We Needa Have A Conversation

[Intro]
(yeah)
We needa have a conversation
(just us)
We needa have a conversation
(listen)
[Verse 1]
I been wakin up to sirens in my dreams
See my brother on a shirt that never came clean
Mama eyes red, sayin, "Boy, you just like him"
I laugh it off, but that sentence sinkin in
(you next)
Whole crib smell like powder and paranoia
(you stressed)
Keep a pistol by the pasta in the foil
I been duckin God calls, sent it to ignore
Same time beggin He don't let 'em kick the door
(look around)
Who really love you when the money gone?
(think about it)
Who still call you when the phone cut off?
I been flexin for some strangers on a tiny screen
But I ain't looked inside this mirror in like fourteen weeks
[Pre-Chorus]
(hey)
Every play that I been callin feel the same
(run it up?)
Either cop, cage, coffin, or a chain
(for what?)
How many homies gotta fade into a frame
Before I tell myself I'm tired of this game?
[Chorus]
We needa have a conversation
(me and you)
You keep runnin toward your grave with no vacation
(slow down)
You say you ridin for the gang, but who you savin?
(you alone)
It's really you against yourself, stop blamin neighbors
We needa have a conversation
(look at you)
You either change it for the better or you face it
(dead or better)
Ain't no trophy at the end of all this chasin
(pick a side)
You either walk up out this life or die a patient
[Verse 2]
I remember stealin candy, then it turned to cars
Then it turned to homes
Then it turned to scars
(ev-ery step)
Every step I took was deeper in the dark
(now you stuck)
Every lie I told was just to hide my heart
(you scared)
You ain't hard, you just hurt, say it plain
(closed fist)
Use your knuckles 'cause you scared to use your brain
You keep laughin at the threats like it ain't for you
But every name they put on posters coulda been you too
(see the signs)
Lil cuz look at how you livin, he repeat it
(he watchin)
He don't hear the pain inside the stories when you speak it
(he copy)
You gon' tell him that the streets the only teacher?
Or you gon' show him how to leave before they reap him?
[Pre-Chorus]
(choose)
All this pride heavy sittin on your chest
(for who?)
You die for a block that never learned your address
They scream "loyalty" but vanish when you fall
When you sittin in that box, who gon' answer when you call?
[Chorus]
We needa have a conversation
(heart to heart)
You keep runnin toward your grave with no vacation
(take a breath)
You say you ridin for the gang, but who you savin?
(who you save?)
It's really you against yourself, stop blamin neighbors
We needa have a conversation
(yeah)
You either change it for the better or you face it
(better or a box)
Ain't no trophy at the end of all this chasin
(nothing there)
You either walk up out this life or die a patient
[Bridge]
(low voice, close)
If they slide, is it worth your little name buzz?
(think)
If you die, who gon' raise the kids you ain't love?
(who?)
If you live, can you stomach what you done, bruh?
(look at me)
Or you gon' drink until your liver turn to gun rust?
[Chorus]
We needa have a conversation
(yeah, right now)
You keep runnin toward your grave with no vacation
(slow it down)
You say you ridin for the gang, but who you savin?
(ain't nobody)
It's really you against yourself, stop blamin neighbors
We needa have a conversation
(last chance)
You either change it for the better or you face it

rap, Slow, heavy trap beat at 74 BPM, sub-bass gliding under detuned bells and eerie pads. Male vocals, raspy and low, almost whispered in the verses with close, dry processing; chorus widens with stacked doubles and pitched ad-libs as the “other voice” in his head. Sparse hats and distant choir stabs creep in on the second half for tension, then drop out at the end to leave a raw vocal over minimal bass throb., slow, tone, hip hop, low