The Winter

[Verse One] I think you know what I’m here for Taxi cab picked me up at the airport Far away from the people I care for I guess I’m homesick No shit, therefore This better be worth a million dollars Snowflakes falling the size of silver dollars I dream of mics and crowds The sound they make when the lights go down The cab moves slow into town God damn, there’s a whole lot of snow on the ground It’s got to be like 4 feet deep Stop at a red brick house on Ward Street This is my new home at least til I’m famous And get some attention from one of the majors Roommate writes for one of the papers For guns cops raided one of my neighbors And it was on the news I watched then went out to pay some dues Damn it’s freezing and hard to breath Broke some ground it’s hard to leave When you scrape together rent ain’t that a joke I called home and begged my folks They supported me from a distance It could have been cause I lacked persistence Nah [Hook]: "It was the winter...it was cold...it was a cold winter" [Verse Two]: Glutton for punishment he’s back on a plane Guess what – it’s Christmas time again This time he’s got some dough socked away And some songs he wrote to put on display Plus he understood the culture better Started out like a personal vendetta This time he won't starve, he’s working A few lean years changed him as a person He’s scared of mics and crowds Of jam packed places and what might go down Competition is fierce, his position is worse Can’t shake the suspicion he’s cursed A lot of these rappers see through the facade And put him on blast when he drops his guard Toronto got softer but still looked hard And they’d like nothing more than to pull your card Did what he’d been conditioned to His deck might have been missing a few Nah, the cards were there for the most part What he calls a career gets off to a slow start Summer left and the cold winds came back Homesick or some shit, he don’t blame that Landlord issues But no it ain’t that If all else fails he’ll just claim that [Hook]: "It was the winter...it was cold...it was a cold winter"