Purple Tuesday (Feat. Joey Bada$$ & Jesse Boykins III)

Seven years old I asked Christ and the genie Ten years old I seen my friend die really Genie in the bottle though it's Jenny on the block I'm Houdini with the Uzi holy father wake me up Time-traveller that boy he a star Blowing bubbles in the faces of the people afar '97 Hov playing trunk rattled the car Wet lick done licked the gold stars of my heart Golden roses over enemies and sprinkled with serenity Tryna stain the legacy pray to Allah And fo' sho' got you rappers Instagramming your ma With that North Face jacket blade tucked in my- Way way before the tomb came the womb no question And out came his black ass remember you was yellow with your Black bandana with your fingers all twisted June 19th '87 in the kitchen The straw that broke the camel's back in love with your life Have you ever walked home afraid alone in the night Have you ever taken drink inside the loo just in case Cause the fears of a man just like God to my cape And the rap game crazy but the coke came at 'em Eve came home feeling fruity and we smashing All of that ass got me feeling real ratchet The chicken came before the egg and way before the atoms Cancelling the shows and making money off of acting Rain rain pouring like the bezels in my chalice Potentially We could build a galaxy This you-and-I-verse could be More than just the dreams of the living I could see the you in me So let's keep giving to the stars I know that I could take you far Far far away from here Where we should be U-N-I-T-Y Where we should be U-N-I-T-Y that's a unity Where we should be U-N-I-T-Y You and me U-N-I-T-Y that's a unity The man rose little concrete roads Put your hands together folks for the black roach 'Bout to deliver like Stagecoach Know I stay posted my nigga that was it yo what's the signs My fountain of youth is all drying one minute we all smiling Then poof we fall silent and I've been digging deep For this thing I ain't finding this Either I'm insane in my brain or to be honest that's Probably what it is Done seen a lot of shit that you probably can't live with You probably can't stomach you probably can't ingest At times we were so hungry got mad dreams and wishes It'll all get sunny but for now it's this money that Determines and divides that's insuring our lives Even causing homicides on the streets of NY A little shorty asked me what's my purpose and why I told him save the children and point them right at the light He said for sure that's tight but where the dollar signs in that Them hella fine dimes with that ass so fat That Phantom and the Maybach that black MAC that go crick-crack That's when I say yo chill shorty relax Let me open your mind to the current times If visions is colourblind it's fine your light will still shine as I consume this time he begin to unravel And travel to a place he thought that he would never find uh U-N-I-T-Y U-N-I-T-Y that's a unity U-N-I-T-Y U-N-I-T-Y that's a unity Potentially We could build a galaxy This you-and-I-verse could be More than just the dreams of the living I could see the you in me So let's keep giving to the stars I know that I could take you far Far far away from here Where we should be Where we should be Where we should be You and me What do we do We got a duty gotta say What do we do We got a duty gotta save ayy What do we do We got a duty gotta say These are the days that we pray for love Oh I wonder wonder wonder where is love What do we do We got a duty gotta say What do we do We got a duty gotta save ayy What do we do We got a duty gotta say These are the days that we pray for love Like that Uh Like that y'all-y'all y'all y'all y'all Y'all-y'all y'all y'all y'all Y'all badman and ting Badman ah gwan Badman gon' sing yo Badman ah Badman do Badman fi do Badman do yeah Yeah What Yeah What What What Yeah yeah what