Starting 5 (Explicit)

[00:00.10]Dreamville、Lute、Cozz - Starting 5 (Explicit)
[00:00.71]Lyrics by：Cody Osagie、Damon Coleman、Luther Nicholson、Wyatt Coleman
[00:01.06]Composed by：Cody Osagie、Damon Coleman、Luther Nicholson、Wyatt Coleman
[00:03.72]Hey Lute can you do me a favor
[00:08.38]I need you to talk that talk like it's all a n***a would
[00:11.95]Carolina proud of these bars
[00:15.11]Rap n***as corny this ain't your only vessel
[00:17.25]N***as Flash without the ice they ain't nothing special s**t
[00:20.62]You go through levels n***a swear they helped you
[00:23.08]Put in the work I promise God gon' bless you
[00:25.33]Everyday this what I tell my nephew
[00:27.33]I lay low 'cause I can't relate
[00:29.38]I'm good at ghosting 'cause I'm that n***a in my creative space
[00:32.48]Hurt less when you out the way
[00:34.53]You got your fame 'til you not the wave
[00:36.70]Shout out my name n***a I'm gon' wave
[00:38.78]Never too good to show you where I came
[00:40.98]Spit that flame n***a switchin' lane s**t
[00:44.07]I spit pain 'cause I'm takin' aim s**t
[00:46.76]My brother called said he seen me on the TV screen
[00:49.51]When I was sixteen they didn't think I'm pan to be anything
[00:52.41]Don't wire checks I want the cash I want my money green
[00:55.46]I'm 'bout to flex like I'm Money Team
[00:57.46]My old b***hes be perplexed 'cause they ain't support the dreams
[01:00.37]D**n
[01:00.72]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[01:03.17]I really do this ain't no Judas in my starting five
[01:06.02]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[01:08.92]I really do this I got shooters in my starting five
[01:12.32]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[01:14.77]I really do this ain't no Judas in my starting five
[01:17.57]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[01:20.42]I really do this I got shooters in my starting five
[01:23.79]Drive-by's where I reside often
[01:25.79]Beautiful black lives sit inside of that coffin
[01:28.24]We gotta realize it's toxic
[01:29.54]Eff a stick-up put the sticks up let's stick together through hardships
[01:32.39]We already exhausted
[01:33.75]'Cause as long as we're living as living targets to these officers
[01:36.80]Now we gotta watch for any signs of us coughing
[01:39.15]And I got asthma gotta be cautious
[01:41.22]Ironic now I can't run it up show money done turned to no money
[01:44.82]Just to sum it up I ain't seen the sun in months
[01:47.28]But how can I complain when some fathers ain't seen their sons in months
[01:50.18]Some are stuck overseas some are stuck six feet under us
[01:52.98]Like even through the downs that we seen we still coming up
[01:55.69]That's right
[01:56.14]God really be loving us gained strength through pain we toughened up
[01:58.90]Yeah gained strength through pain I got that tatted
[02:01.60]Been through what I been through
[02:02.70]You equipped but I'm not that average nah
[02:04.65]If you ain't seen me in months you gon' ask What happened Cozz
[02:07.60]I level up daily because I keep my hands to God
[02:10.45]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[02:12.45]I really do this ain't no Judas in my starting five
[02:15.45]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[02:18.30]I really do this I got shooters in my starting five
[02:21.60]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[02:24.06]I really do this ain't no Judas in my starting five
[02:27.01]I turned nothing into something water into wine
[02:29.86]I really do this I got shooters in my starting five
[02:33.71]Keep playing with Dreamville's name
[02:37.41]Don't get Chris Rock'd out your socks
[02:40.21]Anything can and will happen
[02:45.44]Then watch me walk back out my seat
[02:48.64]Keep my name out your f**kin' mouth
[02:55.41]Gangsta
[03:00.76]On this side over here
[03:04.06]Godly flows only
[03:07.12]Drama
[03:07.82]You witnessing the heart of Omen
[03:09.62]Everything that y'all release is like DeMar DeRozan
[03:12.28]Straight mid but my art is golden
[03:14.38]When you dream like I dream see you seem odd
[03:17.32]'Til these h*es looking at you like they seen God
[03:19.98]I'm not God just the best thing that God made
[03:22.88]A higher power calling me that goes beyond faith
[03:25.69]A strong blessing they calm stressin'
[03:28.04]Extraordinary person can't relate to John Legend
[03:30.80]You see I speak with my chest like Bobby Fischer
[03:33.55]Deep as the Mali River
[03:34.90]Understand I'm not a role model figure
[03:37.15]Beast with the pen plus my beats like modern Dilla
[03:40.00]Peaceful within but I'm still a Chicago n***a
[03:42.91]Intellect that I intel got me out of quiet hell
[03:45.91]Thought TDK was dead b***h
[03:47.46]I'm alive and well
[03:48.86]I'm better through the try and fail tell your clientele
[03:51.66]I'm just a star who was carved from Orion's Belt
[03:54.52]Nonchalant bout homicide when you desensitized
[03:57.37]N***as incentivize to keep on stealing lives
[04:00.27]Put my pain in perspective while I roll pine
[04:03.22]Last few years now I'm back in your starting five
[04:07.23]You're witnessing a dynasty like no other
[04:11.38]Dreamville
[04:14.33]Welcome to D-Day