[00:00.949][Intro: Ché Noir][00:02.750]Yeah[00:07.377]Uh, yeah[00:10.709]Uh-huh, uh-huh[00:19.997]Yeah[00:22.843]Look[00:23.098][00:23.599][Verse 1: Ché Noir][00:23.856]As a kid, was wise[00:24.888]Could be poor with the richest mind[00:26.695]They say penny for your thoughts, but I'm giving nickels and dimes[00:29.525]Wisdom bold when you old, but it sold for the Fisher-Price[00:32.362]They can't tell if it's off the dome, if I'm using a pen or type[00:35.472]Witness crime, she gon' steal from a baby to get a high[00:38.577]Fiends on cloud nine like crack was in the sky[00:41.422]Rest in peace to my brother and all of my friends who died[00:44.266]They talk to me in my sleep, only time that I get advice[00:47.372]**** peace, when it's time to survive, I'm with a knife[00:50.220]If it's war, then it's eye for an eye, I went in blind[00:53.317]Got enough bars for bitter bitches, I'll end your life[00:56.153]Misery loves company, nigga, come spend the night[00:58.999]Taking medication, it's hard controlling my thoughts[01:01.827]It's written poems in my heart[01:03.351]Niggas ain't know I was smart[01:04.921]Took a pencil and every word that I wrote was a bar[01:07.488]And these rappers couldn't see me if I glowed in the dark, nigga[01:11.117][Chorus: Ché Noir][01:11.908]Uh, never had it easy, it was hard[01:13.977]We started with less, grinding, selling CDs from the car[01:17.075]Niggas thought I was yawning 'til they see me with the sharks[01:19.683]You small-minded 'cause they never think we getting large, yeah[01:23.552]Five exes, from Pyrexes to sky dwellers[01:26.409]Trust, I live and stand by them five letters[01:29.518]Five exes, from Pyrexes to sky dwellers[01:32.627]Trust, I live and stand by them five letters[01:34.943][01:35.210][Verse 2: Jynx716][01:35.465]I'm a mother****in' hustler and I knew the rules when I chose to be one[01:37.788]Times, it can be fun[01:38.816]Still can make a call if I need one[01:40.621]2018, caught that felony, my first time was a D1[01:43.463]Still on paper, but my PO know a good guy when she see one[01:46.548]Happy to be here, you know I just wanna compete[01:49.143]Slide through the city, they lookin', I know it's somethin' to see[01:51.984]Honest with hoes, I just tell 'em, "You don't want nothin' with me"[01:55.089]My side bitch get it, be asking me 'bout what number is she[01:58.407]I see the way y'all move and can't help but think that it's ass-backwards[02:01.509]Different levels of trolling, you niggas got mad tactics[02:04.362]Know they short 'cause everywhere I look it be mad rappers[02:07.242]Got every excuse in the book and the book is like mad chapters[02:10.308]I think I did this all by myself, but it took a team[02:13.176]We gon' come up off of hustle or niggas might gotta scheme[02:16.029]I'm from Niagara Falls where I hope they don't give up on the dream[02:19.116]I might get the key to the city and give it to a fiend[02:21.943]At some point[02:22.724][02:23.230][Chorus: Ché Noir][02:23.485]Uh, never had it easy, it was hard[02:25.023]We started with less, grinding, selling CDs from the car[02:28.350]Niggas thought I was yawning 'til they see me with the sharks[02:30.913]You small-minded 'cause they never think we getting large, yeah[02:33.785]Five exes, from Pyrexes to sky dwellers[02:37.645]Trust, I live and stand by them five letters[02:40.721]Five exes, from Pyrexes to sky dwellers[02:43.547]Trust, I live and stand by them five letters[02:46.111][02:46.623][Outro: Ché Noir][02:46.889]Yeah[02:48.197]Poetic Thoughts[02:49.746]Poetic movement[02:51.803]Yeah[02:55.691]Buffalo, Niagara Falls, Rochester, what's up?[02:58.791]Yeah[02:59.809]Upstate New York[03:02.133]Poetic Thoughts ain't just a label, you know? It's a—[03:04.964]It's a way of thinking[03:05.990]It's your mindset, you know[03:08.820]Be honest, some of these niggas—[03:11.119]Just off the way they think, man[03:12.917]Some of these niggas don't even need to be in my presence[03:13.174]Just off your mindset, you know?[03:19.375]Poetic Thoughts is—[03:19.888]It's all about mental elevation, you know?[03:23.014]We all about elevating[03:25.060]Some of the way these niggas thinks, man, don't wanna coincide with them