The water is just a metaphor For me bein' unsure if you like me back And yes, if you like me back, then I might react Could it open something like this I ain't come from piss, bottom of the abyss Trap killed me once, then clap shack and miss Been trough a whole lot, [?] you 'on't want Hope you can [?], life's just a twist You can be a baller, if you start the pitch So I started the sale, it wasn't goin' well And all of my family members are in jail So I got, I got, I gots to do it I got, I got, I gots to do it for me I can't, I can't, I can't, I can't pursue it I can't just be whatever they want me to be I can't [?] it Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey you stay in the water Hey, hey, hey, hey you live in the water You breath in the water, no leavin' the water You sleep in the water, so I'm leaving the water The water is just a metaphor For me bein' unsure if you like me back And yes, if you like me back, then I might react Could it open something like this I ain't come from piss, hold on the champagne Hold on the [Chris] Long way to go, before we get to the bliss Before we get to the end of the story and kiss Before we get to packs, gotta' get to the facts Back when I had bags of greens in the blacks And I had the baby 80 in my slacks And I went to school like that, 'cause I was cool like that And my momma told me better, but I grew like that Then she flew me out of the country, but I flew right back Who you knew like that, it was few like that It was smooth with the move, like blues, like that Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey you stay in the water Hey, hey, hey, hey you live in the water You breath in the water, no leavin' the water You sleep in the water, so I'm leaving the water Now I know about the "haves" and all of the "have nots" We had what we had, but we never had lots We really had bags, and we never had blocks We always had beds, and we never had [cocks] I ain't sayin' I never got involved I was out there bangin' like a pinball And I was never scared to let my thing off We had the whole school jumpin' like a springboard And I was cheetah from the feet up Homie you should really read up I was laid back in a Maybach Make a nigga pull his seat up And it was a coupe, bang-bang, souwoo No holes in my story, Mari I don't do flutes I don't do cube, but I surely do fly [?] normal, but give me credit, I try I'd bet you would do, but all in do time So that you could do you, so that I can do mine Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey you stay in the water Hey, hey, hey, hey you live in the water You breath in the water, no leavin' the water You sleep in the water, so I'm leaving the water