We Been Up

Intro

Yeah-yeah, ayy, oh

(ha) Uh, come on

Verse

I checked the mirror, now it's different — reflection got an accent, yeah (yeah)

Phones on vibrate but the nights still message back, I'm pickin' up again (pick it up)

Champagne on the dash, but I remember rent, I remember cents (remember)

Lessons in my pockets, I turned debts to a common defense (turned it up)

Running through the six with the map in my palm, I ain't lost no more (no)

But I still call your name when the city sleeps, it's a low-lit war (callin')

Hundred on the projector, my past plays like a highlight reel (rewind it)

Made peace with the hunger, now every meal tastes like a medal, real (real)

Ta-ta-touch the sky, I try — I fly, but I ground my pride (ta-ta-touch)

People moving like they love you, till the elevator stops and they slide (slide)

So I keep a couple ghosts on speed dial, helpful on the late nights (late)

Laugh a little louder, lean back, let the ceiling take the shine (ha)

Give me patience, give me time, give me reasons not to run (not to run)

I been counting wins in silence, every loss is a lesson spun (spun)

Whisper to my people, ‘‘we eatin’,’’ then we double up the plate (we eat)

And I promise to the ones that stayed, I won't let the wait be the gate (no gate)

Chorus

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (we been up)

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (let's go)

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (yeah)

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (ayy)

Verse

21

Cold in the cut, keep the heat tucked, you don't want it, I won't bluff (yuh)

Money make 'em nervous, money make 'em love the bluff — I double up (ayy)

Skrrt skrrt skrrt skrrt — pull up silent, paint the lane, no discussion (skrrt)

Hundreds in the safe, hundred in the mind, hundred in the function (hundred)

I don't chase clout, I hunt value, metaphors and money fused (bah)

If you move weird, we move swift, quiet steps, no excuse (no excuse)

People owe me time, they owe me trust, interest on the truth (interest)

Spend a night awake countin' lessons, turned the pain into proof (turned it)

Savage with the ledger, every cut taught me where to place the fold (fold)

Cold stare, warm watch, wrist talk — story told in gold (ice)

If they cross the line, they cross the river — we don't swim with snakes (nah)

Put the city on my back, shoulders sound like rolling crates (roll)

Ayy, kept the circle small, kept the weight large, kept the aim clean (clean)

No sympathy for opulence that came with a crooked scheme (no)

I move sovereign, move silent — respect follow like a beam (respect)

Make a promise to the streets: my name stay clean, my team stay mean (yuh)

Chorus

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (we been up)

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (we been up)

We been up, we been up, we been up, we been up (yeah)

We been up, we been up, we been up,