Piece of Mind - Joey Bada$$

Hello?

Yeah I hear you bro, I hear you

You got a minute?

Yeah I got a quick sec

Alright I want you to hear somethin'

I’mma play somethin' for you alright?

Alright, alright

Yo yo you hear it bro?

Yeah

Yeah

Alright listen, listen

Let me tell you what shit is like right now y’all

What’s life like now, tryna figure out

They put this mic on trial cause he be killin' now

Forever bitin' my forbidden style

Been laying low for a minute in the game

Since I came all these niggas lookin' timid

My light could never dimith, the Lord is my shepherd

Jesus woke a devil in him since sinnin' with least effort

Thinking back to those lefferts days

And I ain’t been the same since I left 6th grade

My mind strayed, used to have the biggest heart

Taking walks with abuela in the park, I used to tell her

I’ma grow propellers one day and be a good fella

Play the hero or whoever, the hood gon' tell us

Let’s just pray it ain’t the villain

Till then I be feeling some way

Thinkin' I can get the Maybach off gun play

Instead I let the words play with 90 beats a minute

Bet the streets lose a heart beat before the verse finish

But life goes on, basic rules still apply

Bet you can feel that line in any hood you live by

From Flatbush to Figg side, I was a schoolboy too

Hoppin' trains, I just missed my Q

And what’s life like for me, it’s but a dream

Everything ain’t what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

And what’s life like for me, it’s but a dream

Everything ain’t what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

And what’s life like now, I can’t figure out

They put my mans on trial, say he a killer now

Conspiracies, we gon' get you out

Just keep ya head up G, shit is wild

It’s bugged out cause I know you tryna see your child

But I’mma hold you down still cause you my brother

I just gave Will a lil' somethin' for your baby mother

But don’t stress, know you caught up in some b.

s

Bet next time you see us, we gonna be our best

Love you my nigga, word is bond, you’ll stay strong

Out in New York the same shit is goin' on

Peace to all my brothers who keep still holdin' on

Been away so long, feel like a tickin' time bomb

The misjudgment of my kind, whom the odds is against

Put our backs on the fence, so we self defence

Followed by a series of unfortunate events

Looking like white America got a brother again

And what’s life like for me, it’s but a dream

Everything ain’t what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

And what’s life like for me, it’s but a dream

Everything ain’t what it seems, up underneath

The surface is but a screen, we only see

What we know

Take shots to the face with no peace of mind

Give me my piece of mind

Take shots to the face with no peace of mind

Give me my piece of mind

This life is all we know, this life is all we know

Man that’s crazy yo, that’s amazing B

Thank you bro

Word bro

That one is for you my nigga

Good lookin' bro, good lookin' man.

That just boosted my adrenaline.

It’s been ages, I gotta get out this joint b.

I love y’all man, real bro,

for real man.

I think by every day that go by, I just be thinkin' bout y’all

for real.

You, Kirk, everybody bro.

I heard the new one on Rosenberg,

that shit is a bomber b

Oh you heard that shit!