Long Time - Da' T.R.U.T.H., Greg Cox

Part I

You gotta know the truth, cause the truth will set you free

Okay, Okay

Walking along this road for a long time

Do you mind if I take a step back around your way

Like, have you been wondering where I’ve been or not

Or not

Have you been me asking, yeah, ey

Annie are you okay?

Like manny are you okay, okay

Okay, okay

Manny are you ok…

Yeahhhh, yeahhhhhh

Part II

I’ve been doing this for a long time (Long time)

Still got the juice (Still got the juice)

Still got the juice, yeah, yeah

Still got the moves (Still got the moves)

Still got the moves, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

I cannot lose (I cannot lose)

I been doing this for a long time

I’ve been doing this for a long time (Long time)

Still got the juice (Still got the juice)

Still got the juice, yeah, yeah

Still got the moves (Still got the moves)

Still got the moves, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

I cannot lose (I cannot lose)

I been doing this for a long time

Started out in my mommas basement

16 when I pressed record

Rapping over Nas instrumentals

Used to get them from the record store

Back when cassette tapes popped

Boy biggie Pac and Escobar

About the time when that Jay dropped

Had a Holy Bible in my dresser drawer

Hold up now wait a minute

Back then there was no record deals

ITunes, no red carpets, no billboard, no mass appeal

Church thought that we was to carnal

World thought that we was too corny

Beatboxing on the lunch table

Boy tell them welcome to the new 40

I’ve been doing this for a long time (Long time)

Still got the juice (Still got the juice)

Still got the juice, yeah, yeah

Still got the moves (Still got the moves)

Still got the moves, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

I cannot lose (I cannot lose)

I been doing this for a long time

I’ve been doing this for a long time (Long time)

Still got the juice (Still got the juice)

Still got the juice, yeah, yeah

Still got the moves (Still got the moves)

Still got the moves, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

I cannot lose (I cannot lose)

I been doing this for a long time

20 years 10 albums in

Over 30 tours on the fact sheet

Indonesia, Australia, Africa, Athens Greece

4 Stellars

Grammy nods

My career was moving at a fast pace

Before Chance the Rapper did «How Great»

Did a tour with Kirk, 85 dates

First album dropped in ‘04

Now I’m tryna grow the genre up

I was paired with the pioneers and I seen them build it from the bottom up

Truth bragging truth boasting

Never that rules broken

I’m just trying to introduce myself to the new culture

Move over boy

I’ve been doing this for a long time (Long time)

Still got the juice (Still got the juice)

Still got the juice, yeah, yeah

Still got the moves (Still got the moves)

Still got the moves, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

I cannot lose (I cannot lose)

I been doing this for a long time

I’ve been doing this for a long time (Long time)

Still got the juice (St1ill got the juice)

Still got the juice, yeah, yeah

Still got the moves (Still got the moves)

Still got the moves, yeah, yeah

Yeah, yeah

I cannot lose (I cannot lose)

I been doing this for a long time

Part III

Let’s take it up a few notches

All the stuff that I accomplished

Boy you know it don’t mean a thing if I don’t introduce who my God is

I just know that my God is

Only reason I got this

Bank account don’t define me

Even if it’s hurting my pockets

It’s okay if I take an L

At least I got a clear conscience

Walk away like Dave Chappelle

Principle over profit

Compromise not an option

South bound on my compass

No credit for my talents

Bow down to his highness boi

He been riding wid me for da whole time

Lay it down, put it all on the line

He been shining

He the greatest all time

He been right here with me for the whole time

He been riding wid me for da whole time

Lay it down, put it all on the line

He been shining

He the greatest all time

He been right here with me for the whole time