We Slide

Intro

Ayy, yeah, ayy (skrrt)

Woo, woo, woo (heh)

Let's go, let's go (yah)

Verse

Came up from nothin', block taught me how to move (move)

Mama prayin' nightly while the crew steady on the groove (yeah)

Seen the same faces change when the money hit the roof (roof)

Trust get thin like denim, loyalty's the proof (proof)

I got stories in my phone that I can't even say (can't say)

Names in the smoke, they burnt like yesterday (uh)

We was countin' pennies, now we countin' ways (ways)

Paper flip, rubber bands, we adjust the plays (skrrt)

Opps steady lurkin', they be stalkin' every step (every step)

I don't show my weakness, I just show respect (respect)

Found a couple brothers that I swear I might protect (I might)

Found a couple snakes that I buried in the text (in the text)

Cold nights, cold steel, cold feels in the chest (chest)

Heard a knock at the door, pray the law ain't on a quest (nah)

If it's beef, we address it, no talk, just finesse (finesse)

If it's smoke, we extinguish, leave the rest to the press (press)

Money on my mama, that's the message in my steps (steps)

I keep the circle tight, keep the circle set (set)

Chorus

We slide, we slide, we slide, we slide (we slide)

Run the block, run the block, run the block, run the block (run it)

No sleep, no sleep, no sleep, no sleep (no sleep)

Play for keeps, play for keeps, play for keeps, play for keeps (ayy)

Verse

Seen the ledger of the lost, wrote their names on my mind (on my mind)

Told myself to hustle harder, leave the past behind (leave it)

Got a Glock in the drawer but I aim to avoid the crime (no)

Got a kid on my line sayin' daddy, please be kind (be kind)

They celebrate the shine but don't know how we grind (they don't)

They post up with the drip but don't know the price of time (price)

I took heat for a couple ones, that's the code of the vine (vine)

I done buried ego when the bullets tried to find (tried)

Lessons learned in basements where the cigarettes burned (burned)

Pledges made to brothers where the loyalty returned (returned)

If you fold, you fold quick, ain't no cushions where we turn (no)

We either ball or we break, that's the lesson that I learned (I learned)

Mama cried on the steps, I held the weight of the day (day)

Prayed the Lord keep my name clean when I go astray (pray)

But this life pullin' strings like I'm caught up in the play (play)

Still I step, still I plan, still I do it my way (my way)

Chorus

We slide, we slide, we slide, we slide (we slide)

Run the block, run the block, run the block, run the block (run it)

No sleep, no sleep, no sleep, no sleep (no sleep)

Play for keeps, play for keeps, play for keeps, play for keeps (ayy)

Verse

Cold world, cold deals, warm hearts, cold steel (cold)

Tryna feed the fam, tryna stack a different meal (feed)

Enemies close, they be smilin' with a steel grin (grin)

Put my trust in the few, let the rest drown in th