Released: March 3, 2020
Featuring: Ab-Soul WESTSIDE BOOGIE
Songwriter: Ab-Soul WESTSIDE BOOGIE REASON
Producer: Kal Banx
[Intro: REASON]
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa
[Chorus: REASON]
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
[Verse 1: REASON]
Yeah, yeah, for my niggas on they own time, whoa
I done ran up on a goldmine, whoa
Little Henny made me road slide, whoa
'Cause I used to carry .45, woah
I done seen a lot, done a lot, yeah
Dogs in it, see the paws in it
Tryna make it out like a Saw victim
Bullets hit the whip and leave the car spinning
Niggas still pimp the butterfly
I done fluttered high and evolved in it (Whoa)
Niggas still on weird shit
Got a issue but don't never call niggas
Seen a lot of niggas fall off (Whoa)
Cut my missile like I call off (Yeah)
REASON busting, never start off
Tie 'em up and take 'em all off
Bigger picture, nigga, bigger picture
I been showing ass like I'm skinny-dipping
Nigga, flow tighter than a penny-pincher
'Magine if I got the Henny with 'em (Wait)
'Magine if a nigga sell drugs
Yeah, I sell drugs 'cause the flow crack
'Magine I could cure the whole world with the coke flow
'Cause it's dope raps (What)
I done done a lot, seen a lot, black skin, feelin' penalized
This what happens when I dream a lot—nigga, dreams
[Chorus: REASON]
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
[Verse 2: WESTSIDE BOOGIE]
Oh, man, for my niggas on they own time, whoa
Remember thugging in my profile, ayy
I rather make it with my own guys, whoa
But I can't free 'em with a closed mind, like, "Oh, my"
I pray this shit that I just twisted could get me up out my shame
Slid up on my homie bitch, he ain't trip 'cause it ain't his main, ugh
Just saying, ugh
Lord, I know you see my pain, help me while I find my hopes
Love you for your sense of humor, don't tell me that my life a joke
I done hung with lions and bought the tickets from niggas woofing
I done seen the gun and just let him pull it and bit the bullet
I come from the ash of a fire past that my mind was put in
I created magic, how I got past it without me looking
Bragging ain't bracking, ugh (That shit ain't bracking)
Rap ain't just rapping, you capping, your shit elastic, ugh
Stretching the truth 'till we factor in shit ain't happen
I got this feel you can't fathom, I seen some shit you can't tap in
'Cause this what happen when you—
[Chorus: REASON]
Trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
[Verse 3: Ab-Soul]
Man, all things fall apart, everything goes south
Homie had the most heart, he a deadbeat now
Stuck in the mud, man, we need to put the sizzurp down
Life ain't quite the picnic when the chips are down, look
Most of the niggas I pictured as winners just went away
I had to get up and make a way
I need the whole planet to know my name
Mama said, "Don't quit your day job"
I was a second from selling yay
I needed a deal like playing cards
Made a few records with Sounwave
Who—Whoever swallowed the key to the cage that we stay in
I'll make him regurgitate it
One time I heard I was underrated
I'd rather that than us getting raided, ayy
Anxious under investigation, I done seen a lot, nigga done a lot
In Carson, dodging the sheriff's station
Went broke bailing my brother out, man
That's automatic
Had the semi squeezing, or a fiend on Halloween
'Til it's a wrap like a Easter basket
My collard greens with plenty season
A Soul-ution and a REASON—there you have it
[Outro: WESTSIDE BOOGIE]
Oh man
Oh man
Oh man
Oh man
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Whoa
[Chorus: REASON]
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
[Verse 1: REASON]
Yeah, yeah, for my niggas on they own time, whoa
I done ran up on a goldmine, whoa
Little Henny made me road slide, whoa
'Cause I used to carry .45, woah
I done seen a lot, done a lot, yeah
Dogs in it, see the paws in it
Tryna make it out like a Saw victim
Bullets hit the whip and leave the car spinning
Niggas still pimp the butterfly
I done fluttered high and evolved in it (Whoa)
Niggas still on weird shit
Got a issue but don't never call niggas
Seen a lot of niggas fall off (Whoa)
Cut my missile like I call off (Yeah)
REASON busting, never start off
Tie 'em up and take 'em all off
Bigger picture, nigga, bigger picture
I been showing ass like I'm skinny-dipping
Nigga, flow tighter than a penny-pincher
'Magine if I got the Henny with 'em (Wait)
'Magine if a nigga sell drugs
Yeah, I sell drugs 'cause the flow crack
'Magine I could cure the whole world with the coke flow
'Cause it's dope raps (What)
I done done a lot, seen a lot, black skin, feelin' penalized
This what happens when I dream a lot—nigga, dreams
[Chorus: REASON]
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
[Verse 2: WESTSIDE BOOGIE]
Oh, man, for my niggas on they own time, whoa
Remember thugging in my profile, ayy
I rather make it with my own guys, whoa
But I can't free 'em with a closed mind, like, "Oh, my"
I pray this shit that I just twisted could get me up out my shame
Slid up on my homie bitch, he ain't trip 'cause it ain't his main, ugh
Just saying, ugh
Lord, I know you see my pain, help me while I find my hopes
Love you for your sense of humor, don't tell me that my life a joke
I done hung with lions and bought the tickets from niggas woofing
I done seen the gun and just let him pull it and bit the bullet
I come from the ash of a fire past that my mind was put in
I created magic, how I got past it without me looking
Bragging ain't bracking, ugh (That shit ain't bracking)
Rap ain't just rapping, you capping, your shit elastic, ugh
Stretching the truth 'till we factor in shit ain't happen
I got this feel you can't fathom, I seen some shit you can't tap in
'Cause this what happen when you—
[Chorus: REASON]
Trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
This for all my niggas trapped in
Caught a case, it made me back-spin
I been focused, bringing racks in
This for all my niggas trapped in
[Verse 3: Ab-Soul]
Man, all things fall apart, everything goes south
Homie had the most heart, he a deadbeat now
Stuck in the mud, man, we need to put the sizzurp down
Life ain't quite the picnic when the chips are down, look
Most of the niggas I pictured as winners just went away
I had to get up and make a way
I need the whole planet to know my name
Mama said, "Don't quit your day job"
I was a second from selling yay
I needed a deal like playing cards
Made a few records with Sounwave
Who—Whoever swallowed the key to the cage that we stay in
I'll make him regurgitate it
One time I heard I was underrated
I'd rather that than us getting raided, ayy
Anxious under investigation, I done seen a lot, nigga done a lot
In Carson, dodging the sheriff's station
Went broke bailing my brother out, man
That's automatic
Had the semi squeezing, or a fiend on Halloween
'Til it's a wrap like a Easter basket
My collard greens with plenty season
A Soul-ution and a REASON—there you have it
[Outro: WESTSIDE BOOGIE]
Oh man
Oh man
Oh man
Oh man