J.O. - The Water

I made it from the land to the water but don't ask how I keep from drowning
Need my family on the side and that one that'll ride but that's all that I keep around me
And when my body grow tired and that well run dry
You gon see that I'll still be smiling
Ain't no holding that
I'm going back
To the water
To the ones that's riding benches
Ready if they name called on any fourth and inches
This a dedication
To the ones that's underrated
Paying dues all year
No matter the form of payment
Raise your flag bang your drum
And tell em what your name is
Bang your chest cuz where you from
And tell em how you claim it
The water
Where it rain through the sun
Mean you take the good with the bad and then you turn it into something
Cookouts with the neighbors go & get you a plate
But when you get on out here
Dont forget where you ate
Make no mistakes
It's all love anyway
Dice game take the cake then you might catch a fade
Round here
Cuz they don't play down here
It ain't just kids running tag on playgrounds here
You might get a bag if you stay down here
But you finna pay tax since you ain't from round here
The water
I made it from the land to the water but don't ask how I keep from drowning
Need my family on the side and that one that'll ride but that's all that I keep around me
And when my body grow tired and that well run dry
You gon see that I'll still be smiling
Ain't no holding that
I'm going back
To the water
Now the year is '03
Rubber band round my wrist thinking I'm T.I.P.
Brush that dirt off my shoulder boy I'm thinking jay-z
Pass the dutch I ain't never scared on constant repeat
And we keep it discreet
Never keeping receipts
The paper trails they chasing tails now whenever we eat
But how clever is we
If we dont leave with the key
To pull the lever on them doors that's gon lead us to feast
You ain't a boss or a beast unless your people agree
Your yes men finna leave the next man give em treats
And that day you gon see
How cheap loyalty be
You need something real on your feed then you can leave it me
Now I know you watching
Me running through these projects
Eyes rolling while you scrolling
Knowing that I got it
The hatin is obvious
I'm not debating your logic
The fakin is toxic
And I learned how to spot it
In the water
I made it from the land to the water but don't ask how I keep from drowning
Need my family on the side and that one that'll ride but that's all that I keep around me
And when my body grow tired and that well run dry
You gon see that I'll still be smiling
Ain't no holding that
I'm going back
To the water

Written by:
Jonathan Ortiz

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