[Intro]
Hot wind blowin'
Dust in my eyes
AZ sun
Where the hard ones rise
[Verse 1]
'03 swing, blue Chucks on gravel
Palm trees lean where the fiends unravel
Whole block know what the plates look like
Out-of-state tags? get watched all night
Front yard candles, names in chalk
Lil homie bled out walkin' to the shop
Mama on the porch with a burned-out stare
Screamin' at the sky, ain't nobody there
They don't understand this heat, this crime
Think it's palm fronds, sunshine, good times
They ain't seen cousins zipped in a van
They ain't scrubbed blood off they own damn hands
[Chorus]
This that desert state of mind (desert state)
Where the wrong words get you outlined (laid out)
You talk wild on a place you don't know
You might never make it back home
AZ where they ride
Where mothafuckas die every day on this side
Stop out-of-state bangin' online
Fore they find you in the sand, face-down in the sunrise
[Verse 2]
You type tough from your little safe zone
We built ours with bone on stone
Two a.m., sirens, same sad song
Another young soul that ain't live long
You don't know these blocks, these names, these plots
You don't know who buried at the edge of the lots
Talkin' 'bout cities like it's all one war
While real ones tryna keep kids off that floor
Respect where you step, where you speak, where you stand
Every hood different, every code, every land
You run your mouth on folks you never met
You just paint a target on your own neck
[Chorus]
This that desert state of mind (desert state)
Where the wrong words get you outlined (laid out)
You talk wild on a place you don't know
You might never make it back home
AZ where they ride
Where mothafuckas die every day on this side
Stop out-of-state bangin' online
Fore they find you in the sand, face-down in the sunrise
[Bridge]
[Beat drops, echoing guitar riff, spaced-out synths]
Whole map hurtin', why you add more hate?
Why you throw gas on a whole ‘nother state?
Real ones know when to let it all slide
Fake ones crash when that ego collide
(yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
This that desert state of mind (desert state)
Where the wrong words get you outlined (laid out)
You talk wild on a place you don't know
You might never make it back home
AZ where they ride
Where mothafuckas die every day on this side
Stop out-of-state bangin' online
Fore they find you in the sand, face-down in the sunrise
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