[Intro]
When you settle for crumbs
You gone always stay starving
[low vocal register]Always[/low vocal register]
Yeah
[Verse 1]
I was eating off the side plate
Counting coins, calling that fate
Watching others hit the high steak
I was hitting every heartbreak
Had to cut off every small talk
"Play it safe" was the trap door
All that "be realistic"
Had me begging at the back door
Used to measure what I wanted
By the limits they believed in
They was selling me a ceiling
I was buying, I was kneeling
Then I snapped like, "Never that"
Why I shrink for your relax?
Why I sip when I want vats?
Why I crawl when I got tracks?
[Chorus]
When you settle for crumbs, you will always be starving
Tongue on the floor, but they call it "be charming"
I want the whole plate, I want houses, I want gardens
If it ain’t enough to feed my bloodline
I’m still hungry, still starving
[Verse 2]
They be like "Know your lane, sis"
I’m like "Cool, I paved this"
Every L became a paid risk
Turned the pain into a blade, wrist
Cut the habits, cut the fake list
Cut the "maybe later" wait list
If they offer me the bare min
I flip the table, that’s a weight lift
I done prayed over empty pots
Stomach talking back, loud knocks
Now the vision on a big screen
What was once a wish list, stock
I’m allergic to the handouts
If it’s crumbs, then my plan routes
To a place where my fam shouts
"Baby did it with her own mouth" (yeah)
[Chorus]
When you settle for crumbs, you will always be starving
Tongue on the floor, but they call it "be charming"
I want the whole plate, I want houses, I want gardens
If it ain’t enough to feed my bloodline
I’m still hungry, still starving
[Bridge]
I don’t chase seats, I build tables (tables)
I don’t beg bites, I breed acres (acres)
If you scared big, you feed fables
If you want more, then be greater
[whispered vocals]Crumbs on the floor
That ain’t my flavor[/whispered vocals]
[Chorus]