Together - Chance the Rapper/DJ Premier.mp3

[00:13.024][Intro]
[00:13.235]Igh
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[00:13.587][Verse 1]
[00:13.750]If you keep the house in the family, you can keep the family in the house
[00:16.855]If you on the run, you got family in the South
[00:20.315]We used to watch "Annie, Are You Okay?" on the couch
[00:23.337]My cousin used to slam me 'til I punched him in the mouth
[00:26.526]My aunty used to cook for twenty people every week
[00:29.644]My uncle in the basement, even if they never speak
[00:32.896]He come up, grab a beer, some time he kiss her on the cheek
[00:36.110]Know how to fix a plate, and fix a bike and fix a leak
[00:39.280]Fried catfish, bootleg Madea plays
[00:43.220]Nosy aunty, like "Let me see your grades"
[00:44.595]Smart aunty, like "I could tutor him"
[00:46.990]Crazy aunty, like "If they fail him, I'ma shoot at them"
[00:49.999]Small donations under false names and pseudonyms
[00:53.097]Family pots for school clothes
[00:54.747]Get the uniform, not the cool clothes
[00:57.036]Havin' no drip like the pool closed
[00:59.680]Least I had a jacket, some of the kids at the school froze
[01:02.867]If you not in the buildin', it's gettin' bulldozed
[01:05.779]Gotta keep the crib, man
[01:09.286]Gotta keep a spot for all the lil' cousins to live in
[01:12.062]Gotta keep a spot in case somebody get sick
[01:13.354]'Cause if one of us get on, then everybody get rich
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[01:16.522][Chorus]
[01:16.730]We gotta stick together
[01:17.972]And lookin' at the puzzle, we gotta fit together
[01:20.982]And lookin' at the struggle, we gotta lift together
[01:24.113]And not just on the holidays, we gotta get together
[01:27.216]It's either now or never, gotta get this shit together
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[01:32.466][Verse 2]
[01:32.655]It's not the Yacht Club but you should see the waves
[01:33.180]When we float through the block club
[01:34.432]Neighbors on they yard like they locked up
[01:37.622]Kids in the street like Bud Biliken
[01:39.346]Old man used to be a Panther, thug militant, community policin'
[01:43.729]Barbecue two trays, a Harold's fifty piece and
[01:47.421]Lemon pepper, onion powder, garlic powder seasoning
[01:50.767]Four square killa man, slapboxin', teasin'
[01:53.777]Cacklin', kekeing, crackin' up, wheezin'
[01:56.968]This the homebase
[01:58.020]You gotta watch 'em, they'll right time ya at the wrong place
[02:01.349]If you on your celly phone more than a phone case
[02:04.584]They'll take the crib to go, slide on ya home plate
[02:07.723]We need CBA, CBA, CBA Barry
[02:10.999]Before they build another golf course, library
[02:14.662]Or send a eminent domain to Miss Mary
[02:17.736]It's gonna get scary, young Jeffery, young Larry
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[02:20.228][Chorus]
[02:20.535]We gotta stick together
[02:21.986]And lookin' at the puzzle, we gotta fit together
[02:24.781]And lookin' at the struggle, we gotta lift together
[02:27.538]And not just on the holidays, we gotta get together
[02:31.007]It's either now or never, gotta get this shit together
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[02:33.895][Scratches]
[02:34.858]Real, real hip-hip hop music from the soul, y'all
[02:40.045]Real, real hip-hip hop music from the soul, y'all
[02:45.775]Real hip-hip-hop hip-hop music from the soul, y'all
[02:53.008]Real hip-hop music from the-from the-from the soul, y'all
[02:59.075](Ahh)