Riot! - Earl Sweatshirt

(They know they ain't got no business Fucking around with the Fucking around with the goat) They ain't gone keep talking crazy Right in front my face We gone have to say what's up And not no peaceful shake Who knows what they took from us So yeah we're here to take Yeah we got them huffing puffing Like they need a break We can't sleep evil don't like defeat They'll give us blankets I'm a soldier boy They hear me on the beat they crank it Tryna make sure history Don't repeat generations How we let us be this weak Truthfully it's amazing Who's strapped up, boots strapped up Fool act up get stomped Tick tock, no silly watch better get back Your boy is a bomb Forget the gossip I ain't into talking I'm getting far away from the drama Ain't a sign to see, here comes cavalry Sometimes gotta be karma No surprise would've thought them wise Tried to give them time I warned ya Suit and tie won't do this time I'm fighting for my honor You will die tryna scrutinize I think Medusa's my mama Who is God, my useful guide I wasn't raised with a father Riot! Riot! Riot! Riot Riot! Riot! Riot Once we stand up, strength in numbers Ain't nobody safe They gone have to put a new roof Up inside this place Riot! Riot! Riot! Riot Riot! Riot! Riot Don't be playing with your Life because it's got a date But don't let nobody ever Make you stop your pace

Chillin' with a hair tie, No makeup with some sweatpants on. You know I can always be that guy, You can think about me all night long But I think you need something to think of me. Something that will keep you warm And show we can be more than just this So baby if you are not ready for my kiss Then you can wear my sweatshirt And you can tell your friends we'll be together till the end Girl you can wear my sweatshirt Cuz you're the only one I hold and I don't want you to be cold So baby wear mine When you go to sleep at night, When you wake up in the morning And when you walk the halls girl you know wanna flaunt it Said this may be the start of something new Girl I'm gonna tell you exactly what I wanna do is more than just this So baby if you are not ready for my kiss Then you can wear my sweatshirt And you can tell your friends we'll be together till the end Girl you can wear my sweatshirt Cuz you're the only one I hold and I don't want you to be cold So baby wear mine... And you can wear my, my, my, my sweatshirt And I don't want you to be cold, Cold, co- co- co- cold So you can wear my So you can wear my sweatshirt And you can tell your friends we'll be together till the end Girl you can wear my sweatshirt Cuz you're the only one I hold and I don't want you to be cold So baby wear my Sweatshirt Cuz you're the only one I hold and I don't want you to be cold So baby wear my

Alright Ugh, ugh, ugh Good grief, I been reaping what I sow Nigga, I ain't been outside in a minute I been living what I wrote And all I see is snakes in the eyes of these niggas Momma taught me how to read 'em when I look Miss me at the precinct getting booked Fishy niggas stick to eating off of hooks Say you eating, but we see you getting cooked, nigga I don't act hard, I'm a hard act to follow, nigga Like it or not, when it drop, bet he gotta listen Chasing dragons, tryna make it happen, on a mission Step into the shadows, we could talk addiction When it's harmful where you going and the part of you that know it Don't give a fuck, pardon me for going into details 3-7-6 was a brothel We had females come in every hour on the dot And the shit sound like a gavel when it knock Focus on my chatter, ain't as frantic as my thoughts Lately I've been panicking a lot Feelin' like I'm stranded in a mob Scrambling for Xanax out the canister to pop Never getting out of hand, steady handling my job Time damaging my ties Who turn to get up? Get dude turned to dinner quick You circus niggas, you turning into tricks I was making waves, you was surfing in 'em Dealing with the stomach pains just from birthing niggas' shit Cut the grass off the surface Pray the lawnmower blade catch the back of a serpent nigga shit Bitch Good grief, I been reaping what I sow Nigga, I ain't been outside in a minute I been living what I wrote And all I see is snakes in the eyes of these niggas Momma taught me how to read 'em when I look Miss me at the precinct getting booked Fishy niggas stick to eating off of hooks Say you eating, but we see you getting cooked, nigga I'm fleeting thoughts on a leash For the moment, high as fuck I been alone in my shit for the longest Snakes sliding in the street Mama taught me how to not be like the bodies lying in them Pigs, riding in 'em I'm a target, so it's hard to even eye me in 'em If he ain't dying for me, then I ain't riding with him There's no time for that Making sure my man wallet's straight like a collar When you eyeing that Thinking 'bout my grandmama, find a bottle I'ma wallow when I lie in that I just want my time and my mind intact When they both gone, you can't buy 'em back

Imprecise words Yeah, chief, get it 'cause we mean it Ease up, free smokin', niggas need it Mask off, mask on, we trick-or-treatin' Back off, stand-offish and anemic Yeah, my nigga Ish, told him it's a feelin' Blast off, buckshot into my ceilin' Why ain't nobody tell me I was bleedin'? Please, nobody pinch me out this dream I said peace to my dirty water drinkers Psh, nobody tryna get it clean Why ain't nobody tell me I was sinkin'? Ain't nobody tell me I could leave Yeah, we'd win again, seethin' within Seen teeth on the floor, leakin' again We hold the door, uh We build the bridge, we hold the courts Send a cease and desist to your thieves, nigga Please do abort, I could feel when you're forcin' it Still in a bore riddim Boy, I take the tour chips and go and get some decent decor Is you gon' ribbit or will you jump? Get some more ribbons for the born winners from the jump Niggas don't listen 'til that whole mission was a bust No sit-up, but it's crunch time, shootin' in the clutch The midsummer sunshine found me on my ones, face drippin', uh Hate swimmin' through your bloodlines Motherfuck a judge, same goin' to the one time, yeah Come and take a stroll in the mud Dip a toe in it, heard the hammer like a grudge When you holdin' it close, we was on the cusp It was holes in the boat, we ain't make a fuss Uh, chosen Imprecise words Yeah, chief, get it 'cause we mean it Ease up, free smokin', niggas need it Mask off, mask on, we trick-or-treatin' Back off, stand-offish and anemic Yeah, my nigga Ish, told him it's a feelin' Blast off, buckshot into my ceilin' Why ain't nobody tell me I was bleedin'? Please, nobody pinch me out this dream

I keep it, we back, yeah Ya dig? (Thinkin' 'bout) Yeah, yeah (Know what I'm sayin'?) Every nigga that, uh Every nigga that's trippin' around me serve as reminder that I gotta watch my step I keep it quiet as kept (Ayy, ayy) Yeah, I think I spent most of my life depressed (Most of my) Only thing on my mind was death (On my) Didn't know if my time was next (Next, yeah, yeah) Tryna refine this shit, I redefined myself First I had to find it (Uh) I couldn't find a friend, had to rely on my wits I be with Mike and Med (Mike, Med) Nowadays I be with Sage and with Six-press, ya dig? I'm in L.A. with Glen, please come and claim ya kid I cannot play with them (Yeah, yeah, whoa) Let's try a different approach out I celebrate with a toast Brodie, you know if you with me we homebound (Homebound) I need a city to hold down (Hold down) You niggas gave me a coast (Yeah) You went and gave me a cape (Cape) But that never gave me no hope (Hope, yeah, hope, hope) I found a new way to cope It ain't no slave in my soul But I keep the memories close by (Close by) Even when I hit a low (I hit a low) I still give thanks to the most high I can't do favors no more If you lame and you broke, and you waiting for cosign I take a plate to go Bread I could break with bro Noose on my chain is gold Tell me how you been faking the whole time? (Whole time) That's how surveillance go These niggas be playing for both sides This shit could take a toll There ain't no (Bro) There ain't no (Yeah) It ain't no place to (Nah) Yeah Yeah, yeah Mm-mm-hmm