What Am I To Do - Mick Jenkins

Well I bet ya

Well I bet ya

Well I bet ya

Well I bet—

Ali’s jabbin' them shit feel like hooks

The less you got stuffed in your pocket books

The more these politicians just sound like crooks

They give me sloppy looks

They gave us nothing, had to hustle same way coffee cook

Early morning grind trying to help these niggas wake up

Etch A Sketch flows, I got the shit to shake up

Niggas switching clothes

Niggas even switch their face up

But these clowns could never really switch their make up

Family’s in your genes

Fuck is that, Mesquite?

My triple beam onto bigger schemes

I’m on these waves

Don’t expect a hand-clap 'cause you swim upstream

I’m expecting sand traps, I be in the green

If we talking green backs I’m back in the black

Been having the formula since Similac

Delicate flows under heavy metal bars but they’re still intact

What’s a nigga to do?

When you call the police but the trigger’s on you

Shit crazy, man

What’s a nigga to do?

'Cause I be streaming black they’ll beat me to blue

Put it on TV then tell you what’s true

What’s a nigga to do?

What’s a nigga to do?

When you call the police but the trigger’s on you

Pull up on 'em shining CeCe Winans with the C notes

Redefining everything the black man denotes

I could devote time

How many times have we rewrote lines to get it perfect

Miss me with inertia I’m on dirt

You gon' need assumptions, almost certain

My assertion we gon' see if you got gumption

We gon' see if you gon' play it smart or you gon' be on dumb shit

Wrong answer, we-go-dumb shit

Slow you up on some speed-bump shit

On some ski-jump shit

I’m taking flight 'cause all my flows cold

Setting bars, no pole vault

I never blow smoke unless it’s unleaded

I guess you won’t know my worst

No unedited stress

Go on wax, I mean

What’s a nigga to do?

When you tell 'em who you is and they be like «Who?»

What’s a nigga to do?

Yeah, what’s a nigga to do?

'Cause I be streaming black they’ll beat me to blue

Put it on TV then tell you what’s true

What’s a nigga to do?

What’s a nigga to do?