[Intro – airy vocals / hums]
Mmm… yeah, yeah
Oooohhh, ohhh, ohhh (oh, oh, oh)
They never gave me the key, yeah…
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[Hook – Tems style melody]
I be the one with the sauce, they never gave me the key
Now my hoodie Saint Laurent, baby, cost a G
From the projects to the stages, they can’t stop me
I’ma win a Grammy, move my family out the concrete
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[Verse 1 – Tems cadence, Boogie themes]
I made a milly in a year, blew it out on nothin’
Prayin’ for my peace of mind, demons keep on comin’
Secrets in my soul, I hope you never repeat it
Told me that you love me, but you never really mean it
Singin’ through the pain, but the diamonds still be dancin’
Water on my chain, I’m alive but I’m still stranded
Police pull me over, they don’t got nothin’ to say
I turn the hurt into money, then I float it away
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[Hook – Tems style harmonies]
I be the one with the sauce, they never gave me the key (never gave me the key)
Now my hoodie Saint Laurent, baby, cost a G (baby, cost a G)
From the projects to the stages, they can’t stop me (they can’t stop me)
I’ma win a Grammy, move my family out the concrete (out the concrete)
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[Verse 2 – soulful rap-singing mix]
I was drownin’, baby, drownin’, no one came around
Now I’m flyin’ overseas, blessings rainin’ down
Still think about you, girl, you cut me deep as knives
But I learned to love myself, now I’m really feelin’ alive
Everybody need love, even killers in the night
Even gangstas in the dark still be prayin’ for the light
I just pray my secrets never find the wrong ear
And if I ever fall, promise I’ll never disappear
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[Bridge – Tems vocal runs]
Ohhh… ohhh (mmm)
Don’t lie, don’t lie, don’t lie, baby
You care, you care, you care, don’t hide, baby
Sing my pain away, I’ll be fine, baby
Fine, baby…
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[Hook / Outro – layered like a choir]
I be the one with the sauce, they never gave me the key
Now my hoodie Saint Laurent, baby, cost a G
From the projects to the stages, they can’t stop me
I’ma win a Grammy, move my family out the concrete
[fades out with harmonized hums, echoing Tems’ style]