PYRAMID

Name: PYRAMID
Duration: 302 s
Description: PYRAMID by mBaileyz. From the artist’s lyric sheet: “What you need come 'fore what you want Body, then the bolt, then the blood, then the front Hold on,…”

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PYRAMID lyrics

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Intro

Lauderhill, 6 AM, yeah Plate, locks, love, name

Verse 1

AC out, box fan preaching to the room Sweat baptize the mattress 'fore sunrise Granny tap the pot twice, grits and a prayer Water bill pink but the shower still cold Sub line on Sistrunk longer than the sermon Stomach doing math on a dollar fifty Bottom of the pyramid: food, sleep, breathing Feed the body or the dream don't walk in

Pre-chorus

What you need come 'fore what you want Body, then the bolt, then the blood, then the front Hold on, hold on, the top can wait Plate on the stove, then we levitate

Chorus

Pyramid, pyramid, build it in order, in order Plate first, then the locks on the door, locks on the door Then the love, then a name they can't borrow A dream don't eat 'til the body do, talk Pyramid, ay, five needs, no elevator, no elevator Carry mine up the stairs like a waiter From a hot plate to a higher power Outgrow the bottom by the hour Plate, locks, love, name, say it Plate, locks, love, name, pyramid

Verse 2

Second level: rent fourteen-sixty and climbing Eleven dollars forty on the Amscot card, fine dining Cousin caught a case riding the Palmetto Public defender talking fast, judge talking ghetto Deadbolt and a dog, that's the protection budget One ear open, every creak an inspection Eviction letter where the Bible used to sit Safety ain't a feeling here, it's a payment we skipped

Pre-chorus

What you need come 'fore what you want Body, then the bolt, then the blood, then the front Hold on, hold on, the top can wait Lock on the door, then we levitate

Chorus

Verse 3

Third level different once the lights stay on Who picks up at 2 AM by the second tone? Bathroom mirror, Opa-Locka out the window Fed and safe and still empty as a rental Granny say a plate taste better when you share it Starving for my people, too proud to declare it

Verse 4

Fourth level almost killed me, the hunger for a name Likes don't feed a stomach, they mimic the pain Traded self-respect for a repost and a chain Caught my reflection in a pawn shop on 441 Buy-back ticket on my ego, paid in full Esteem grow inside out or not at all Broward College syllabus, pyramid sketched in the margin Gave myself the credit, co-sign came after

Pre-chorus

What you need come 'fore what you want Body, then the bolt, then the blood, then the front Hold on, hold on, no more wait Whole pyramid lit, now we levitate

Chorus

Pyramid, pyramid, built it in order, in order Plate first, then the locks on the door, locks on the door Then the love, then a name they can't borrow A dream don't eat 'til the body do, talk Pyramid, ay, five needs, no elevator, no elevator Carried mine up the stairs like a waiter Crossed my needs off the list, name went on the deed Top of the pyramid is a window, not a need Plate, locks, love, name, say it Plate, locks, love, name, pyramid

Verse 5

Lil cuz asked how I made it make sense Plate, locks, love, name, no skipping steps Can't pour from the top if nobody poured in you A dream don't eat 'til the body do The top ain't gold, it's a window you open It's you, with the lights on, unbroken Wrote it by the door for the jits Pyramid, laid by hand, every brick legit

Outro

Tap the pot twice if you hear me Plate, locks, love, name Pyramid.

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