​dj honda, De La Soul - Trouble in the Water lyrics

What's up, world?
Gon' give you a little love right here
My man DJ Honda blessed us with a joint
Word up, De La up in here, ha
We gon' spread a little love
To some folks who up in my head right now
Aight? Check it out

It was a big deal moving my big wheel to LI
Had a backyard, though shit moved slow
Caught a cat on the humble, wassup, wassup
Kid? Y'all be memorizin' flicks of the
Wild things we did
We was brick wall niggas, six small niggas
And they knew it and wasn't
Nobody runnin' through us
Step in the backyard, parties was a blast
Fucking up our sneakers on the wet grass
Remember getting stabbed in ya ass?
Your moms sat us all down
Said we was niggas and clowns


But it was just love and, plus
Love showed me that she was a diamond
Findin' out God took her hit
Me dead on my heart
It made the eye water start
But you was strong, can ya hear me Huggy?
Keep your mind crystal clear when
Your thought gets muggy
We them easy street kids
From Mr bryant's basement
Wishin' for the Apollo, tryin' to get dough
Now my times move slow
Ain't it all full circle?
A dove cry, makes the whole scene turn purple
Remember that night you had to
Hide in the freezer?
For real, see them kids were real
We still slid
But now we grown niggas and we handling kids
We been since day one and the days ain't over
Gotta share a back seat
Push with the chauffeur
My pops said he's waiting for
Your ass in the zone so we can fly to the
Land and welcome you home
Rob-O, see we good to go, you know the rest
Don't stress, love-love, baby, aight?

If you got time to give, I got time to think
See, it could all change in one eye blink
While you in the troubled water
I hope ya don't sink don't sink
(Don't sink) , don't sink (Check it out)

Some rarely saw the negative, pause
From the depths of one's blurs
Everything's now cleared by laws
Mad for mere seconds in the span of dying
Trying to tell you don't go
I'm about to blow
No more innocence, it's about the dollars
And events of fame
Aren't you? Search your name
From the group? Search your name
On the dotted line
Back before the rhyme I had reasons
To punch the kid who
Tried teasin' during lunch
It was a matter of promoting decency
But the "de" and the "cy" fell off
So I sinned
Again and again until Jesus came down
Wait, I'm still sinning
(I guess he hasn't reached the ground)
Thoughts of me before my voice could
Even recall, couldn't afford the physical
Peep how then was now, but now is not
Yo, I'm a minute wiser, but it seems, kid
I got some beef
Can't take or shake off the wrong
Accept my apologies to bypass the horn
No need for false alarm, word up
The nuyopian charm is for sure back again
It's rememberin' the was that is now gone
For the axis of the now so I can move on
For the axis of the now so I, so I

If you got time to give, I got time to think
See, it could all change in one eye blink
When you in the troubled waters
I hope ya don't sink
Don't sink (Don't sink) , don't sink
If you got time to give, I got time to think
See, it could all change in one eye blink
When you in the troubled waters
I hope ya don't sink
Don't sink (Don't sink) , don't sink

Goodnight, world (Goodnight, world)
De La, y'all, uh
My man DJ Honda's on the beat like this
Don't sink
(Don't sink) , don't sink (Don't sink, y'all)
Just letting y'all into the fleeing moments
Of the memories of mine
And I'm out like this one time (One time)