Jay Rock - The Message lyrics

It's like you're testing me now
This my testimony, look I got that recipe now
Keep that good book on the
Dash with that weaponry out
Ain't no mo' rules in this
Game plus no referees out
All that stressing, it taught me lessons
Caught blessings, went back to stressin'
And that moment when death is present
Had me praying and asking questions
I had no answers so I had
To bottle up that aggression
Load up them hollows and I had
To follow in my direction
Don't know where I'm headed
I can't look back though
There's nothing there
But backstabbers, snakes that slither
Decisions when nothing's fair
Keeping my faith in all
Even if they come take it all
Stand on my ground
I was born to fight so I'm taking off
Me and my champs on a mission
Work with the baddest intention
Sharp as a scalpel incision
Gotta survive these conditions
Vengeance is like a tradition
If you practice what you're preaching might
Just get what you wish
Never thought it would be a easy
I hope we understand that
Gotta earn it when you see me
I hope we understand that
I look up at these tennis shoes over the wire
I'm looking at these tennis
Shoes over the wire i know change coming

Now we have to get whatever we after
See past the regular shit that we master
Learn to survive through love and
Jezebels and street pastors
Live as free as we can cause
Hell on Earth is being recaptured
I'm caught in this ghetto rapture
Spirit detached
I'm smoking backwoods looking
For greener pastures hashtag we bastards
From money change to snowflakes
The body found, a cold case
We making it out from no place
Now can you walk in these shoes with no lace?
Or push that S5-50 on shoes with
No plates? I don't think so
Shit is insufficient when you think slow
That's why I keep one foot in
The game like a flamingo
But here's the thing though
Picking my spots yelling, "bingo"
Post it with the work, 501's with the peacoat
This ain't no New Jack City and I ain't Nino
Wondering if change gone come
But we gone see though

Never thought it would be a easy
I hope we understand that
Gotta earn it when you see me
I hope we understand that
I look up at these tennis shoes over the wire
I'm looking at these tennis
Shoes over the wire i know change coming
Never thought it would be a easy
I hope we understand that
Gotta earn it when you see me
I hope we understand that
I look up at these tennis shoes over the wire
I'm looking at these tennis
Shoes over the wire i know change coming