Royce Da 5'9" - Stay Woke lyrics

[Verse: Royce Da 5'9"] Yeah, now you see what the Lord doin' Rippin' pages out the book, I had to make the story fluent Thanks to Marshall I'm sober doing what I enjoy doin' I'm puttin Chavis Chandler on, had to at least pay it forward to him Yeah, every other day another star is born And that's to freshen the decaying of the art form f** with my commas, sh** will be quick Got what's in my pocket out of the dirt, filthy rich I stuck to my promise to momma, stay focused Double entendre, I'm tryna vocally smoke you, you will be missed The hokus, the pokus, magician doing tricks in his miserable business Who spit, loyalty, forgiveness through biblical scripts Of morals and wisdom Painting pictures of this historical war of attrition who's just, the dopest, the wokest I'm five years sober Trauma from my childhood, constantly haunts me 'til I finally cry tears over Sharp as a gauntlet, with thoughts of my side-chick in high heels Cause I didn't want her, I needed her, though I didn't want her I'm hot as July, no lie, I wouldn't lie in a sauna Invest in the truth, don't expect me to buy into moments They done took the charts over so now y'all scared of them shook n***as? Jamal Crawford couldn't cross-over and sell me them wolf tickets Uhh, "Best Rapper Alive" broadcasts in five Four, three, two, one I’m fly as a dive in the sky in a harness Anyone alive sleeping on me can die in pajamas Police call me a threat to society, though I am a promise I am a one of one like I’d say a Isaiah Thomas You can’t fathom thinking deep enough to sink the abyss You think you Pac, I’m thinking of sinking your Demetrius Shipp Only thing that I can’t fathom is why the preacher is rich How to think in moderation and turn a drink to a sip I’m private when I fly, I ball out like 'Bron do You in the game but you sit and coach like Tyronn Lue Me and my soldiers we just out here mobbing like old Italians Snatching your homie's necklace to rock it with your medallion Over these groceries, I’m toe-to-toe with your whole battalion I hit you with four from this .44 like Hova album I take lives like banned contracepts All the contraband I collect is Iran contra-esque Respect the mantra or die at the hands of consciousness Run up and get left ran down to d**h on your damn conscious steps The booze already made me lose, I can't go out like I’m Amy Winehouse The Lord graciously still kept me here in a place to be On the corner like baby Blue standing in timeout Looking real spiritually aware, pair of Pumas on Looking like I’m aboard a Lear, headed to uniform I’m so lyrically rare, I spearheaded the unicorn [Outro: Ashley Sorrell] I was born a born one, sugar-coated on The way I'm livin' put me in a great position now Every time they hear me, they say, "Ain't nobody did this, nah" And if they don't, they sh** been off Just listen to the diction in this lyricism I won't break a fool, they don't want me to blow But every single show, they hand out like I owe 'em I already paid my dues and wordings, uh But if I said it then they still won't know So I won't waste my time on you And speakin' on the level that ya never on No way they hatin' so incredible My writings on the wall, to you, it's so illegible I'm invincible, you're sleepin' on me, I'ma stay woke Yeah yeah yeah, yeah Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah