Little Brother - Speed Lyrics
[Intro - Phonte]This life have a nigga hustling manNiggas need to slow it down yoSit back just chill just relaxSpeeding down the roads of lifeYo check it[Verse 1 - Phonte]Another day to face, I'm share cropping in the paper chaseTake a deep breath and clear my databaseIt's afternoon I'm talking shit to my alarm clockCause I gotta face this world of capitalistic onslaughtDon't stop when I jump in the whip, tryin to get it offBeltline got me rushin like BarichnakofPushin 80 miles per hour to this, call centerTryin to pick up a check I only see twenty percent aUntil the weekend, it sound crazy when I'm sayin itBut sleep is nice, got me forgettin what day it isUntil my son two days with out speakin, looking forReasons to keep my heir from goin off the deep endI take this shit personally, I'm makin movesBut this treadmill lifestyle ain't workin for meIt's from ya crib to ya lab to ya job to make a profitAnd at the days end you still got nothing accomplishedAnd it's just the way it's goin down, but on the realI think I need to slow it down and slow it down[Chorus]This joint is goin too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meThis really movin too fast for meJust too fast for me and you[Verse 2 - Big Pooh & Phonte][Big Pooh]I try to slow it down like Brand NubianBut hypnotic tunes like this always do me inGot a nigga about to go and burn the road againFrom first gear to fifth gear out of control again[Phonte]And that's the way we rolling in, needed to chillAnd take a rest stop cause my job got me slaving likeI'm Dred Scott, take a break nah nigga you betta notCause that's when the respect stops energy drainI need a blast like Hi-Tek got so I can grabThe mic and make you're heads bop with the microphone checkOne two it don't stop, out of town on a quickEscape hoping to have a chance to slow it up and hit the breaksAnd slow it down[Chorus]This joint is goin too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meThis really movin too fast for meJust too fast for me and you[Verse 3 - Big Pooh & Phonte][Big Pooh]I let me life shine in between these papers linesI write rhymes to incite mindsSpending time on this pipeline, eighty-fiveNorth it's like mine, going eighty five to light mindsGoing ninety five to take timeSpending days in the rays of the sunshineMany days those same rays went undefinedNow forty east is where I go to have my best timesThree lanes going sixty to perfect rhymesTre dose and master craft catch punch linesWe turning early morning late night timesAmtrack Monday morning to come back ridesCatch a couch on the weekend, a place I rarely did sleep inTay (Phonte) car speaker knobs is tweakinCause the way we be rockin it when joints is finishedAt the speed we be moving we could never be diminished[Phonte]With my energy replenished write a rhyme with puns andAll my similes intended speed out until I finishKeep it on nowWe keep it, and keep it, and keep it on nowAnd keep it, and keep it, we keep it on nowWe run it, we do it, we keep it on nowWe do it, we did it, we keep it on nowWe don't stop[Chorus x2]This joint is goin too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meThis really movin too fast for meJust too fast for me and youThis joint is goin too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meJust too fast for meThis really movin too fast for meJust too fast for me and you
