Mick Jenkins - The Waters lyrics

[Intro] You were never ready for the flow [Verse 1] When the rain don't fall so hard no more And the bank won't take my card no more But they ain't gon' pull my card neither And they ain't gon' pull my squads either n***as spit sh**, I hock ether Stephen Hawking, no need for talking Got a hawk's eye, but I can hardly see you Talk's fly, pray you're not Aaliyah I ain't trying to rock the boat, but the flow crazy I paint pictures, but they're not baroque More Scorsese, n***as made scores out of instrumentals n***a type a script with a pen and pencil Use words from Scripps National Spelling Bee f** is you telling me that didn't sound better Spitting it simple? f** with me, famo Ginger ale for your hoes Not sh** else, not even my dick Man I got way too much on my mind Got a little light bout as bright as my Bic And y'all got way too much on the shine Y'all n***as don't tell enough of the truth in the booth And it's proof you ain't f**ing with mine, sip [Hook] Water more important than the gold People for the gold Everybody do it for the gold People save your souls Water more important than the gold People for the gold Everybody do it for the gold People save your souls Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God [Verse 2] Started from the bottom of the map Roll Tide at the end of the wave In this b**h ballpoint strapped Get back, this n***a got a pen to the page Permanent marks, I'm a marksman, I never miss Talk sh**, that's a hint at your age Big chain, that's a hint that it cage They're saying you're sane, but I'm gone in 60 seconds on a verse, that's Mickalas Cage f** with a black young man I'm everything that it denotes sh** comes straight from the heart, not a record exec in the back with a remote n***as gon' play their parts, save face on a face on the back of a C-note Everybody wanna be the back of a D-Rose But I can't go, Van Gogh how I handle Paintbrush when I paint flows n***as in the club throwing pesos n***as on the block throwing pitch forks And not from Barbados I don't give a f** how you rep your flag Catch him in the cut when he roll his truth And I don't give a f** how you stuff your bags Touch the sky, it's much more than trees What can you tell me about your roots? Spitting that truth like a cold white rapper, n***as gon' always need some proof n***as gon' always need some water, n***as gon' always speak the truth n***as gon' always want the messenger dead and they always need the proof My God... [Breakdown] Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God n***as gon' always need some water, n***as gon' always speak the truth n***as gon' always want the messenger dead and they always want the proof n***as gon' always need the proof n***as gon' always need the proof [Hook] Water more important than the gold People for the gold Everybody do it for the gold People save your souls Water more important than the gold People for the gold Everybody do it for the gold People save your souls Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God [Hook] Water more important than the gold People for the gold Everybody do it for the gold People save your souls Water more important than the gold People for the gold Everybody do it for the gold People save your souls Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God for the waters, waters Thank God