[Verse 1]
Uh
God in the flow, stepped off the boat, I kept on the humble, uh
All of this hate, and all of these promises you adjust to, uh
Lost your way to find who you are
Teddy Bruckshot, ya gone too far
Found myself in estates with bricks of foundation build with fake love, on God, ayy
I know pain like Martin name, it's finally payin' off
What's the point of knowin' what you know if you ain't sayin' somethin'?
Why the one that's lackin' the foundation always make up somethin'?
Come up out your face, I'm ‘cross your face like Chris Benoit
I been way too humble, y'all ain't on the shit I'm on
Hop up out my DM, I ain't tryna do no songs
I ain't tryna work, bitch, I'm unemployed
I ain't tryna link, Zelda just the ploy
Daddy been deployed
I ain't playin' victim, every girl that ever said I lead her on was off, for real
Kept it real and went in raw like Eddie Murphy with the red leather on, for real
Vision clearer than a Huxtable and now it's off the cliff with all of y'all
Summer times on the rise, I can't wait to see you fall for real, for real

[Chorus]
Uh
I just took my time with it (Ride, ride)
I just took my time (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
She told me take my time with it
So I took my time
I just took my time with it (Ride, ride)
I just took my time (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
She told me take my time with it
So I took my time

[Verse 2]
If I buy it once, I afford it twice
Lucky lefty never rolled the dice
I'm livin' proof you can duck twelve and still be real
Word to Obie Trice, uh
So influential
Nice with a flow, so disrespectful
But y'all hear the mellow tone in these instrumental
And sleep on credentials
Better check your dental when you talkin' to me
Fee when I speak, n***a, talk isn't cheap
Got a mouth full of gold and a mind full of coal
N***a die for a turn to diamonds in a week
Let a bygone be a bygone, no beef
With a right arm, leave the ice on your cheek
Don't sleep, when the lights on, I'm all me
No gas, but you'll never see my tank on E
N***a, no way
Came a long way
From the spray paint chippin' off my Js in the hallway
Clowned me all day
Parked my Civic in the wrong place
Shit, seen more boots than a 3 train headed to the Barclays
Now I'm way, way, way up
Got the flame now
Pussy n***a David Blaine now
I done found the beauty in a good thing
All these bad bitches lookin' plain now
I ain't been feelin' so out of place
Since I got the keys to my own place
Turned them cold days into Colgate
Learned to put smiles on my own face, on God

[Chorus]
Uh
I just took my time with it (Ride, ride)
I just took my time (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
She told me take my time with it
So I took my time
I just took my time with it (Ride, ride)
I just took my time (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)
She told me take my time with it
So I took my time