Lacking

Intro

Yeah, ayy

Slow it down, skrrt (skrrt)

Said I'm watchin' what I spend (watchin')

You know how it go, huh

Verse

I move like a shadow in slow motion, tucked in a cold coat

Fingers on the trigger, but I'm countin' on my own hope

Everybody talk success, but they lacking on the payroll

Smiles turn to numbers when the night fold, yeah the night fold

I keep receipts for promises they never meant to keep

They text like they with me, but their footprints only creep

I learned to read the silence — loud enough to let me sleep

Counting losses in the mirror, see the ledger when I weep

They measure me in grams and grams of what they think I got

But I measure up in patience, in the weight of every plot

No handouts, no alibis, just a list of what I fought

And the ones that used to ride along just vanished when it rot

Cold talk, colder tables, deals done with nervous shakes

They smile for the picture, then they vanish when it breaks

I got time but I ain't patient with the fakes and the mistakes

You keep showin' want and hunger, but you lacking what it takes

Trust is earned in footwork, in the nights I never slept

I been stackin' quiet victories, countin' all the steps

You wear loud jewelry, loud talk, loud threats

But when the storm came, you was nowhere on the steps

Pre-chorus

Slow grind, slow burn, slow watch, slow learn (slow learn)

You keep needin' what you don't deserve, huh (you don't deserve)

I move precise, I move reserved (I move reserved)

If you ain't givin' weight, you just takin' nerves

Chorus

Lacking, yeah you lacking, lacking (lacking), uh

Lacking, yeah you lacking, lacking (lacking), uh

Lacking, yeah you lacking, lacking (lacking), uh

Lacking, yeah you lacking, lacking (lacking), uh

Verse

Cold nights, late calls, conversations runnin' thin

Promises like paper planes — they fold on every wind

I got brothers with the scars, with the quiet grins

We don't clap for empty talk, we clap when the load's been in

You front like you fed up but you starvin' on receipts

Talkin' big about the climb but you tired of the steep

I heard your name in alleys where the secrets never sleep

I saw you duckin' rounds when the pressure got too deep

I'm countin' loyalty in increments, I'm weighin' every man

Not by the crew they show on socials, but by the plan

When the car broke down, who stood? When the money crashed, who ran?

I keep a list, I keep a ledger — memory like sand

Forgiveness ain't for free, it's earned in backroom deals

You can plead your case with words, but I look for how you feel

You keep takin' what you want, like appetite's a meal

But you lacking discipline, you lacking steel

I move like tactics, slow steps, tactical entrance

You move loud, reckless, just needin' fast penance

I keep my circle minimal, my circle's maintenance

Can't let fake kin drown the real with their repentance

Skrrt, I roll deep but I roll low (skrrt)

Yuh, keep