long time coming Lyrics

(Picture this)

So we're at the pool, the homies bringing the cooler

Put your car out in the circle with the girls in the Ubers

And the DJ is a no show, who's got aux?

Bass is so loud, man I can't hear anyone talk

I got a homie in crutches, laying flat on his back

Got another in the water pouring shots on a raft

I'm hearing Miley on the speaker with a mix of Lil Baby

But I'm really hoping they decide to play Slim Shady

And yea I make music, nobody knows that I do

I don't wanna kill the vibe but I've got something to prove

So I pause this song, 'bout midway through

Then I'm turning up the speaker to my SoundCloud tunes

They go, "Who is this?"

That's what everyone's asking

When I tell 'em that it's me, they all think that I'm capping

I explain that I done been recording all summer long

And I've been waiting all night just to show 'em this song (it goes)

(Ay, ay)

It's been a long time coming, been a long time coming (yea, yea)

(Ay, ay)

It's been a long time coming, been a long time coming (yea, yea)

(Ay, ay)

It's been a long time coming, been a long time coming (yea, yea)

(Alright, let's switch the scene)

Now I wanna travel to when we was all in quarantine

I was only seventeen, school was only quarterly

Cameras always off, running super low on dopamine

Stuck inside my house with my conscience getting bored of me

Always kept a book in case I wanted to write

Went from stories then to poems then to penning out rhymes

Lockdown was gone, friend came over at noon

Then I showed him three books full of SoundCloud tunes

He goes, "Who is this?"

First question he's asking

When I tell him that it's me, he just said that I'm capping

I explain that I was writing for like all year long

And I've been waiting for a while just to show him this song

He goes (Ay, ay)

Now let me rap it out

If you end up hating it, then we are gonna slash it out

Little did he know that I've been putting in the practice

And that one year in the future, I'm on Spotify rapping, yea

(Ay, ay)

It's been a long time coming, been a long time coming (yea, yea)

(Ay, ay)

It's been a long time coming, been a long time coming (yea, yea)

(Ay, ay)

It's been a long time coming, been a long time coming (yea, yea)

(Alright, let's switch the scene)

10 years old, in the backseat of the SUV

Mom is running errands, but I wonder why she's taking me

Mad that I can't ride up in the passenger seat

Cuz my brother's snoring next to me, and he's fast asleep

I say, "Hey mom, can we listen to music?"

"Stephen's so damn loud, pick a station just choose it"

She says, "Guess what? I've got something for you"

Then she plays one song from her SoundCloud tunes

I go, "Who is this?"

First question I'm asking

When she tells me who it is, I just said that she's capping

She's explaining that his album just came out of the vault

And she's been waiting for a while just to show me this song