[ti:Evolution (Explicit)]
[ar:Joyner Lucas/Gary Lucas]
[al:Evolution (Explicit)]
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[00:00.00]Evolution (Explicit) - Joyner Lucas
[00:00.20]Composed by：Gary Lucas
[00:00.40]I wanna expand my brain but I'm trapped in prison
[00:03.31]Got me shackled up in chains for the maximum sentence
[00:06.29]I'm tryna get out my ways to bring me back to census
[00:09.04]And maybe teach myself some game
[00:10.27]And turn my rags to riches mmm
[00:12.66]Ain't no excuses we all start at the bottom
[00:15.13]Gotta learn to speak yo' truth and
[00:16.30]That's just part of the process
[00:18.15]S**t if I ain't the solution guess I'm part of the problem
[00:20.83]You pullin' flowers out the roots when I just wanted to blossom
[00:23.83]And I'm exhausted but I tried my best
[00:25.92]We needed change 'cause we tired of stress tryna flex
[00:28.93]Bought you a chain but couldn't buy respect I'm not impressed
[00:31.92]We can't evolve unless we follow steps it's not a test
[00:35.00]I'm tired of frontin' like we not oppressed
[00:36.63]And I thought if I was rich
[00:37.56]Then all my problems'd be through
[00:39.49]'Til I made a few million and now
[00:40.62]I got more problems than you
[00:42.40]I know it feels good to win but
[00:43.67]It hurts a lot when you lose
[00:45.34]Don't ever say what you gon' do unless you followin' through
[00:48.00]I'm talking execution execution uh
[00:51.26]And I don't know where I'm goin'
[00:52.95]But I'm learnin' as I'm growin'
[00:54.15]That's the evolution the evolution
[00:57.38]Hope I don't finish last I'm still healin' from my past
[00:59.87]I need some retribution retribution
[01:03.33]Did a lot of gettin' even but
[01:04.74]I'm sick and tired of beefin'
[01:06.06]What's the resolution resolution
[01:09.04]I'm talkin' evolution evolution
[01:11.16]I gotta be honest I never thought
[01:12.49]That I would pop this quickly
[01:14.27]Feels good to look at my phone and see Rihanna hit me
[01:17.18]Nah it ain't on no s**t like
[01:18.16]That shorty a goddess to me
[01:20.06]Just one of my friends that
[01:20.95]I can vent to when my conscious get me
[01:23.09]Look I ain't into what n***as is doin'
[01:24.46]I'm on some other s**t
[01:26.09]I never been the type to turn up
[01:27.36]And be on that clubbin' s**t
[01:28.92]I'm lookin' at n***as like bruh
[01:29.89]You grown how you still love this s**t
[01:31.89]I'd rather be home and
[01:32.69]Watch some movies with my son and s**t
[01:34.86]'Cause I ain't tryna impress nobody that s**t get old quick
[01:37.42]Like starin' at an old flick
[01:38.83]Trynna travel back in '06
[01:40.26]Maybe hope for what I won't get
[01:41.59]All that temporary happiness only last until you grow sick
[01:44.89]And them lights start to go dim
[01:46.35]And the walls start to close in
[01:47.82]And the times starts to pass you by
[01:49.58]Don't act surprised
[01:50.53]Better be careful what you ask from God
[01:52.53]I had some jobs s**t I quit and took control my n***a
[01:55.54]Got tired of buildin' companies up that I ain't own my n***a
[01:58.45]It's time to grow my n***a
[01:59.72]Evolution na na na na na
[02:02.56]I don't know where I'm goin' but I'm learnin' as I'm growin'
[02:05.39]That's the evolution na na na na na
[02:08.43]Hope I don't finish last I'm still healin' from my past
[02:10.97]I need some retribution na na na na na
[02:14.44]Did a lot of gettin' even but
[02:15.76]I'm sick and tired of beefin'
[02:17.14]What's the resolution na na na na na
[02:19.91]I'm talkin' evolution evolution
[02:23.76]Na na na na na na na
[02:29.17]Da da da da oh