[Intro]
Ya better wake up, wake up
To get yo Cake up, Cake up
Keep Counting Paystubs, Paystubs
It won't get you far need a shake up, shake up!
[Hook]
Ya better wake up homie
To get yo cake up homie
Keep countin paystubs homie
Won't get you far you need a shakeup Homie
[Verse 1: N0va]
Y'all call to talk business but don't lead with the price
Y'all try to offer riches but it don't even suffice
Y'all walking so thin y'all ain't feelin the ice
Tell me to have faith cuz I ain't believing in christ
I don't need yo advice
Cuz I can put cheese on the traps and feed em to mice
And sit back and watch em feed the device
I'm an open book but y'all ain't readin my life
Don't wanna catch me in the heat of the fight
My hustle never sleeps and you needed a night
To charge up, restore, you're repeating it twice
My mind so sharp, I ain't needing a knife
I can cut the game up, and eat up a slice
A hungry f**ing hippo – I get evil with bite
With the devil on my shoulder – he be speaking bout vice
You say you got views so you outta our sight
But yo perspectives all broken like lacking in sight
[Hook]
Ya better wake up homie
To get yo cake up homie
Keep countin paystubs homie
Won't get you far you need a shakeup Homie
X2
[Verse 2: N0va]
I been overexposed
And overthinking my prose
I'm overindulging
And going through the motions unopposed
It's over – and I'm supposed
To be Nova but I don't know
I been foldin under stresses
Overwhelmed when I'm all alone
I took a blow right to my senses
Defined by my expenses
Credit card statements serving as life lessons
My own worst enemy and yea you might guess it
Is in the mirror staring back at me like Use Thy Weapons
The Pen mightier than the sword?
But local rappers can't even get up on the board – they always get ignored
Fighting to be heard we all just Fighting to record
Saving paychecks for Studio time we can't even afford
[Hook]
Ya better wake up homie
To get yo cake up homie
Keep countin paystubs homie
Won't get you far you need a shakeup Homie