Released: December 21, 2020
Songwriter: Jerry Noriega (Gum$) Motif Alumni NLE Choppa
Producer: Jerry Noriega (Gum$) Motif Alumni
[Intro]
Yeah, NLE the Top Shotta
Got the bombs like Al-Qaeda
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
I said I'm the booth with pneumonia symptoms
But they might say it's Corona symptoms
Oh-oh, oh-oh, woah, oh woah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ayy
[Verse 1]
Reminiscin' 'bout the old days (Old days)
Back when the Grizzlies had O.J., yeah
When I had me a bald fade, wanted all the J's and I couldn't get no play (And I couldn't get no play)
Times fly by when you having fun
But back then I ain't feel like I had nothin'
Back when a nigga didn't need a mask on (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
But I kept a ski mask and my cash grew long (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh woah)
Mom bumpin' Jodeci, Jodesay
Pop drink the rosé on a Sunday
I had school on Monday (On Monday)
Contemplatin' droppin' out, I was only in the tenth grade (I was only in the tenth grade)
I'm a boss, they was tryna make a slave
A lotta souls been lost since pre-k (Since pre-k)
Our thoughts create our reality
Confirmation, it came from the CIA (From the CIA)
There's a topic that need to be unmuted
But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it (When it come to it)
Couple miles away, we ain't gotta run to it (Run to it)
Marathon gettin' shorter, we gon' break through it (We gon' break through it)
I'd rather teach wellness, to kings and queens
Matter of fact, gods and goddesses (Gods and goddesses)
I'm pickin' they brains, put facts in they head
They callin' me a cosmetologist (A cosmetologist)
Why the Bible similar to astrology?
Prophet makin' prophecies
How many days the sun goin' down on the 21st? I say, "About three"
Vaccines, the mark of the beast (The mark of the beast)
Can't put no chip in me (No chip in me)
Tryna break spirituality (Reality)
Tryna fuck up DNA and my genes (My genes)
[Chorus]
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
[Verse 2]
To make a long story short you would have to book the words in courts
Nothing less, nothing more, playin' chess with the boards
Tell a nigga pick the poison, abortion or orphan
Had to take me to Maury
Oh Lordy, the majority of the kids I may have been mournin'
Tell me grand risin', don't tell me good morning
Words put a spell on my conscience
I'm risin' and I'm horny
Had to come fresh with a girl named Lauren
But she was too borin'
Ignorin' outpouring of the pain, in her heart, she was storin'
Her head's in the clouds, she was soaring, and she was foreign
Will I ever find love one day (One day) before they put me in my grave? (My grave)
People been temporary (Yeah, yeah)
Can I just get my way, can I just get my way?
If you come in my life just stay
Can you stay? Baby, stay for me
I changed my ways, did you wait?
I hate to say, you didn't wait for me
All the shit I felt been fake
It left me baked, call me bakery
Don't check on me, I'm doin' fine
Everything been divine, just pray for me
Slow and steady win the race, but I've been pickin' up the pace
I had to lace up my laces, I'm lookin' behind me, they chasin', they chasin', they chasin'
The finish line been awaitin'
The people, they clap and they wavin'
Congratulatin', praisin' me 'cause I just conquered Satan
I'm praisin' this feeling, amazin'
I was stuck up in a basement then I started elevatin'
[Chorus]
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
[Outro]
NLE the Top Shotta, got the bombs like Al-Qaeda
Ayy-ayy, woah, oh
Ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy, uh
Ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy, uh
Ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy, uh
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, NLE the Top Shotta
Got the bombs like Al-Qaeda
Yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
I said I'm the booth with pneumonia symptoms
But they might say it's Corona symptoms
Oh-oh, oh-oh, woah, oh woah, oh
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ayy
[Verse 1]
Reminiscin' 'bout the old days (Old days)
Back when the Grizzlies had O.J., yeah
When I had me a bald fade, wanted all the J's and I couldn't get no play (And I couldn't get no play)
Times fly by when you having fun
But back then I ain't feel like I had nothin'
Back when a nigga didn't need a mask on (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
But I kept a ski mask and my cash grew long (Oh-oh, oh-oh, oh woah)
Mom bumpin' Jodeci, Jodesay
Pop drink the rosé on a Sunday
I had school on Monday (On Monday)
Contemplatin' droppin' out, I was only in the tenth grade (I was only in the tenth grade)
I'm a boss, they was tryna make a slave
A lotta souls been lost since pre-k (Since pre-k)
Our thoughts create our reality
Confirmation, it came from the CIA (From the CIA)
There's a topic that need to be unmuted
But we'll cross that bridge when we come to it (When it come to it)
Couple miles away, we ain't gotta run to it (Run to it)
Marathon gettin' shorter, we gon' break through it (We gon' break through it)
I'd rather teach wellness, to kings and queens
Matter of fact, gods and goddesses (Gods and goddesses)
I'm pickin' they brains, put facts in they head
They callin' me a cosmetologist (A cosmetologist)
Why the Bible similar to astrology?
Prophet makin' prophecies
How many days the sun goin' down on the 21st? I say, "About three"
Vaccines, the mark of the beast (The mark of the beast)
Can't put no chip in me (No chip in me)
Tryna break spirituality (Reality)
Tryna fuck up DNA and my genes (My genes)
[Chorus]
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
[Verse 2]
To make a long story short you would have to book the words in courts
Nothing less, nothing more, playin' chess with the boards
Tell a nigga pick the poison, abortion or orphan
Had to take me to Maury
Oh Lordy, the majority of the kids I may have been mournin'
Tell me grand risin', don't tell me good morning
Words put a spell on my conscience
I'm risin' and I'm horny
Had to come fresh with a girl named Lauren
But she was too borin'
Ignorin' outpouring of the pain, in her heart, she was storin'
Her head's in the clouds, she was soaring, and she was foreign
Will I ever find love one day (One day) before they put me in my grave? (My grave)
People been temporary (Yeah, yeah)
Can I just get my way, can I just get my way?
If you come in my life just stay
Can you stay? Baby, stay for me
I changed my ways, did you wait?
I hate to say, you didn't wait for me
All the shit I felt been fake
It left me baked, call me bakery
Don't check on me, I'm doin' fine
Everything been divine, just pray for me
Slow and steady win the race, but I've been pickin' up the pace
I had to lace up my laces, I'm lookin' behind me, they chasin', they chasin', they chasin'
The finish line been awaitin'
The people, they clap and they wavin'
Congratulatin', praisin' me 'cause I just conquered Satan
I'm praisin' this feeling, amazin'
I was stuck up in a basement then I started elevatin'
[Chorus]
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Protect the mind and soul
Protect your body too (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
Don't leave the house without my crystals (Ayy-ayy, woah-woah)
VVS's can't protect my soul (Ayy, ayy, ayy)
[Outro]
NLE the Top Shotta, got the bombs like Al-Qaeda
Ayy-ayy, woah, oh
Ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy, uh
Ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy, uh
Ayy-ayy, ayy-ayy, uh
Woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-oh, woah-woah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah