Lupe Fiasco - Valleys lyrics

[Intro] Pharaoh, pharaoh? Pharaoh [Verse 1] Dollar mission, Mississippi Masala getting Guava Casaba melons, getting a spot at competition Titties and teeth, so silly of me, no really, it’s free Aye you can use the phone like a new computer wand That’s an Ethernet pun, cause dial-up’s all done When it took twenty minutes just to download one Aye, you got a fine face, also a dime in your behind Please can I find some time space to find base Kinds of rhymes to describe how you’re designed great And maybe remove the mind freight Like it’s overhead cranes at the train yard That Tom Cruise used in the War of the World's Before the aliens came part Remember that? Oh, not a fan of the sci-fi? Like dial-up’s not a fan of the wi-fi I’m in your eyes like little reflective little pools of tie-dye And it’s 1972 and I’m some long-haired high guy Driving a Volkswagen Beetle off into the California twilight I usually got top cause I’m a guy right But if you’re gay that’s straight too Hey, I don’t hate, I got a couple of friends who went bi twice Did that arrive right? Do you like whole stories or just the highlights Cause I like to write your life story on the sky Made of Lite Brights, remember those? 10 years old, let me guess your age You were a ten, ten years ago Am I right, who you calling? Maybe New Orleans Where your Mother lives with your brother's kids Because he locked up cause Of what some other motherf**er did Love to fib 'bout the Fibonacci sequence Do you flicker like Liberace Sequins Or maybe twinkle like little stars And tingle like little scars I run a wrinkle with you like a car hood And crash test and beat-box while we rewrite Saul William’s doing the slam set Then wrap like saran over the pan Keep the yams fresh, sweet Five different songs, over five different beats And this one’s called Valley I wrote it on the plane in the chair by the galley On the way to Cali, chicken in the salad Sounds like a ballad You loyal, so I’m Khaled Buy your momma a palace, scratch that Buy your momma what matters Data says dollars hotter than two Nevadas Burning hole in the pockets And in the wallets of all the rappers Trappers attracting all the yellowbone Instagrammers But what about us? [Interlude] Pharaoh, Pharaoh, Pharaoh [Verse 2] It burns inside like lactic acid Exorcise demons, turn them into gods Turning in the rods for the bags of the catfish I don’t believe that God is a black man Spoiled child getting robbed for his black mans Mars and other stars in the CAT scans Back when I listened to k**ah Priest Had my mind thicker and bigger than Philip Heath Walking round in kufis with sunnis with dhikr beads Remembering the movies my duty was k**ing beats Social villain unwilling to live in peace I told you children I’m wielding a living beast Streets, this is where Helen and Ellen meet So you can get lost like Gilligan on the beach The players getting mad they not kicking it with the freaks Cause they took away they p**y and giving it to the geeks Like us, paradigm shifter, South Carolina Nine shrine shine giver But not enough dimes to be a crime line tipper The difference between "n***a", and "n******g" Uh, Bernie Sanders need a Nike deal Then I might consider that, he might be real If Phil Knight, knight him then I might like him Until then children, enjoy the white icing on the cake Cake, cake, cake, cake On the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake On the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake On the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Yeah, yeah, pharaoh, height, yeah [Verse 3] What you need a little more? Okay, I’ll give-I'll give you a little more, I’ll give you a little more.. maybe like, like, yeah, yeah Freestyle off the top, sitting on the stool on the block Watching for the cops, watching for the thots, watching for the shots I’m watching for a lot, I gotta use my eyes cause they use me Cause to them I’m like a price, so I say surprises And they don’t deprive us, I just demise us And nothing ever lies yes, on my premisises Watched for my demises Maybe might like them, until then just enjoy the white icing on the cake Cake, cake, cake, cake, cake The cake, cake, cake, cake, cake The cake, cake, cake, cake, cake The cake, cake, cake, cake,cake [Outro] Ameri- the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake The cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Ameri- the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake The cake, cake, cake, cake, cake Ameri- the cake, cake, cake, cake, cake