Cold Sweat

Lyrics for Cold Sweat

We don't leave anything in the past The nostalgia weed Billy said that too It must be nice for those who remember it That's the loud part I know, he said that And again, I don't know why Let me tell you, my darlings, these are laughter lines I had my community sick When they unravelled, I time-travelled and still picked Darko Miličić Niggas ask, "Is this as dark as it get?" Put a finger to my lips, shook my head Hallway was barely lit, air thick with dread It's a room full of record execs on the other end and you dancing on the desk Wake up in a cold sweat In a barber chair, Math Hoffa asking if anyone tried to make you wear a dress Wake up in a cold sweat Laid next to your old, old, old, old, old ex And you never broke up, duplex West 86th, three beautiful kids that get up and make they own beds But the way she popped that- (Oof) I knew I was gon' wake up, I ain't even trip Cold sweat My place is a mess Landlord tryna empty the building so he can make it flip I'm the only one left, they mad I'm stoppin' the grift I'm glad 'cause the shoe on the other foot and it fit Every slave dream of the day he get ahold of the whip Shit-eating grin, I pay rent, they mad as shit They tryna wake up, and it's the same N-word again and again with the same check They tried threats, they offered me bread Begged me to talk sense like, "How you want this thing to end?" End? Who said- who said anything about- hold on, hold on, why would it end? I love it here I'm not tryna go anywhere, man, y'all my people For real Why would it end? Maybe I'm crazy It's not ending, man It's no ending The clothes I describe were the clothes he was buried in The pieces of paper that he gave me She brought a letter that he wrote her when he was in the army The signature was identical There was only one thing that was different I said, uh, "He had a high voice?" She said, "Oh, no, no, no" She said, "Had a deep voice like yours" Anyway, this story happened to a guy like me and as I say, it's been haunting me