Moving On Up

Okay, now, let's go, take it
Slow now, tie him, tie him
Yo, yo, yo, what y'all hanging at the back
Of the court for? Man almost made a shot
Alright, let's go, alright, hit Vaughn
There you go, all the way
Boy, shoot it, shoot it, shoot it

I wrote this on an Amsterdam canal
I rode a wave and left the
Ocean dry without a towel
Ghetto bastard, ain't no father to this style
Father figure
Fight the devil like the Golden Child
They told me, "Ev, you gon' smell your roses"
I told them, "We don't smell the flowers
We just hold our noses" walking freely
I don't go where I'm supposed to
I got my friends, got my enemies
But foes are closer
No energy, no maintenance
Some are in between
I call those ones acquaintances
In life there's some things you
Can't get over quietly
Making shit that's notable
But not for notoriety my hunger never left
My ribs are touching my chest
I'm at my best
Dictionary definition of fresh
A picture of E, place in pole position is me
Hit the throttle then decide where
I'm intended to be so what the fuck?

Ayo, we moving on up
We rappers is role models, we rap
We don't think we rap We We We
We rappers is role models, we rap
We don't think ayo, we moving on up
We rappers is role models
Another day another buck it never stops
So I never stop chasing my dream
As the world keep turning
Only say what I mean

That's a good destiny (Ha ha ha)
Yeah, right, okay
This looks like a big joint
Lick it and smoke it (Ha ha haha)
I think there was two of these
And you smoked the other one

I wrote this on the first thing
I could find to write it
On an envelope, I never opened up inside it
I'm a writer, so my hand is guided
I don't fight it
Attract the company that I invited
It's from a higher source and
I of course am enlightened
Bringing all the thunder and the lightning
Wondering about the moves I made and
All the shade I curved
It's like they don't react to actions
They relate to words
Learned my patterns and my habit's
Made adjustments
Just enough so I can say I trust them
I'm a drummer, so I make percussion
Never hurry, so I'm never rushing
Except my blood, different discussion
Always into something
No stopping when I'm emptying
And always into something like Dr
Dre and MC Ren never at the function
They know just where I'm going to
An open book
I'd like to tell you what I'm going through

Ayo, we moving on up
We rappers is role models, we rap
We don't think we rap We We We We
We rappers is role models, we rap
We don't think ayo, we moving on up
We rappers is role models
Another day another buck it never stops
So I never stop chasing my dream
As the world keep turning
Always say what I mean

And what about my dreams? City of the angels
Rescued by a man who is no angel
And who's that? You (E-V)

Look, I wrote this in my basement, smokin'
Facin' (Ha)
Drinking this Henny straight
I don't do chasers (Not at all)
In many states I still got open cases
In any case, have your shit straight when
You approach a gangster (Uh, huh)
We broke in places
Pistol-whip Lyor with broken faces (Hold up)
Teeth fucked up, you gon' need braces (Ha)
Prolly a few missing, there's gon' be spaces
(Ha ha haha) i go to places where you need
Your toast and drove a spaceship (Uh, huh)
Your flow is basic, think you're
Fucking with me, you smokin', basin'
I've been low on patience
With these rappers, yeah
I've grown impatient (yeah)
The pole is blazin'
I slide on niggas like stolen bases
(Boom, boom, boom, boom)
God blessed me with opportunity
They hope I waste it
I don't know why niggas be
So focused on hopeless hatin' (Ha)
Niggas ain't even relevant
Me and Evidence most prevalent (Uh, huh)
The flow is heaven sent, it's evident
The most benevolent
Rocking my Fashion Rebel lettermen (Woo)
Got duct tape and rope in the same
Trunk I keep a shovel in (Talk to 'em)

Yeah, and now we movin' on up
We rappers is role models, we rap
We don't think we We rap We We
We rappers is role models, we rap
We don't think we We rap We We
We rappers is role models We We
We rappers is role mod models
We rap We rap We rap, we don't think

We We rap We We rap rap
We We We We We don't think
We We rap rap We don't
We We We We don't think we We rap We rap
Rappers is role role role role models
We rap rap rap We rap rap rap
We don't We don't We We don't think

With where we're going, you know
With the sound the actual sound
Um, and what I wanted to do was
Was to develop a sound
Again, I come from the belief
Knowing who you are and
Having your own signature
Is the most important thing to
Do as an artist