Gentilly 1991 Lyrics

She's gone

You can't save me

Everything I built, was it all for nothing

I'm here to crash your party

Can't you see that I'm at war

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Yo, what up, been thinkin' bout blowin' up

They really don't know what's up

Been thinkin' I'll show 'em up

They keep lookin' at me crazy

Leave me alone, I'm drunk

Been thinkin' I'll sober up

Been drinkin' I don't know what

And no, you don't need to save me

Easy, that's close enough

You really don't know enough to go and judge me

Oh how pretentious, pretend to love me

Keeps gettin' ugly, but I can't get enough

My demons fear nothing, and they ain't lettin' up

So I just

Uh, keep my head on a swivel in the middle of the night

I'm tryin' to build an instrumental big enough to fit my mind in

I get sentimental then I really get to vibin

I begin to chill, I hit a ceilin' with these rhymes and

Then I get pissy

Same feel I used to get when doin' this at fifteen

Really wanna spit a verse, my brain just isn't listening

The feeling's gettin' worse, and then it's like my skin is itching

Then I start sipping, now I'm tryin' to catch a buzz

I need a little nicotine, I let it ease into my blood

And try to think of similes to sum my life up just for fun

It's like I'm stuck in Choppa City with no money and a gun

Somewhere like Gentilly, nineteen ninety-one

A couple bullets barely miss me while I'm tryin to run

I always carry with me somethin' with a drum

But I can't afford the ammo so I jump

Down into a ditch in an attempt to save my life

Ain't no self defense when you spent everything on hype

Make a final wish to tell my family goodbye before I die

My legs are beat it ain't no Forrest Gump I was livin' large

Now I always gotta stay down 'cause the enemy's at large

I try to write my way out, but I keep on writin' bars

So, if I blow my brains out before I see tomorrow

Just say that I was heart broke, really I'm

It's like I'm tryin' to fight a crusade without conviction

But I don't wanna die tonight

The only hope I had I would trade to seem consistent

Oh, but I think I missed it

Caught in a fight to save my life but I'm defenseless

What can I write to make this plight of mine vivid

So vivid

Eccentric mind, I try to find the right image

Visions of violent times outside when I existed

Gentilly ninety-one

Chris Collingsworth like

Now here's a guy that you don't wanna play with

I'm a hit ya like a linebacker for the Saints, it's

Demario Davis, put a stop to any y'all that's out here runnin' plays

Unless I'm on you playlist, baby I'm dangerous

Yeah, I know ya heard it before

I done killed a lot of records I'm a murder some more, yeah

Now I'm startin' war, and there ain't nothin' you could tell me

You better be ready when the bell rings

Fight! I been tryin' so hard, so long, still can't get anything

Right! and if they try and pull my card

Good Lord, just know I don't really mean fight

Please don't call my bluff

I just wanna seem tough and menacing

Strike fear in the hearts of my enemies

Hopin' they remember me, but that's un

Likely, did a lot of shit to make some of 'em not like me

Not to mention shit that made my woman despise me

Every night she callin' me scum and a villain

I guess that I belong in Mos Eisley

After what I did, ain't all that surprisin' really

Lord, try and give me just a little light

Been a long night here stuck on Gentilly, uh

If I don't know what to say, then why say anything

If I got no one to blame, then why make enemies

If she hadn't walked away, would I change anything

Would I change anything

It's like I'm tryin' to fight a crusade without conviction

But I don't wanna die tonight

The only hope I had I would trade to seem consistent

Oh, but I think I missed it

Caught in a fight to save my life but I'm defenseless

What can I write to make this plight of mine vivid

So vivid

Eccentric mind, I try to find the right image

Visions of violent times outside when I existed

Gentilly ninety-one