Brick By Brick (feat. Blu) - KOTA The Friend/Statik Selektah.mp3

[00:01.989]Yeah, Statik Selektah, uh (Statik Selektah)
[00:04.680]Kota the Friend, uh
[00:08.217]B-L-U
[00:10.367]Know what it is, uh-huh, uh
[00:12.248][Verse 1: Blu]
[00:12.793]Uh, some days I don't know how I made it outta this
[00:24.602]Was fallin' so deep in the ground, I thought it was bottomless
[00:27.247]The politics was keepin' me down, now I'm on top of it
[00:29.953]Without a diploma, without a scholarship or sponsorship
[00:32.902]I've traveled around the world and back, it ain't no stoppin' this
[00:36.651]We can be knee-deep in apocalypse
[00:38.012]And I'ma get my dollars and cents 'fore I step outta this bitch
[00:41.249]I wanted to be big like Chris Wallace is
[00:43.925]To fill my soul when it feels emptier than my wallet is
[00:46.892]So I made some moves for the loot and I wasn't proud of it
[00:50.121]But now I get respect 'cause I keep it true to who John is
[00:52.511]Which is Blu, Miles Davis, Bitches Brew
[00:55.704]When the industry said I'm through, I just reinvented the new
[00:58.409]Spit the wisdom in the booth to give the knowledge to the youth
[01:00.846]I was restricted from listenin' to hip-hop
[01:03.529]But now my moms is proud of what I do
[01:05.409]Never thought that I would blow, but I'm Blu
[01:07.817]'Cause I blew the **** up by bustin' nothin' but the truth
[01:10.199]It go brick by brick, brick by brick
[01:12.631]Rain, snow, sleet, I'ma do my shit
[01:15.303]Thank Jah for this life like He knew my wish
[01:18.518]On a bad day, do not trip
[01:20.432]We go brick by brick, homie, don't flip
[01:24.243]Solid on foot, still solid in the whip
[01:26.936]Brick by brick, watchin' my six
[01:29.929]Solid on foot, still solid in the whip, yeah (Yeah, yeah)
[01:32.881][Verse 2: Kota the Friend]
[01:33.159]No stoppin' it, it's a marathon
[01:36.685]Quietly gettin' wins, I'm buildin' like I'm Popovich
[01:38.859]Saw the world and I did it in my moccasins
[01:41.518]Mama didn't understand, now it make a lot of sense
[01:44.757]Low-key GOAT shit, summer on a boat shit
[01:47.693]Somewhere in the mountains with the family on a road trip
[01:50.347]Sun in my pores, it's a different kind of tour
[01:53.028]I'm a Brooklyn dude takin' in some shit I never saw
[01:55.717]But you can make the moves that you want when you the boss
[01:58.908]I was winnin', steak dinners even when I took a loss
[02:01.592]When your destiny is bigger than yourself, you a force
[02:04.819]I am Luke, wasn't cozy in the sky, I had to walk
[02:07.512]Even when this shit is dark, I was carryin' a torch
[02:10.462]Through the dirt, through the mud, tough it out and stay the course
[02:13.120]Even when I'm outta juice, I'ma always have the sauce
[02:16.081]Had to chop it up with Blu, sittin' on the porch like
[02:19.051]It go brick by brick, brick by brick
[02:21.514]Rain, snow, sleet, I'ma do my shit
[02:24.521]Thank Jah for this life like He knew my wish
[02:27.714]On a bad day, do not trip
[02:30.151]We go brick by brick, homie, don't flip
[02:33.390]Solid on foot, still solid in the whip
[02:36.352]Brick by brick, watchin' my six
[02:39.312]Solid on foot, still solid in the whip, yeah