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[Verse 1: The Boy Illinois] Look Paper plates with meals on 'em, we travel globes I never hate, I build with 'em, we had our own So respect it and check, because we found nations Gave to our own charity and foundations Built it from the ground up, now every day we count up And if it's negative energy, then don't bring it 'round us Mary J. in my pipe, and then I get my matches So my slippers go where my smoking jacket Third eye open, that's my seventh sense Gave my opinion, I always added my second cent So everywhere we go now, them people listen close now And no real names, we too used to using pronouns We speak our own language, you would think it's code A nigga sick, it's kinda hard to speak with colds So I don't talk much, that's til I see a reaper That white-collar crime cleaner than my gym sneaker Get my measurements taken, and my suit tailored We do loyal, we don't have to favors My mantra and whole steez is get the money But I was listenin' to Harry Belafonte Speak on it from a social aspect My youngins in the streets with them go-go gadgets That's one of the many facets Stuntin' in this fashion, in front of these fascists So I never had no PayPal problems If you shippin' Senate to the House, like Congress I was lost til I found out the process She a bitch until you get her out her prom dress I'm goin' all in I got a couple angels and some blue demons But these are poor sins Outgoing, guess this my calling But keep it silent, because the wall's thin No one was there when we was clippin' coupons I don't trust a soul, kinda scared to put my shoes on You either gang-banged or you Neutroned Start a revolution, fuck the institution Yep, we was all in collusion Fatigued out, we don't need substitutions All we know is ball by any means So stern, make the refs call anything Make your team change they whole plans up I'm the influencer and the influenza Take this T.V. and aim it at your mental Watch it die slow, and wrap it over instrumentals You can't walk on my mid-soles Work all night, and then we get tempos I'm the template for the temples Example of royalty when you become this old Or when you become this cold And I'll be deceased, and I almost came this close I been runnin' with my dogs for a long time And my main girl Glenn Close [Talking: The Boy Illinois] You see I was once told you should never praise a man's wealth, unless you first know how he acquired such That's real shit, I'm still about my money though I do this for my people I say I do this for my peoples I say I do this for my peoples No need for a sequel I do this for my peoples [Verse 2: The Boy Illinois] I say, movin' at the speed of sound These haters can't keep me down I like Henny anyway, you can keep the Crown We try on an angle, you feel the dynasty We up to tryin' to get it, my people in dire need Knock, knock motherfucker, dollars please To tell the truth, we can't eat your apologies You know the policy, profit til you find a means You get greedy, then somebody gotta bleed One of my own kind, more than likely We been this way ever since we came overseas They claim authentic, but we all know that it's a scheme Check the stitchin', everything ain't what it seems I think they mad, I'm not a bad dresser Fashion Ford is still reppin' my ancestors I'm the G.M., and the player-partner And I got a movement that you can play a part of Wait, wait, wait Aye, let me call Sway Wyclef said soca fay I kick it how I kick it, that's my soccer play And I'm fly like a soccer coach, Maradona; marijuana..