Big K.R.I.T. - Lil Homie (Ode To Wooly) lyrics

[Pre-verse}​ Yeah... let me get it like, let me get it, let me get it like, like Let me get it like... [Verse 1] Look into the mirror staring back Was a clothes tethered, yeah, hoes never cared With a flow that can heal souls better, rare Go-getter, dough? Clear I never cared for that Hey, name's Dey, may have heard me I'm great, if you fake then you straight razor worthy And I ain't playing gangsta, I ain't But don't think you won't catch a stitch like a fake laker jersey Just the runt of the litter At 13 busting cups of the liquor At 14, cutting up with a s*ut 15, puffing blunts, s**ing up on a swisher Never been around it, you ain't been about it Wool told me eat less, that's the best start But 17, I was fat, grew a beard so you see where my chin ends and my starts like woah I'm a piece of sh** But if cops lock us up, I'mma plead the fifth And if you tryna get high, I'll be dry But if you tryna drink, think my momma got at least a fifth 18, want girls, booty, woo, that's my weakness Big homie said, choose who I'm freaking That would not fly, I would plot wise Lived like Popeye's, meaning two side pieces, woah [Hook 1] They told me Dey, don't chase yo' friends, lil homie Go to school make some f**ing plans, lil homie Leave the street, please, enjoy yo' fam, lil homie You need to understand, you the man, lil homie Lil homie (repeated) [Verse 2] Seen some moves from the crews with the tools packed But I'm a youth in the booth with a new rap Cause big homie told me, dude, don't do that Same homie, I just seen bruised in the news flash Big homie, you often on my brain You auction off this 'caine 'til they tossed you in a cage 'Member talking of the day you would soften up your ways Feel bad, cause I know you got a daughter on the way And you my big homie, and I'm your lil homie And all those lessons you stressed turned to blessing You don't even know what you did, homie Wish you never been about it, got up out it Never been around it, but you did and found some green, God Wish you split up out it with your kid and found that Life is better without pitching for your riches, screaming, 'squad' But I get it Yeah, I get it Cause I been around it, never been about it Seen the money and the b**hes, seen the cream around it 'Member being young and dreamed about it You said, 'Bishop keep on spitting,' and you seen about it Now I see you pitching for the green, I doubted They would ever catch you slipping but I read about it Now you in the prison, living, different than the scene you founded When you leave the prison, you'll see its me the crown with [Hook 2] Cause you told me, Dey, don't chase yo' friends, lil homie Go to school make some f**ing plans, lil homie Leave the street, please, enjoy yo' fam, lil homie You need to understand, you the man, lil homie Lil homie (repeated) [Beat switch] [Pre-verse] Turn it up in the head phone, turn it up a little bit [Verse 3] Lead my brethren, I got to teach these lessons Cause my people stressing so they blessing ganja, reefer, cesses My lil homies plotting, dollars got 'em pleading begging Getting caught with possession like apostrophes and S's Lead my brethren, they plotting on dough But by being shady maybe bringing drama to foes Pop they collar, copping gwala, ringing llamas at homes Yeah, they pistol whistle like its tryna holla at hoes So understand, rap isn't just a pencil and a beat Understand that my mans is essential in my scheme Only reason I continue penciling this heat Is I'm the only friend they have with potential and a dream Lil homie, 17, caught a case in Ocean County Tryna try him as adult, but dog, I hope for county And if there's one thing you should know about me Is I set myself fire tryna warm the folk around me And puff was wrong, if there's less money, there's more troubles Or more problems, I work inside of this war rubble So if you tryna fight, I won't ignore scuffles f**boy, I'll be swinging more than a bored couple Said my lil homies sparking chrome Leave your heart at home, they'll part your 'fro And you don't stand a chance, they'll call an ambulance just to Unplug your life support so they can charge they phone Watch me work through this rubble Reinvigorate they mind every verse that I hustle And I'm working 'til my bones simply burst through my knuckles Cause to a dreamer, mediocrity is worse than a struggle Its why I tell them, be a man, don't chase friends, lil homie Go to school make some f**ing plans, lil homie Leave the street, please, enjoy yo' fam, lil homie You need to understand, you the man, lil homie Lil homie