Jay Electronica - Departure lyrics

As the tears welled up in my eyes My mama said "Son what happened?" "Sometimes I can't breathe cause it's so much crap man I called on God but he don't call back and Fight to stay sane while the devil's laughin' Last night I was across the tracks With Freddy and Black Teddy just playin' a crap game Smokin' on stank, sippin' on drank When Brian came flyin up the block like batman '*pant pant* Minnie got k**ed! His wig got peeled in the Calliope By some Tenth Ward n***as that we barely know!' I said 'Hold up, whoa whoa whoa whoa You must be jokin',' but he wasn't laughin' Freddy pa**ed out in the the gra** and that's when His mother came outside and said 'Where's Minnie?' I looked down at the ground 'I don't know where he's at ma'am.' Lump in my throat; I just lost my best friend Connecticut Minnie with the East Coast accent Top it all of, my older cousin Mookie got caught With some yellow capped vials of crack, man "It's time for me to leave home, Ma; that's that, man It ain't much left here to see for a black man I'mma spread my wings, pursue this rap thing Kiss my baby sister, tell her I'll be back I'm on I-10 East bound to Manhattan NYC. Yes, sir, that's rap land A one way ticket, a trunk of clothes I spent my last 25 cent on Pac-Man Mister bus driver set me free; Just take me to New York and let me be