I'm a strange example of a statistic
Good kid to my momma
that's even though we haven't
spoken in months
I might need a heater just for my shoulders
Triple digits out in Austin
and I'm still frozen stuck in my ways
Got a friend I hardly talk to
she like"yo, I'm down at South By
and you should come through"
Told me that her man just had my
beats on in the venue,
now she's saying"Talib's
really trying to meet you."
I am only dust -- I could
never be half the Black Star
but what if linking up with him
took me just half that far?
I'm too broke for tickets
if I go I gotta break in
I'm too broke for tickets to try and
weave through the traffic on the Yamaha
Weigh it up
Three hours to skate for the one-way
Had that real push to start before all my rich friends
Don't even know if homegirl is telling the truth or not
But I could never live with myself if I missed him
And you know what happens next
Stacking dominoes from the start
I'm primed 'til it's go. You could wait
around until they all fall down, or you could pull the
gun up out the holster, aim your sights down and pull the
Trigger, baby, 'cause
Something's gotta give every once in a while, pull the
Trigger, baby, 'cause
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
you know
My only stuggle's being born in Oak Cliff
Where the police and the gangsters think their bullets don't miss
Where the Domino's driver -- they might go and get the order
but they're too afraid to drop it by my grandmother's crib
Is what it is
And I developed plenty fears
including God taking my soul too early like some of my peers
Situations stressing while I'm deep in my depression
so if life is dodging death at every corner, why am I here?
A lot of people, they don't get this opportunity to
go impress a legend so I'm taken aback
At 19 I'm thinking I got the key to
everything that I wanted if I'm dodging the traps:
Traffic fines, breaking lines, robbing blind
the dream they never wanted me to think I could have
The sun's setting and he's probably gone, soon to forget me
but what could I expect when the odds been stacked against me?
No surprises
Stacking dominoes from the start
I'm primed 'til it's go. You could wait
around until they all fall down, or you could pull the
gun up out the holster, aim your sights down and pull the
Trigger, baby, 'cause
Something's gotta give every once in a while, pull the
Trigger, baby, 'cause
Something's gotta give, something's gotta give
you know
