kings & queens

greetings to all, aye, greetings to all, uh, greetings to all, here from the edge of a wall, up on a ledge where i fall, might be the way to make sense of it all, certainly worked for the dog, i'm talkin' pet of my mama's mama, grandma-momma, jumped for his life, lost it instead, didn't like heights, i gotta guess, liked starving to death even less, living room was a badly-lit mess, on the inside of the room there's no breath, part of me care what if i get it wrong, we never met, this is only a song, i heard the story, just once with my mom, she said the bottles you held didn't last very long, when you gave out, no one knew that you gone, or knew that you couldn't bring food to the dog, damn, look at that beast, lickin', gnawin' and that made her cheeks utter deceased, little white noise comin' out the tv, warmin' up, blowin' the heat, door to the balcony, crack just enough to hear honkin' of horns in the street, wonder how long little fluffy just stood there and stared, no one would see that he jumpin' naive, some families don't rise, they drop from the sky, four little paws and a bark to the gods, born from the death of a queen in new york, mama took that and fought with those odds, it's in the blood, fluffy just jumped, to me he's always been a hero unsung, mama jumped too like "fuck it, i'm here", and i'ma jump too like "fuck it, let's go", 'cause i don't really see no other clear road, it's just get there to grow to get old, really can't rest, not takin' that risk, fluffy done jumped, how am i gonna bitch?, backflip the fuck off a cliff, lil bitch, and for the foundation make a quick wish, rtj, no fall from grace, have a great day, get the bag and away, aye, there's never a test too major, no matter what time may bring, the world does the best to break us, made us kings and queens, there's never a test too major, no matter what time may bring, the world does the best to break us, made us kings and queens, kings and queens, somethin' 'bout the feel of this beat, makin' me think of denise, that was my momma, also to lenny and shonda, but we heard 'bout betty and that story heavy, yeah, but right now the focus is five-finger freddy, who worked for big eddy, who drove in a chevy the color o' spaghetti, and he sold the medicine, later it's actually weed, ah, i know you actually know, 'cause, you ain't no actual hoe, uh, i had to be about nine at the time, this had to be '84, so momma was pretty and freddy was petty, so he played my mom like a lame, but he did not know that denise was a beast, she flipped on his ass insane, a stick and a stab, a stick and a stab, he couldn't get a hold of her hand, a stick and a stab, a stick and a stab, my momma was whoopin' her man, fuckboy freddy wasn't ready, playin' with denis 'bout fetti, got left bloody and messy, learned my lesson, and my lesson was, be impeccable with your word, even dope boys on the curb, you a king, say what you mean, then mean your word, or you might get fucked up, left out, leakin' like freddy on the side of a curb, with a blood-stained hand, momma still fit my clothes, told me stand like a man, and never fold for these hoes, there's never a test too major, no matter what time may bring, the world does the best to break us, made us kings and queens, there's never a test too major, no matter what time may bring, the world does the best to break us, made us kings and queens, kings and queens, the world does the best to break us, made us kings and queens, kings and queens