[Intro]
Cold wind
Cold block
Same coat
Same spot (yeah)
[Verse 1]
Got a bundle in the cooler on the back of the quad
Rubber bands round the rent, round the fees, round the god
Po on the corner, same face, same watch
Ask what I do, say I fish off the docks
Lobster traps in the bay, white foam on the tide
Other white in the dash, keep it tucked, keep it dry
Mom call, say "baby, just stay out them sirens"
I hang up, hit a bump, numb up all this silence
Side by side in the mud, headlights like a shrine
We ain’t camping, we just cutting up the halves in the pines
Two phones, one rings, that’s love, that’s bills
Other ring, that’s danger, that’s thrills, that’s chills (brrr)
[Chorus]
Off the books
On the hook
Gotta eat so I took that risk
Selling what they want, just to feed my kids
Off the books
On the hook
Pray the Lord keep watching this
Dirty money paying clean house rent
[Verse 2]
Corner store cigarettes stuffed in the crate
Tax man blind, but the block wide awake
Hand to hand, fast cash, count quick, don’t brag
Whole month’s light bill sittin in a brown bag
Uncle did time, say the game don’t care
Either broke on the couch or you breathe thin air
I sniff one line, feel the floor tilt slight
Tell myself that I’m done, same talk every night
Baby girl want shoes, school trip in July
Wifey need brakes on the whip, they grind
So I slide that pack where the bait supposed to hide
Pray my boat come back when I ride that tide (amen)
[Chorus]
Off the books
On the hook
Gotta eat so I took that risk
Selling what they want, just to feed my kids
Off the books
On the hook
Pray the Lord keep watching this
Dirty money paying clean house rent
[Bridge]
I ain’t proud of the powder
I ain’t proud of the packs
But I’m tired of them letters
Saying "final notice" in black
If they gave me one way
To get right, I would choose
Till then, I just do
What they make me do (yeah, yeah)
[Chorus]
Off the books
On the hook
Gotta eat so I took that risk
Selling what they want, just to feed my kids
Off the books
On the hook
Pray the Lord keep watching this
Dirty money paying clean house rent