[00:08.46][Verse 1: Smino]
[00:41.74]Where I was growing up
[00:43.45]They called coroner
[00:44.56]Around the corner
[00:45.86]Every morning
[00:47.00]Where the **** Tom Joyner?
[00:48.50]No fair, it ain't fair how
[00:50.40]The murder rate
[00:51.02]Fermanate Ferguson out to Fairground
[00:52.82]**** made me wanna
[00:54.09]Sell my soul through the music
[00:55.69]Put the streams on water
[00:56.49]Ancestors on my head
[00:57.95]My uncle my barber
[00:59.34]Blood suckas want my bread
[01:00.93]So I ordered the garlic
[01:01.97]Hustled too hard, these blessings ain't yours
[01:04.05]So when I
[01:04.42]Pull up and park it, my front seat a toilet
[01:06.76]**** of
[01:07.63]Course I'm a target, they hope I get martyred
[01:09.65]Lose ya
[01:10.54]Corpse in a corporation
[01:11.47]Ten years of cooperation
[01:12.25]Been wanting to throw bows at Becky
[01:13.65]Been wanting to throw jabs at Jason
[01:15.17]Gotdamn need a long vacation
[01:16.55]Bong rip and a bad bitch
[01:17.76]Thick fine with them dimples on it
[01:19.33]Love how it shake when it's that thick
[01:20.32]Lil' seminar on the simmer down
[01:21.64]Feel a lil' more ambitious now
[01:22.87]Never doubt what you dream about
[01:24.26]Never fear what you feelin' now
[01:26.66][Chorus: Via Rosa]
[01:27.29]Even when you knew my truths
[01:32.73]Even when you knew my mistakes
[01:36.67]Said you loved me anyway
[01:38.66]Said you loved me anyway
[01:44.53]Oh Lord, gimme a sign
[01:51.79]Show me a way
[01:54.16]I been alone
[01:56.53]I been afraid
[01:57.51]And you were s'posed to be there for me in the
[02:03.83]Long run
[02:05.28]What have you done?
[02:08.77][Verse 2: Smino]
[02:09.06]Where I was growing up
[02:09.78]Stanley and Marlon
[02:11.22]Did it big on the corner, every morning
[02:13.42]Had etc on 'em
[02:14.45]Encountered a jump out
[02:16.41]Them boys undercover
[02:17.64]To **** us it all made sense now
[02:19.10]**** made me wanna
[02:20.32]Tippy toe when I'm moving
[02:21.83]Pray I don't get bothered
[02:23.28]Cut my hair low for the gig
[02:24.62]Can't nap on the guala
[02:25.76]Only way they let me in
[02:27.05]Was speaking so very proper
[02:28.55]But **** that, no it don't stop here
[02:29.75]I knock the sign over speeding
[02:30.91]Traits of the greatest, I'm balling
[02:32.52]Tracy McGrady
[02:33.23]I swear I, hate police, hate them
[02:34.36]Nah nigga, they don't wanna see me shine
[02:35.28]Straight to the paper regardless
[02:37.93]***** we ballin'
[02:38.60]Not a slave to the fear
[02:39.95]Anymore, I won't allow it
[02:41.28]Watchin' tapes of these kids gettin' killed
[02:43.23]Lookin' like me
[02:43.90]Cut that **** off
[02:45.09]They can't desensitize me
[02:46.28]I realized that in clusters they can't touch us
[02:48.96]I've been tusslin' with my brothers and my sisters about lovin'
[02:51.69]'Cause this country don't love us
[02:53.15]It ain't for us, mane, **** 'em
[02:54.94][Chorus: Via Rosa]
[02:55.15]And you were s'posed to be there for me in the
[02:57.87]Long run
[03:01.40]What have you done?
[03:11.66][Outro: Via Rosa]
[03:14.32]Don't give me no
[03:16.17]Give me no reason to doubt you
[03:18.58]'Cause I was living just fine
[03:21.64]Living my life without you
[03:24.49]And you were s'posed to be there for me in the
[03:30.24]Long run
[03:31.62]What have you done?

Where I was growing up
They called coroner
Around the corner
Every morning
Where the **** Tom Joyner?
No fair, it ain't fair how
The murder rate
Fermanate Ferguson out to Fairground
**** made me wanna
Sell my soul through the music
Put the streams on water
Ancestors on my head
My uncle my barber
Blood suckas want my bread
So I ordered the garlic
Hustled too hard, these blessings ain't yours
So when I
Pull up and park it, my front seat a toilet
**** of
Course I'm a target, they hope I get martyred
Lose ya
Corpse in a corporation
Ten years of cooperation
Been wanting to throw bows at Becky
Been wanting to throw jabs at Jason
Gotdamn need a long vacation
Bong rip and a bad bitch
Thick fine with them dimples on it
Love how it shake when it's that thick
Lil' seminar on the simmer down
Feel a lil' more ambitious now
Never doubt what you dream about
Never fear what you feelin' now
Even when you knew my truths
Even when you knew my mistakes
Said you loved me anyway
Said you loved me anyway
Oh Lord, gimme a sign
Show me a way
I been alone
I been afraid
And you were s'posed to be there for me in the
Long run
What have you done?
Where I was growing up
Stanley and Marlon
Did it big on the corner, every morning
Had etc on 'em
Encountered a jump out
Them boys undercover
To **** us it all made sense now
**** made me wanna
Tippy toe when I'm moving
Pray I don't get bothered
Cut my hair low for the gig
Can't nap on the guala
Only way they let me in
Was speaking so very proper
But **** that, no it don't stop here
I knock the sign over speeding
Traits of the greatest, I'm balling
Tracy McGrady
I swear I, hate police, hate them
Nah nigga, they don't wanna see me shine
Straight to the paper regardless
***** we ballin'
Not a slave to the fear
Anymore, I won't allow it
Watchin' tapes of these kids gettin' killed
Lookin' like me
Cut that **** off
They can't desensitize me
I realized that in clusters they can't touch us
I've been tusslin' with my brothers and my sisters about lovin'
'Cause this country don't love us
It ain't for us, mane, **** 'em
And you were s'posed to be there for me in the
Long run
What have you done?
Don't give me no
Give me no reason to doubt you
'Cause I was living just fine
Living my life without you
And you were s'posed to be there for me in the
Long run
What have you done?