

To be honest, I wouldn't trade what's next

Drive straight 'til the road end and take that left

Headlamps dissipate in the mist

Bushes and trees caress the car, whispering

Ready, play rocks and roots, needle to the record

Been a couple places, but I never been to Memphis

I made red bean and rice with just my right hand

Bluest night, my guitar caught a body

Light filtered through white curtains

Strange like Scandinavia, like

Ice on the wing of a plane, like

Do not step, we blazin' in Saudi Arabia, like

Whatever happens, never change, like

That's that shit I don't like, bitter septuagenarian

I'm nice like just ask my ex-wife's parents, like

Y'all niggas talk crazy, be like

"Come on, who y'all supposed to be scaring?" Like

Like (like), like, like (like)

Strange like Scandinavia (like that?)

I won't let you forget it (like that?)

I won't let you forget it (like that?)

I won't let-, I won't let you forget it

(I put my trust in my own god)