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lyrics

One time for my real ones
It's real life, let's go

Aye nothin but real, that’s all that I know
Aye what you gon you water, you choose what you grow
Nothin but real cuz that’s all that I know
What you gon you water, you choose what you grow
I just been feelin like I got the glow
Aye, like I got the glow

I remember Chuck D, I remember Kweli
I remember Big Boi, I remember Guilty
I remember Pharcyde, I remember Wu-Tang
I remember Lupe, A Plus, aye I remember a few thangs
I got mad stripes I had to earn mine, yeah little man about to turn 9
Yeah, dropped my first tape back in 09, yeah who knew that year would be a gold mine
Aye, I been on grow with the show, I been all pro with the flow
I been on sew on the low, thread it like me in 03 like a seam on the road, go yo
I been on strong 7 years in a row, remind y’all all what you already know
Choose what you water, you choose what you grow, choose what you water, you choose what you grow
What’s in the flow, what’s in the growth, what’s in the feelin of feelin the most
They told me I made it I told em to save it cuz really I didn’t feel close

Nothin but real, aye that’s all that I know
What you gon you water, yo you choose what you grow
Nothin but real cuz that’s all that I know
What you gon you water, you choose what you grow
I just been feelin like I got the glow
Aye, like I got the glow
Nothin but real, aye that’s all that I know
What you gon you water, yo you choose what you grow

Aye, I remember those days, I remember those nights
I remember those moments and I remember those lights
I just been lookin and I just been searchin, I just been fallin in love with the person
That I could be, if I could try, I just been first with the questions of why
Why you should fly when you could walk, why should you try what you been taught
Why you should question what’s bought, why you can count on a loss, what’s in your thoughts
Nothin but real cuz that’s all that I know, what you gon you water, you choose what you grow
I just been feelin like I got the glow, aye, like I got the glow
Nothin but real cuz that’s all that I know, what you gon you water, you choose what you grow
I just been feelin like I got the glow, aye, like I got the glow

Nothin but real, that’s all that I know
This one time we was rockin with Guilty Simpson in Raleigh
And he looked at me and said "Yo--you got the glow"
(from deep inside, feel the beat collide, can't defeat the vibe)
Always remembered that

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released August 28, 2019
Produced by K. Starnes. Mixed & mastered by EG Engineering.

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