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Year Of Rat Lyrics by Gramatik

Official & Bootleg Remixes, Colabs & Rare Tracks

2011

[Intro]
Yo experience life as I know it, uh, step in my shoes
[Verse 1]
I wake up to alarm in the morning
Today I'm into makin' moves ayo I'm all in
My break is fast and what is more it's poor
I eat it as I listen to Cormega and I'm out the door
I catch a bus jumpin' turnstyle take a seat
In the back o' the bus the cuts in the breakbeat
In my iRiver as we pull up to the subway
I jump a turnstyle again, hop a train
The underground is packed and the rats dwell the tunnels
I'm out in the downtown peddeling the bundles
A 19 y.o. with my mind wrecked
I got the knack of telling a speed user from pot heads
The winter sun is bright but its not warm in it
It's cold in the streets so i freeze for a minute
Use it to recover my breath, ain't nuttin' left
For me but to keep on hustling
[Verse 2]
The ringtone on my celular is Nas
Switching sim cards for a dealer is a must
I get a call from one my girls uptown
I know we ain't seen in a while but honey not now
I'm headed north to the block where my poppa work
45 minutes on the train for the child support
We have a chat though we distant we still blood
He's like "you plan to have a job?" I'm like nah
I cop a burger at a fastfood
We call it McFuck 'cus you know it ain't good
Calories I dont count cus I stay fit
Sweating all day except for the time I sleep
It's half past five and I still got jobs to do
Take a min out to stop to look
At a cute face honey with her behinds enticing
And I'm going back to hustling
[Verse 3]
I'm in a rat race through the year of rat
Losing homeboys gave me the fear of death
I rush to my block 'cus it's 8 o'clock
My partners cook speed I got weigh to cop, ugh
And so I try to catch a cab
But it seems like nobody wanna drive to where I'm living at
So I double the pay and jump in the front seat
Looking back at my day things that I done did
I'm at the place where they produce the product
Some are in it 'cus they want it but I'm in it 'cus i gotta
And plus the dope is a kind of a big hit
'Cus getting used to it is real quick
There are a lot of newbies and a lot of the are frantic
About the do they 'bout to make it's similar to epidemic
With a lotta rivals up in the biz
When the five-o catch 'em they usually turn snitch
This shit is usual type 'o shit on my block
Telling is in the air all around the clock
Shit get critical - none is to be trusted
Tomorrow I'll be back at hustling
Credits
Gramatik

Gramatik

About “Year Of Rat” by Gramatik

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