What I Came For - Little Brother

Yo, this been years in the makin'

And when I talk about them years

I’m talkin' 'bout the blood, sweat, and tears

From the routes I was takin'

Tryna avoid the dark cloud

Took a couple L’s, never lyin' on the ground

Offer me a inch, I want the whole mile

Wouldn’t thinkin' 'bout the future

Tryna live for the now

My momma want a house still

And my brother need lawyers for appeal

No deal if the terms don’t appeal

Turnin' to a new page

Kids don’t read books

Ownin' a little data can be celebrated

Endurin' the test of time is an attribute

I put my rep on the line every time I design a new rhyme

Y’all sketches sound kinda cute

You drawin' other conclusions, your opinion moot

Rapper here for the bag, I need a new suit

Nobody move, nobody gets hurt

It’s time to do work, tell 'em

Just gimme what I came for

If you got it out the mud, you ain’t scared of the dirt, tell 'em

Just gimme what I came for

Where you from?

Get you some, nigga

Just gimme what I came for

Oh yeah (Oh yeah), oh yeah (Oh yeah)

Tell them people what you here for

Man, life is marvelous

Word to Paul Wall, I’m with all the shits

No matter how narrow the margin is

For the art of it, not the artifice

Gotta stay forthright

'Cause 2020 ain’t shit without foresight

County boy, Wake, Durham, Guilford, and Forsyth

Where you can hear some Bill Withers under porchlights

Settle down, find a nice girl and just chill wit' her

Stay low and build wit' her, like Fortnite

But while my city was fast asleep

Before the South was bumpin' Master P

My Ghetto Dope was Bizzie Boyz, Nyborn, and Mixmaster D (Mixmaster D)

Who ever thought it would get passed to me

To write these songs, the fight goes on

The nights is long and regimented

So I can go on a run that’s unprecedented

Them bars is comedy, King, nigga, you Eddie Griffin

Two pulls and a sip, now here’s to better livin'

I saw a miracle tonight, it’s got me feelin' new (Yessir, yessir)

Livin' inside of a dream

Jump into a car to drive, right down 85

Comin' home to you (One time, slow down)

Nobody move, nobody gets hurt

It’s time to do work, tell 'em

Just gimme what I came for

If you got it out the mud, you ain’t scared of the dirt, tell 'em

Just gimme what I came for

Where you from?

Get you some, nigga

Just gimme what I came for

Oh yeah (Oh yeah), oh yeah (Oh yeah)

Tell the people what you here for

Tell the people what-people what-people what

Tell the people what you’re here for-here for-here for

Tell the people what-people what-people what

Tell the people what you’re here for-here for-here for

Tell the people what-people what-people what

Tell the people what you’re here for-here for-here for

Tell the people wh-people wh

Tell the people-people what you’re here for