[Verse 1: Naj isDope]
I'm cruising down Neptune listening to The Neptunes
Although I ain't in my best mood
It's something comforting 'bout the wave
Your crave, for ego and power
Got my n***as watching how your set move
Long as them boys don't roll up, we like our chances
Some n***as ride the wave, some n***as drown in Atlantis
Is it cool to be cool again, getting popping off dances?
Damn, another gimmick to advance us?
But on the other hand that sh** feel good
Cause at the end of the day no matter what
A real hood always Gon' recognize another real hood
Just a fact, Block getting smacked
Always on the fence, but somehow a find a balance
Whether splitting time, between being in the dorm or the trap
It's all cerebral, I just do it for my people
The same women and children that shun evil, looking for equal
Sandy hit we only saw that type of sh** at the Regal
Still, kept it drumming like Questlove
Creeping out of my shell, avoiding the next slug
And those, black thoughts, stunted our growth at the root
No patty cake with Sallie Mae, just s**, d**, and the desire
To either play ball or get in the booth
All needing a cleanse, avoiding the next flood
And them questions like "Yo Naj, when you graduating?"
Reply *Side Eye* like "I'm sad you waiting and really I'm honest
When I say that I'm glad you made it, but, it's all Cerebral
Hit the chill bu*ton"... They k**ed my little cousin
Now I'm sipping 1800, got 1800 n***as ready to k** something
Gun in the holster, Saturday nights? Liver than Travolta's
Throw some b**hes in if you wanna feel something
All I could tell my n***as, "Keep the glove tight"
She still wanna follow and she'll be calling tomorrow
Spazzed on the p**y cause we don't know how to love right
Hard lesson learned, put judgment above sight
I'm a n***a baby, put truth above ego
You been watching me and yet you still let me creep
Thats the problem with people, we put snake above eagle
All free to grow once they make the bud legal but
It's all cerebral, I just do it for my people
The same women and children that shun evil
Looking for an equal
I'm just hoping to lead you
Its all Cerebral!