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Black Keys Lyrics by André DeSaint

Old Dreams//New Themes

2014

[Verse 1]

Look, I’m only trying to make it baby, pardon my assumption
The only way to function
Keep them squares out my circumference
Tell me how did I become this
Facade that you created
I could probably be your favorite if your mind was just sedated
And I'm trying to say I'm slated to murder this shit forever
You can blame that on the first time I heard 'Can I Get A...'
Which led to the first time my pen touched the paper
And now it's just my nature
I'm out like the Vapors
No chaser straight shots my nigga deal with it
And don't step out of line thinking I'm your meal ticket
A harsh reality can knock you off your heel's pivot
If you don't see what I see then I'ma make it real vivid
H-D-M-I (am I) the only one that's watching from this angle?
Man, I got to be it's shameful
If you're watching I thank you
And those that mean a lot to me remain to
My heart don't pump love that's just PayUp! in my blood
Motherfucker

[Hook]

PayUp in my blood!
(Repeated)


[Verse 2]

Man, I’m just happy I got a pot I can still piss in
But just to keep it real there's a lot that I'm still missing
Sometimes I feel my thoughts should be locked in a real prison
But if they did that, they'd be blocking this ill vision
These little rappers making a mockery still spitting
Let's have a foot race to the top if you feel different
Got all these hoes begging for guap and you still pitch in
No matter what they say, if you got it it's still tricking
At least to me
Keep it going I need more
I'm trying to double the pot, you know what I reach for
I'm never afraid to fail, I know the feeling too well
But if winning wasn't everything you wouldn't keep score
I’m making sure I deliver but they still don't get the message
Feel like I'm super gifted but they still don't feel my presence
It's kinda like a high, from something that we invented
But I don't need drugs I got PayUp! in my blood

[Hook]


[Bridge: Sheena Brook]


Can I just tell you, just tell you
Can I just tell you what you need to know?
X2
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André DeSaint

André DeSaint

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"Black Keys" appears on "Old Dreams//New Themes" in 2014.

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