heart pt. 6

Load up the Pro Tools and press three
Studio filled with Jack In The Box and Pepsis
Niggas watchin' Worldstar videos, not the ESPYs
Laughin' at B Pump, her stomach turnin', I get up and proceeded to write somethin'

Ab-Soul in the corner mumblin' raps, fumblin' packs of Black & Milds
Crumblin' Kush 'til he cracked a smile
His words legendary, wishin' I could rhyme like him
Studied his style to define my pen

That was back when the only goal was to get Jay Rock through the door
Warner Brother Records, hope Naim Ali would let us know
Was excited just to go to them label meetings
Wasn't my record deal, but still, I couldn't believe it

Me and Rock inside the booth, hibernatin'
It was simple math, if he made it, that mean I made it
Everything I had was for the team, I remained patient
Grindin' with my brothers, it was us against them, no one above us, bless our hearts

Use your heart and not your eyes (baby, just relax and ride)
If you got time and I got time (yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes (mm)

My nigga Dave had a champagne Acura
A bunch of instrumentals I freestyled in the passenger
That nigga wore several hats, a producer, a manager, director, and DJ
A hothead squabblin', Bloods, Pirus, and Keeways

For this little thing of ours, we called TDE
I watch you take some penitentiary chances to say the least
Remember in the county buildin' with MixedByAli
We tried to freak the system just to make a couple ends meet

That's my nigga for shit sure
He brought Q over, but Q didn't rap, but he learned from our inspo
We split Louisiana chicken riverboat special
Sleepin' next to 02R consoles to be our refuge

He was homeless and I left home
Q said, "Dot, you won't be slept on, you the nigga to bet on (use your h-)
Top had given us the million in the home lived in
Hopin' that we see some millions, God bless our hearts

Use your heart and not your eyes (baby, just relax and ride)
If you got time and I got time (yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes

Punch played Phil Jackson in my early practices
Strategies on how to be great amongst the averages
I picked his brain on what was ordained, highly collaborative
Rep pushed the label the same, amongst the savages

Moose kept my name in the function that he would run in
TEEZ kept the vultures away from me that was comin'
Sounwave let me borrow his clothes for shows
As a hype man, to cook up in this room 'til the night ends

Time flies, I'm carryin' debates of a top five
Buryin' my opps and allies
But I'd done a half job communicatin' feelings of bein' stagnant
Life was gettin' bigger than just rappin'

The bidness, what I was lackin'
Top used to record me back when it was poor me
And now we at the round table for what assures me
I guess my motivation was the yearnin' for independence

Poured everything I had left in the family bidness
Now it's about Kendrick, I wanna evolve, place my skillset as a Black exec'
I jog my memory, knowin' Black Hippy didn't work 'cause of me
Creatively, I moved on, with new concepts in reach

Top, remember all them sessions we would strategize?
To hit the streets, then come back record three records, ah
To tell the truth, it fucked me up when D-Man passed
The motive was the condolences, but the pride crashed

I had to bypass old mythologies, I had
Put my heart on display like it was an iMac
To all my young niggas, let me be the demonstration
How to conduct differences with a healthy conversation

If that's your family, then handle it as such
Don't let the socials gas you up, or let emotions be your crutch
Pick up the phone and bust it up before the history is lost
Hand-to-handshake is good when you have a heart-to-heart

Use your heart and not your eyes (baby, just relax your mind)
If you got time and I got time (yeah, yeah)
Free your thoughts and watch them fly
Use your heart and not your eyes (hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm-hmm)