Yeah) Nights I’d write up all the pain, yeah
(Woo) Countin’ lessons, count the rain
Chorus:
Notes on my name, they fold it, they fold it (yeah)
Paper got my story, every dollar told it (uh)
Counted up the nights I was cold and I molded (molded)
Now they sign for me, swear they know how I hold it (yeah)
Notes on my name, they fold it, they fold it
Keep the circle tight, don’t let the snake show it
Verse 1:
Came from nothin’, pocket lint and dreams (dreams)
Mama prayin’ hard, I was chasin’ different schemes (schemes)
Street lights taught me how to speak in quiet means
Learned to move correct, watch the ice, watch the gleam
Got receipts for every step that I took (took)
Every late night hustle, every closed-up book (book)
Enemies smile while they read my look
But I keep the pen sharp, never overlook (never)
Stack the paper, but the paper ain’t the end
It’s the notes from the block and the letters from friends
You fold it up, yeah, then you fold it again
I wrote my future down, then I signed it with sin
Pre-Chorus:
Ridin’ through the city with the top down low
All these notes on my name, they start to show
They don’t know the nights I couldn’t even blow
Now they wanna shine, but they never saw the road
Chorus:
Notes on my name, they fold it, they fold it (fold it)
Paper got my story, every dollar told it (told it)
Counted up the nights I was cold and I molded (molded)
Now they sign for me, swear they know how I hold it (hold it)
Notes on my name, they fold it, they fold it
Keep the circle tight, don’t let the snake show it
Verse 2:
Money talk but loyalty louder (louder)
Real ones beside me, feel the vibe when the hour’s
Come to test, we press, we don’t cower (nah)
Turn the pain to a note, every scar is a flower
Wrote a line for my kid, told him stay honest
Told him chase the dream, don’t let pain stop it
Some nights I cried, some nights I watched profit
But I never sold my soul, that’s the dopest deposit
Foreign flights, new heights, still the same name
Different city, same hunger, still the same frame
They collect the paper, never collect the pain
But I sign every note like I’m signin’ my name
Bridge:
Write a note to the past, burn it in the flame (flame)
Write a note to the future, tell ’em we came (came)
Every fold, every crease got a story to claim
Notes on my name — never just paper and grain
Chorus (big):
Notes on my name, they fold it, they fold it (yeah)
Paper got my story, every dollar told it (told it)
Counted up the nights I was cold and I molded (molded)
Now they sign for me, swear they know how I hold it (hold it)
Notes on my name, they fold it, they fold it
Keep the circle tight, don’t let the snake show it
Outro:
(Yeah) Keep them notes close — that’s the proof, that’s the frame
(Yeah) Folded up stories, but I changed up the game
Notes on my name — remember where I came
Keep ’em tucked, keep ’em real, keep ’em callin’ my name (woo)
SAMMZY
