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Not a Drill
- Hook:
- Ayy, we eat good but we still on point, don’t get it twisted (grrt bow)
- Turkey in the oven but the Glock right next to the biscuits (boom)
- Family in the crib, but we still got eyes on the distance (huh)
- It’s Thanksgiving, but opps still talk like they victims (grrt bow bow)
- Stuffin’ in the plate, same time stuffin’ in the mag (ayy)
- Mac ’n’ cheese hittin’ but the beef still never lag (never)
- If he act up, we gon’ carve him like a tag (skrrt)
- Give thanks for the blessings and the smoke we never had (bahhh)
- Verse 1:
- Walk in the house, whole fam say what’s good (what’s good)
- Unc off the Henny, cousin fresh out the hood (fresh out)
- Kids in the back and the yams smell good (so good)
- But bro on the porch say he seen somethin’ in the woods (hold up)
- I’m like “chill bro, today ain’t the day” (nah)
- But he clutchin’ on somethin’, say the opps wanna play (grrt)
- I said “pass me the rolls, not the K”
- But he passed me the switch, said “we’ll pray after grace” (amen)
- Grandma yellin’ “sit down, this my table!” (sit)
- Auntie start drama ’cause her Wi Fi unstable (lag)
- Turkey got carved like a body on cable (slice)
- But the tension in the room feel Cain vs. Abel (real)
- Hook:
- Ayy, we eat good but we still on point, don’t get it twisted (grrt bow)
- Turkey in the oven but the Glock right next to the biscuits (boom)
- Family in the crib, but we still got eyes on the distance (huh)
- It’s Thanksgiving, but opps still talk like they victims (grrt bow bow)
- Stuffin’ in the plate, same time stuffin’ in the mag (ayy)
- Mac ’n’ cheese hittin’ but the beef still never lag (never)
- If he act up, we gon’ carve him like a tag (skrrt)
- Give thanks for the blessings and the smoke we never had (bahhh)
- Verse 2:
- Cousin start cappin’, say he ran the whole block (cap)
- But last week he slipped on some ice by the shop (slip)
- Grandpa said “boy stop, you ain’t slid on nobody”
- Whole room laughed, even baby in the potty (ha)
- Plate so full feel like weights in a gym (heavy)
- Mashed potatoes thick like a opp tryna swim (drown)
- Green beans bussin’ but the cornbread dim (dry)
- Auntie burnt it again, we don’t ever eat hers in the crib (trash)
- If the opps want smoke, tell ’em pull up AFTER dinner (facts)
- ’Cause I ain’t lettin’ no goofy ruin a winner (nah)
- Take home plates stacked up like a sinner (stacked)
- Thanksgiving drill —we give thanks, then spin ’em (grrt bow bow bow)
- Hook:
- Ayy, we eat good but we still on point, don’t get it twisted (grrt bow)
- Turkey in the oven but the Glock right next to the biscuits (boom)
- Family in the crib, but we still got eyes on the distance (huh)
- It’s Thanksgiving, but opps still talk like they victims (grrt bow bow)
- Stuffin’ in the plate, same time stuffin’ in the mag (ayy)
- Mac ’n’ cheese hittin’ but the beef still never lag (never)
- If he act up, we gon’ carve him like a tag (skrrt)
- Give thanks for the blessings and the smoke we never had (bahhh)
- Bridge:
- Look…
- We give thanks for the ones still here, ones that made it through the year (facts)
- Lost bros got seats at the table, even if it ain’t nobody there (real)
- Mama said “slow down with the war,” but the streets don’t ever spare (they don’t)
- So I bow my head for a minute, then I rise with a thousand yard stare (on gang)
- Plates on the table, but trauma still sittin’ in the room (still here)
- Joy in the day, but the pain come back when the night hit soon (nighttime)
- And if the opps slide, we slide back —that’s the family tune (grrt bow)
- But today we breathe, we live, we pray… give thanks under the moon (amen)
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