Phonte - Rise and Fall lyrics

[Rapper Big Pooh] Cold as the cold in the wintertime Slow rhyme when I rhyme, no beginner I'm City walk when they sin tryna make a dime They don't ask for too much, just a lil' shine Lil' time on the grind tryin get that gwap Wah'n't worth eight years for your first time pop Now you back rehabilitated, punchin the clock Old neighborhood witnessin your man and 'nem drop Got the drop on that n***a said he runnin the block Graduated from the greens to servin up rock So you plot and you think and you sin on the plan On some scheme-a** sh** but, that's your man I'm sayin, you tryna push reasons to the front And put a block on that other sh** you want But the streets keep callin ya name An 9-to-5 slave to the rhythm ain't bringin you fame So it's back to the game, round up a lil' gang Set it up to stick ya manye but he stick you first Goodbye! [Hook] I seen 'em rise, seen 'em fall (seen 'em fall) Seen 'em come, seen 'em go, seen 'em all (seen 'em all) Seen stars wit dey name on the wall Til the money get tight and the limelight's gone (light's gone) [Rapper Big Pooh] 3 A.M. in the backseat leanin' Thinkin 'bout all the things I've seen, man [Phonte] Remember (-member), befo n***as was on the bandwagon... I fell asleep til the sound of hand cannons Leavin holes in souls the size of Grand Canyons Late nights {?} streets with my man Brandon Fast forward, twelve years now we grandstandin Because I'm main-taining, wit'out man-tanin And it made me an ani-mal But I need another quota book for the catalog I could dumb down and rap for b**hes and alcohol But I'm too loud, and too proud to tap-dance for these crackers, dawg So, won't be no Gregory Hine-it When Tay get hostle, he in the gospel like he in the Winans And right now, he in there finding A new platform for the rhymes that I arranged A new ideas for the lines that I exchanged Cause I can't be, a laughingstock homie, that'll be a crying shame All I need is six bars and an intro Cause I relate to these beats like it was kinfolks And the flow's so fresh like Mentos And this is all real talk, that's for your info Cause that's where I been, yo, ho! [Hook] I seen 'em rise, seen 'em fall (seen 'em fall) Seen 'em come, seen 'em go, seen 'em all (seen 'em all) Seen stars wit dey name on the wall Til the money get tight and the limelight's gone (light's gone) [Phonte] Uh, 3 A.M. in the backseat leanin' Thinkin 'bout all the things I've seen, man [AZ] Grindin, time limb Muh'f**er back up, stepped-up muh'f**er So quiet, I coulda crept on a s**er (ahhh!) From behind and blew the breath out the busta (poooow!) But instead, held my head like a hustl-er Pumped-up and get the sound of the muffler Heard him clown bout his pounds bein fluffier Tellin n***as outta town they be luckier And get sad when the hood had enough of ya Broke n***as buck at cha, poke you in ya jugga-ler But when you high, you feel n***as can't f** wit ya I'm surprised some n***as still had customers Shut my eyes and inhaled my smoke Tryna decide, should I let him slide - but nope! He broke ties when he spoke his lies Tell his pi's that he hope I die, so my reply is To "Keep it real, I hope you could fly" Cause I'mma send him to them open skies (Gah! Gah! Rrraaah! Rrraaah!) [Hook] I seen 'em rise, seen 'em fall (seen 'em fall) Seen 'em come, seen 'em go, seen �em all (seen 'em all) Seen stars wit dey name on the wall Til the money get tight and the limelight's gone (light's gone) [AZ] 3 A.M. in the backseat leanin' Thinkin 'bout all the things I've seen, man I seen 'em rise, seen 'em fall (seen 'em fall) Seen 'em come, seen 'em go, seen 'em all (seen 'em all) Seen stars wit dey name on the wall Til the money get tight and the limelight's gone (light's gone)