Night Owl ft. QUtheCREATIVE Lyrics

It's after dark and I got on my hoodie

I just want to go to the store to get cookies

Gave Momma a kiss on the forehead said I'm goody

She might not see me again like I'm playin hookey

This is my war zone, my head on a swivel

It can be midday, they still gonna get you

"I can't breathe" Mr. Officer

Just cause the corner is my office, sir

I'm tryin' to understand why you stopped me, sir

Maybe cause my skin color it's a stop and search

I was mindin' my business, on the curb

Just sold out so, I'm free to curve

Where I get the money to cop this merch

That's none of ya business Mr. Copper, sir

Up all night like I got to meet the sunrise

Doin' things all the time I used to do sometimes

I remember when I said I just want one time

Put in the work and you're goin to have a fun time

Life's not a game with unlimited runtime

YOLO on the fit cause You Only Live Once, I'm

Up all night like a night owl

Won't see a smile but I might scowl

It's after dark and I got on my Nikes

I just want to go to the store for an Icee

Gave Momma a kiss on the forehead, the nightly

They're settin' up traps for some people just like me

Do The Right Thing, that's the message from Spike Lee

Thought it would flatline, I saw it start spiking

Is this the peak or will we keep hiking

Black Lives Matter.. why they keep lying?

This is my war zone, my head on a swivel

It can be midday, they still gonna get you

Don't care about full rides, so what you can dribble

We screamin' out 'help me' and raised the decibel

I am not armed but you pulled out a pistol

I just want to talk to elected officials

We started off peaceful but then you brought missiles

Before the impact is when we heard the whistle

We heard the whistle

Before the impact they said "I'm goin to get you"

Put me in cuffs, well that thinkin' is wishful

They rather close casket so Momma can't kiss you

In their line of sight is when they notice you

I don't want a problem, I don't have an issue

I was just headed to the store cause back at my Auntie crib they done ran out of tissue

Now they want a deal?

They wait until after to ask how we feel

Caught it on camera, can't deny it's real

No justice, it's just us we play in a field

That's tilted so we always at the bottom of the hill

Might know who did it but no I'm not goin' to tell

If I don't protect mine then tell me who will

Got to come out blazin', call me Lou Will

Menace to society

You do not have to lie to me

You do not have to try to be

My friend cause IDC

The flow is an oddity

I'm a commodity

Askin' my God in me

To stay inside of me

Cause I don't have another cheek to turn

That's why I want to make ya cities burn

It's after dark and I'm dressed in all black

Couple dollars in my pocket, my mind is on snacks

Kiss my Momma on the forehead tell her I'll be back

If they don't terminate a man for bein' a minority

The "sorry's" be

Heartily discarded

They do nothin' for the families of the dearly departed

If I want revenge, you know where it started

In a race with a 'Rari feels like I'm go-kartin'

So It got to be 'Suped up

One of a kind so I cannot be grouped up

Maneuver the defense 'til I get the hoop up

I practice knots so you're easy to loop up

Not takin' your word so you got to put proof up

Ones not enough, so you got to put two up

There's a quota they got to hit every month

And their bonus is based off the true-up

So I'm schemin' and plottin'

Rememberin' the injustice at the bottom

It's goin down hill so it feels like a slalom

How I see 'em is how I have to call 'em

From my point of view I can clearly see the problem

But I can't explain it like a Whatchacallem

So I get frustrated then I lash out at the slightest little thing like "what did you call him?"

The temper is real

Momma told me to keep a calm temperament still

She told me the ones with the temper they steal

Their freedom, then cage 'em it tempers the will

She implored me be smart, I informed her I will

On a trumped up charge they'll try to give a man Wheel

But I guess that's better than dyin' from a kneel

To the neck, I'm next, and that's how it feel

It's after dark and I got on my fitted

I'm hungry for chicken, I'm hungry for biscuits

Kiss Momma on the forehead before I go get it

It's danger outside, so this is a mission

Up like a night owl, she prayin' for wisdom

Up like a night owl they preyin' on victims

Life is a vicious cycle and we all got to learn how to play in the white man's system