[ti:The Story so Far] [ar:McKinley Dixon/Seline Haze] [al:Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!?] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Story so Far - McKinley Dixon/Seline Haze [00:00.41]Lyrics by:McKinley Dixon/Seline Haze [00:00.73]Composed by:Sam Koff/McKinley Dixon: Costantino/Seline Haze [00:01.20]Tryna escape this bodega with no avail [00:03.78]The corner store committing robbery [00:05.31]Ripping me off [00:06.24]Making this agave passion fruit for sale [00:09.27]Tried to fight it but to no avail [00:11.38]Chips here are probably stale [00:13.50]Yet I'm with it [00:14.08]I'm high and I'm hungry [00:15.06]I see a sign and it's hung above me [00:16.65]It says what does your life entail [00:19.62]Damn my moms hasn't heard [00:21.06]From me in a while [00:22.34]And my pops even longer [00:23.56]Need to speak to his daughter [00:25.05]And see how she's doing [00:26.28]Scary world for a little melanin girl [00:29.66]It truly is [00:30.99]I need to call you too [00:32.48]I know you missing me [00:33.31]Exit the store cover my eyes [00:34.99]The sun's hitting me [00:36.10]But I have never seen the sky [00:38.03]So differently [00:40.52]Until the day that you died [00:43.25]Until the day that you died [00:45.93]Until the day that you [00:47.46]Yo [00:48.28]I do this 'til the day that I die [00:50.17]My nigga cringe [00:50.83]When he hear fireworks in July [00:52.82]You ain't need to know why [00:54.26]I just hope he recover [00:55.54]His mother miss him [00:56.34]And I miss him too [00:57.55]I hope he play this [00:58.46]And he thinks of all the things [00:59.62]We been through [01:00.32]But if he doesn't [01:01.09]I wasn't the type to stop him [01:02.40]From getting money [01:03.18]My cousins is hungry [01:04.16]He hustling for their tummies [01:05.85]Is he wrong [01:07.91]Dear God is he wrong [01:11.32]Son wanna be a reverend [01:12.55]Pops clipped in 7 11 [01:13.90]He asking his moms [01:15.08]Is daddy gonna go to heaven [01:16.86]Is he wrong [01:18.88]Dear God is he wrong [01:22.34]Yeah [01:23.60]One step at a time [01:26.22]Two-step at a time [01:28.18]Walking through the pressure [01:28.82]This life make me sharper than a knife [01:30.59]Money gettin' tight like depression [01:32.27]The cost of living life [01:33.37]And if inside it's safe [01:34.48]Pay attention [01:34.88]Or later pay the price [01:36.52]It's always mind over matter [01:37.64]My nigga get it right [01:38.66]No nothing that's worth it comes easy [01:40.32]I'm setting piss at my toes [01:41.80]But I can't follow the sequence [01:43.08]Can't go the yellow brick road [01:44.57]I thought I'd lost all the meaning [01:45.86]When daddy passed off the hole [01:47.32]You know we rose from his semen [01:48.56]And built foundations with soul [01:49.99]Yeah it's like that [01:51.55]You know they make it hard for us [01:52.90]I come from where they fight back [01:54.29]I got the spirit of the tough [01:55.59]I'm covered keep me guided [01:56.82]I'm never blinded [01:57.80]2020 vision on my iris [01:59.61]Said we can't settle for less [02:01.17]And being solid don't mean [02:01.92]Built for the test [02:02.99]Just hold on to your integrity [02:04.52]Got to breathe through the stress [02:05.76]Hm or maybe sigh [02:06.98]Because we deep in the stretch [02:08.31]And placing bets on my guidance [02:09.59]This passion beat through my chest [02:11.13]Hm word from the wise [02:12.57]The rain don't need breakin' sweat [02:13.96]That it supplies [02:14.65]If you choose 'em right [02:15.59]Ain't no need to digress [02:16.56]So pick a side hah [02:19.24]What you decide on yeah [02:21.97]When will you ride [02:24.63]So can we ride [02:31.44]Beloved [02:36.64]Paradise [02:42.30]Jazz