[Intro: Termanology]
(Statik Selektah)
Ayo, Kota
Statik, what up?
That To Kill a Sunrise was a classic
So it's only right y'all run it back
'Ology
Uh

[Verse 1: Termanology]
Responsible dad, gone through it bad
No matter what I do, it's never enough, it's sad
You could spend the time and you could spend a bag
Still, they wanna rob you for everything you have
Loved ones crossed over on me like AI
So many fakes 'round me I thought it was AI
Grindin' since yea high, promise I ain't lie
I know the plug too, word to Dave from De La
Statik on the beat, that's a beautiful bass line
With friends like Kota, I ain't gotta replace mine
I bе on tour, thank God for FaceTime
Gotta take carе of my [?]
Lightbulb in my head lit up like Akon
Your body is your temple, take care of your mind
There's forty-eight laws of power, but forty-nine
Only build with 'em if you know they spirit align
I ain't heartless, I'm just usin' my heart less
Tryna watch out for them snakes who not blessed
They kill you with the drugs and the guns and the stress
Get you X-ed, Malcolm X, DMX, Triple X
I be doin' my thing, but I ain't done yet
For the single moms strugglin' and people in debt
And homies locked down, readin' books, doin' sets
Prayin' they could make it home just to see a sunset
[Verse 2: Kota the Friend]
Yeah, death to patriarchy
I spit a verse and these n***as go Dr. Sebi on me
Generations of indoctrination, my n***as switchin' up the program
And fixin' up the motherfuckin' conversation, yeah
Fuck the woke, fuck the finger-pointin', n***a, that's a joke
When you look into the mirror, you gon' see your biggest foe, so
Make sure your hands clean
Notice everything you sacrificin' for the damn dream
King hella strong, but he nothin' to a stampede
Focus on yourself, kings, most of them you can't please
The pressure creepin' up until you can't breathe
Always someone speakin' on some other shit you can't be
Tunnel vision flipped on
Haters be the wood in the fire, but now the chip gone
Never stressin' over opinions, we tryna live long
Doin' numbers in my '90s like a sitcom
Reminiscin' on the instrumentals that I slid on
Dinner with my son and daughter
Livin' peaceful lives from applyin' all the shit I taught 'em
In the world, never of it though
When they battlin', you rise above it though, yeah

[Chorus: Kota the Friend]
Stay on alert, dog, know you could be worse off
Never let your guard down when you in the world, dog
Head straight, eyes front, count it on the first, dog
So much sweeter when you get it from the dirt, dog
Stay on alert, dog, know you could be worse off
Never let your guard down when you in the world, dog
Head straight, eyes front, count it on the first, dog
So much sweeter when you get it from the dirt, dog