The Alchemist
Thug Anthem
[Intro: MIKE]
Mm, yeah, uh

[Verse 1: MIKE]
I'm big, I let my nuts hang, and n***as know it’s us
We getting chicken like a mukbang, I'm messing with my cousin
Now I'm just fishing through the mud bank
I’m big on all the love
But bud just give me what the hugs can't
You triggered? Guess it's up
The system know my gov', we getting richer in corrupt land
Dealing with this trust and n***as didn't give a fuck, fam
Still be in the slums frantic, risk to make a buck
We know spitting ain't enough, gang
The shit there ain't enough talent
N***as think it's luck, while we was tough, I saw a bunch panic
Wither into dust, how you don’t give into the rough planet?
Bigger than I was, see my consistence givе them much damage
Sitting by my mup, he say hе hit me when the stuff landing
Busy getting stuck, I’m in the city full of cut granite
Wishing I'm defundin’ shit, different how bruh planned it
(It wasn't what I thought it was)

[Chorus: MIKE & Wiki]
It's me and Wiki, we the ones standing
It's strictly busy when the bus landing
We gon’ come candid, it's me and MIKE
Give you a peek of life, something subtle 'bout the semantics
I rather play the tuck, not the club antics
Told Al' let's take this one, another thug anthem
We bout to make the jump, ain't nothing tangent
My mans wants the answers
[Verse 2: Wiki]
How you supposed to make something from nothing?
It take more than discussion
You want it? Run it, the come up don't come with instructions
Let it bubble, don't rush it
Trust, it's not coming as abrupt as you want it
Covet every run that you fumble
I don't lust it, I love it, the game is my bae
I would take it on dates, to the park where I stayed
'Til it was dark and I'd say the bars I thought of that day
Once she gave me some play, blaze any stage I could play
Ain't no fade I could take could make me stay in place
In the face of decay, saw my neighborhood change
In a sunken place
Got me some budders and got a fuckin' fade and then I prayed
Mistakes I can't erase
Certain shit, can't explain, I can't entertain
Can't contain, if only we kept with our grades
Renegades, we was out at a tender age
Now it's me and MIKE at center stage