Yeah, Statik Selektah, uh (Statik Selektah)Kota the Friend, uhB-L-UKnow what it is, uh-huh, uh[Verse 1: Blu]Uh, some days I don't know how I made it outta thisWas fallin' so deep in the ground, I thought it was bottomlessThe politics was keepin' me down, now I'm on top of itWithout a diploma, without a scholarship or sponsorshipI've traveled around the world and back, it ain't no stoppin' thisWe can be knee-deep in apocalypseAnd I'ma get my dollars and cents 'fore I step outta this *****I wanted to be big like Chris Wallace isTo fill my soul when it feels emptier than my wallet isSo I made some moves for the loot and I wasn't proud of itBut now I get respect 'cause I keep it true to who John isWhich is Blu, Miles Davis, *****es BrewWhen the industry said I'm through, I just reinvented the newSpit the wisdom in the booth to give the knowledge to the youthI was restricted from listenin' to hip-hopBut now my moms is proud of what I doNever thought that I would blow, but I'm Blu'Cause I blew the **** up by bustin' nothin' but the truthIt go brick by brick, brick by brickRain, snow, sleet, I'ma do my shitThank Jah for this life like He knew my wishOn a bad day, do not tripWe go brick by brick, homie, don't flipSolid on foot, still solid in the whipBrick by brick, watchin' my sixSolid on foot, still solid in the whip, yeah (Yeah, yeah)[Verse 2: Kota the Friend]No stoppin' it, it's a marathonQuietly gettin' wins, I'm buildin' like I'm PopovichSaw the world and I did it in my moccasinsMama didn't understand, now it make a lot of senseLow-key GOAT shit, summer on a boat shitSomewhere in the mountains with the family on a road tripSun in my pores, it's a different kind of tourI'm a Brooklyn dude takin' in some **** I never sawBut you can make the moves that you want when you the bossI was winnin', steak dinners even when I took a lossWhen your destiny is bigger than yourself, you a forceI am Luke, wasn't cozy in the sky, I had to walkEven when this **** is dark, I was carryin' a torchThrough the dirt, through the mud, tough it out and stay the courseEven when I'm outta juice, I'ma always have the sauceHad to chop it up with Blu, sittin' on the porch likeIt go brick by brick, brick by brickRain, snow, sleet, I'ma do my shitThank Jah for this life like He knew my wishOn a bad day, do not tripWe go brick by brick, homie, don't flipSolid on foot, still solid in the whipBrick by brick, watchin' my sixSolid on foot, still solid in the whip, yeah
Brick By Brick (feat. Blu) (Explicit)
Brick By Brick (feat. Blu) (Explicit)