Shoe Laces

[Verse 1: Blu]

Uh, I was rollin' on the 210, my two feet and ten toes

On a mission to figure out which way the wind blows

My favorite part of an album used to be the intro

This goes for those on a mission to get more

ZIP codes get crossed as we boss to spin globe

Kick flows and floss what I caught with this dome

Kid roamed with no map or direction to get home

Penned poems 'bout things I've seen on this road

Been gone so long, I don't know how to return

We burn to reminisce, but then forget what we learn

Maybe names, but I can't forget a face, every timе I get a break

That's my chance to gеt away from anything in the way

Many sing, many tryna get a break

Many worthy, but how many will they take?

Will they wait? Will they shake? Will they get it and wave it in my face?

Will I get a chance to try another day?

I tell myself

[Chorus: Ahmad Anwar]

Please don't trip, whatever you doin' (Uh-huh)

I tie my shoelaces (I tie 'em up)

We all are liable to go through it (Yup)

Shaytan got a song for all humans

But he can't sing it like God do (Nope)

You hear it everywhere you see survival (True)

And this goes out to every avenue I knew (Uh-huh)

I serve my lovers and my haters gospel (Yeah, yeah)

Will you still treat me the same when I get back? (Uh-huh)

Love, I got a flight to catch, I'll be back (Peace)

Love, you know you're quiet the catch, I need that (You know I need that)

But I got some bags to pack, oh, yeah (Yeah, yeah)

[Verse 2: Blu]

Fuck all the fuss, you tryna buss, I'm on a bus (What?)

No more to discuss except bucks

Buy my album if you a collector, just the best in your sector

Left to the rest up, better

Compared to the best of your best of

Thugs ask what I put in these raps, just love, just to bust

Like you can't be touched, just was, tough luck

Grow the fuck up, you not 'bout to blow the fuck up 'cause you suck

So they probably give you a million bucks, uh

You killin' us with that hand in my pocket shit

Shit, apocalypse coming, we all popping clips

Fuck popping lips, ain't no stopping this soul train

I'm John Coltrane, the dope in the cold vein, the cut cocaine

Soul sing melodically, sonically on bang

Gold chain camaraderie, solidly run game

I step on a plane to get away from all that's in the way

Of me and my destiny, like

[Chorus: Ahmad Anwar]

Please don't trip, whatever you doin'

I tie my shoelaces (I tie 'em up)

We all are liable to go through it (Go)

Shaytan got a song for all humans

But he can't sing it like God do (True)

You hear it everywhere you see survival

And this goes out to every avenue I knew (Uh-huh)

I serve my lovers and my haters—

[Verse 3: Blu]

Not all those who wander are lost

I follow the stars like the wisemen

Tryna give God more than all of my time spent

My eyes still on the prize, realizing

The things that I'm finding are shining like diamonds

Likeminded individuals rhyming in perfect timing

Timeless, we birthing a conscience

I rhyme sick, went unsigned 'cause I ain't read the fine print

In life, you get one try, go and live your life, kid

To live righteous, you give just to get

Journey of a thousand miles begins with one step

Some slip, some fall hard, we all get up

'Til we can't get up, but we can't give up

Live just, adjust, it's just us to trust or don't trust

We all become ashes and dust and we must

Escape this fake shit, the matrix

The hatred, the racists, face this, I tell myself

[Chorus: Ahmad Anwar]

Please don't trip, whatever you doin'

I tie my shoelaces

We all are liable to go through it

Shaytan got a song for all humans

But he can't sing it like God do

You hear it everywhere you see survival

And this goes out to every avenue I knew

I serve my lovers and my haters gospel

Will you still treat me the same when I get back?

Love, I got a flight to catch, I'll be back

Love, you know you're quiet the catch, I need that

But I got some bags to pack, oh, yeah

[Outro]

It's the money for the poor

Making the rich men richer

While the taxpayers are being deceived

Claiming the poor as dependents

While they are left to bleed