The Cold ft. Statik Selektah Lyrics

The Cold - KOTA the Friend & Statik Selektah

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[Intro]

Kota

Statik Selektah

Uh, yeah

[Verse 1]

Santa Monica, livin' and losing followers

Gimmicks doin' a lot for the dollars, I don't acknowledge them

Alcoholics Anonymous, livin' like hippopotamus

Fuckin' 'round with the Oculus, digital me is wildin', I'm free

God watchin', I'm gettin' hit by the breeze

I tend to stumble and slip but never fall to my knees

I'm living my life in tandem with all the shit I believe

Movin' in unison with my spirit, toward the dream

Take it to the block, always focused on the scheme

B&Es, greener weed, all the possibilities

All the soldiers on the Ave fallen, somethin' like the leaves

In between, we crack a laugh, then remember how it be

Branchin' off, because really they ain't got nothin' for me

Hear a lot of people talk, but ain't sayin' what they mean

I just focus on they walk, notice if they hit the lean

If I'm missin' what they sayin', 'cause they brushing when they speak, yeah

[Chorus]

Water in my soul, the pressure on my back

Pushing through my lows

I go fifty on my road, no one on my back

Reapin' what I sow

They wonder where I go when I get in my bag

Where they can never know

Fires in the cold, flying to the goal

Separate the diamonds from the cold, the cold

[Verse 2]

Never actin' or stuntin', I really want the action

Still authentic, I plan to get it and get to practice

If I said it, I meant it, print it, copy and fax it

Lotta people just focus on how empty they glass is

Income comin' aggressive, ironically it's passive

I play my new shit but they are still dissectin' my last shit

I'm a force, I be solo-dolo inside a habit

Shawty tryna love me, she's sad and 'cause living made me callous

Came out the dungeon and then we took the palace

I'm at the function for minutes, feel like I'm movin' backwards

I'm on my legacy, put my children ahead of me

Guardin' my woman from all the garbage that turned me savage

I'm focusin' past the physical, hear it and take it literal

Every syllable, audible, hear it and see the visual

Wrote it like, yeah, I thought it, you spittin' somethin' despicable

Flowin' shit is nautical, savin' little for interviews

[Chorus]

Water in my soul, the pressure on my back

Pushing through my lows

I go fifty on my road, no one on my back

Reapin' what I sow

They wonder where I go when I get in my bag

Where they can never know

Fires in the cold, flying to the goal

Separate the diamonds from the cold, the cold

[Verse 3]

New year, new issues, don't ever let 'em get you

Trust enough and look at my woman, I'm wondering who sent you

Got the bag and fumbled it and woke up in a sweat pool

Niggas couldn't kill me if they killed me like I'm Deadpool

Made this shit for youngins mixin' vodka with the Red Bull

I write the future, if you was wonderin' what my pen do

Thought I'd be a loser, misguided, hungry, disheveled

I'm running shit so crazy, don't need the trophies or medals

I'm brushin' off the dust and layin' verse before it settles

Got 'em mimickin' my moves, now they call me Geppetto

I was sittin' in my room, sippin' sour, amarettos

Dropping classic after classic, stacking bangers like they LEGOs

Childish, higher learning, I ain't go to college

Couldn't read me 'cause they couldn't see me through my eyelids

I be that example how the pressure make a diamond

And the pressure make a legend, live progressive on my island, yeah

[Chorus]

Water in my soul, the pressure on my back

Pushing through my lows

I go fifty on my road, no one on my back

Reapin' what I sow

They wonder where I go when I get in my bag

Where they can never know

Fires in the cold, flying to the goal

Separate the diamonds from the cold, the cold