[00:00:02] Like It Is (Explicit) - Vince Staples [00:00:14] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:17] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:20] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:24] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:27] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:31] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:34] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:38] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:41] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:45] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:48] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:51] I tell it like it is then how it could be [00:00:54] Heaven or hell boy freedom or jail boy [00:00:57] A jansport bag full of shit I could sell for [00:01:00] The higher the low boy just me and my homeboys [00:01:04] The police kill us so we made up our own laws [00:01:07] Been fighting this long war there's shells in this shores sand [00:01:11] Still young but a grown man could tell by my stash [00:01:14] Been stackin' money and problems as I wait for the rapture [00:01:17] Death never been no threat I be chillin' relaxin' [00:01:21] Everybody bleed [00:01:22] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:01:26] To make it up to heaven despite the things I've done [00:01:29] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:01:32] To make my momma proud feel like her only son [00:01:36] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:01:39] With everything I need with everything I want [00:01:43] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:01:46] To do it like nobody has ever done [00:01:50] When I was in seventh grade my grandfather [00:01:52] Told me don't get caught lovin' the streets [00:01:53] Cause they never gonna love you back [00:01:55] But I feel like it's all we got so it's all we really do love [00:01:58] At the end of the day I feel like the problem is the people that [00:02:01] Control it don't really come from here [00:02:03] So they can't do nothing but look down on us [00:02:05] We look at them [00:02:07] We see somebody that could help but they look at us [00:02:08] And all they see is a nigga [00:02:10] It don't really matter anyway [00:02:11] We all gon' die one day man one day [00:02:17] Do doves cry when the black man dies [00:02:19] or do we croak with crows [00:02:20] The young catch gun shots the old catch the holy ghost [00:02:24] Ho I love not I never seen no pot of gold [00:02:27] Just ball windows and six fours with no switches [00:02:30] Was broke with no bitches she love me though [00:02:33] You'll kill me if it make you richer [00:02:35] What you screaming you my brother for [00:02:38] Heart is where the hatred is the brain [00:02:39] that stained the love below [00:02:41] And life is what you make it so I'm makin' money for my folks [00:02:45] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:02:48] To make it up to heaven despite the things I've done [00:02:51] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:02:55] To make my momma proud feel like her only son [00:02:58] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:03:02] With everything I need with everything I want [00:03:05] I gotta be I gotta be I gotta be the one [00:03:09] To do it like nobody has ever done [00:03:12] When most people look at a person [00:03:13] Who does what I do they look at us with [00:03:15] These preconceived notions as if [00:03:17] It's a set way for us all to be [00:03:19] But we all people at the end of the day [00:03:20] So I wonder why we don't treat each other like it [00:03:23] You're looking at a person telling them that [00:03:25] They story don't matter when they're no better than me [00:03:27] Walkin' down the streets tryna shoot at somebody [00:03:29] Cause all we got is these dreams man [00:03:31] And y'all ain't never had to not have nothing [00:03:33] And that's the last thing you want from anybody [00:03:36] Is to not really have nothing [00:03:40] I been through hell and back I seen my momma cry [00:03:43] Seen my father hit the crack then hit the set to flip a sack [00:03:46] I done seen my homies die then went on rides to kill 'em back