Just Listen Lyrics

Aye, and we was down for a minute

Grinding in the dark, on our own, now we're winning

We was down bad, they was laughing and grinning

They were spoonfed, we would sin for the chicken

We was moving mad, pop your cap for a ticket

You was moving fed, take a risk then you snitchin

True colors show, just watch, just listen

Just watch, just listen, yeah

And I could die tomorrow, fuck I look like crying over yesterday

I made a promise to myself that I'll see better days

Remember being cold as ice on all them sweater days

Done flipping dope for the dough, found a better way

And I was starving watching brothers eating hella cake

Looked around the circle in confusion seeing hella snakes

How you got the loaf, you never got no bread to break

I been sharing crumbs with this bum since the seventh grade

My mans was down, I picked him up and taught him how to change

When I was down my brother strayed and starting acting strange

I'ma stay inside my lane and try to keep my brain

Cause I refuse to let this pain get inside my way

I'm tryna run me up a bag and I don't need a hoe

That pain I'm feeling really real, but y'all can't see it though

Cause when you let em see you weak they finna start to plot

And they gon' watch your ass struggle till you bleeding slow

And we was down for a minute

Grinding in the dark, on our own, now we're winning

We was down bad, they was laughing and grinning

They were spoonfed, we would sin for the chicken

We was moving mad, pop your cap for a ticket

You was moving fed, take a risk then you snitchin

True colors show, just watch, just listen

Just watch, just listen, yeah

And where was people at when I was down bad

Robbing suckas downtown, pole up in a brown bag

.38 hanging from my waist so my pants sag

Never been a crash dummy, never been a lab rat

Ice all in my veins cause the game cold

And how you claim you with the clique and then you straight told

I couldn't understand it even if we changed roles

Cause I was taught to keep it silent so I can't fold

And five dollars in my pocket had me feeling stuck

So I'ma grind until I make it, don't believe in luck

People suck, don't know who to trust, so I keep it tucked

Think he tough, we gon' take that pride, I can see his bluff

Ain't nobody call when I was stranded in the rain

Not a dollar to my name, not a watch, not a chain

And you ain't share the losses why you tryna share the gains

Free my brothers out that cage, you ain't ever felt that pain man

And we was down for a minute

Grinding in the dark, on our own, now we're winning

We was down bad, they was laughing and grinning

They were spoonfed, we would sin for the chicken

We was moving mad, pop your cap for a ticket

You was moving fed, take a risk then you snitchin

True colors show, just watch, just listen

Just watch, just listen, yeah