told you ft. Ladi & Preach the Poet Lyrics

Never been a question if I'm worthy

They ain't finna do me dirty dirty 'cause I'm 30

But a wordsmith cut a track smooth no worry

I ain't sweating but this fire going nowhere in a hurry

Flowers bloom louder when I consume

Floating on the side of the heirloom

Promised me I'm debted to the souls that I share a room with

While I'm praying that that tomb doesn't come too quick

Heavy like a monsoon

Raining in this pontoon

They ain't got a clue what hit 'em

But they know it got 'em feeling blue like denim

This body ain't real just rented

I said it boy I meant it

Shining daily boy, I'm iridescent

Ever since a moment adolescent

Freshest til my day is done, I reckon

Never turning tables but I'm breaking records

Like James, gotta say it for the record

I ain't ever told you less

You just gotta put in context

It ain't that complex

When you take a sec

Gotta fill your soul 'fore you lay to rest

I ain't ever told you less

You just gotta put in context

It ain't that complex

When you take a sec

Gotta fill your soul 'fore you lay to rest

When they told me all I had was 24

I was on my Henry Ford

Trynna show them what the lines do

I ain't never been this far before

Won't let it hold me anymore

The grass is greener, and my sky's blue

When I started, never knew this what I'd rise to

Never thought I'd make it through what I was blind to

Now I'm staring at the sunlight cutting through the room

And the music only thing I took a shine to

I ain't never told you less

Things change and I'm glad I could show you strength

I'm trynna hold shit down for us

Need to let go, arms tied, leaving no loose ends

When they told me all I had was 24

I was up and down the floor yelling

"No new friends, no nuisance"

I'm trynna introduce TEN

To a world that believe they might've known you since you changed

For this piece, I will speak on love and the Revolution

I drew you between baselines

I could see your silhouette in the shade

Desire and lust will lead me to the base of our fallen glory

Didn't you know that gods made lightning?

Didn't you know that gods made lightning?

They appeared on the other side of the river Nile

The revolution

Camping was just surviving when the lights were off

To be black is to be forced, politicized

It was Baldwin Boston Garvey speeches in Giovanni's room

Pressing his hope against a windowpane

For a tomorrow that's framed easier

Somewhere for my soul to find peace

My tomorrow makes me not a Messiah

It makes me just a meager villager in love

For the people

Preach

I ain't ever told you less

You just gotta put in context

It ain't that complex

When you take a sec

Gotta fill your soul 'fore you lay to rest

I ain't ever told you less

You just gotta put in context

It ain't that complex

When you take a sec

Gotta fill your soul 'fore you lay to rest