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Worth the Toll lyrics
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Intro
Three forty-seven, Brickell rooftop wind, SunPass still beepin' where the toll begin.
Verse 1
Carol City sunset, motel sign blink, Lauderhill exit, every man want a link. She post on the gram from the same booth she sat, Said the city too small, but she still on my map. Overtown to Allapattah, ain't no shortage of game, Half these dudes folding for a follow back, doing the same. I was out here pressin' double texts, hopin' she respond, Watchin' the read receipt sit there till the morning dawn.
Pre-chorus
Stopped at the 79th light, Saw my reflection in the rain. Said this energy too one-sided, I ain't payin' it again.
Chorus
If you ain't worth the toll, I'ma take the long way home, Half the cafecito cold, gon' drink mine on my own. SunPass keep on beepin', got the receipts in my phone, If you ain't matchin' energy, then baby get gone. If you ain't worth the toll, I'ma take the long way home.
Post-chorus
Worth the toll, worth the toll, SunPass keep on beepin, baby get gone.
Verse 2
I-95 South at 2 AM with the weight, Three voicemails I deleted 'fore she could update. Liberty City rain hit different when you alone, Realized I been overpayin', baby, your account dry-bone. Court date Tuesday, child support pull from the same card That was takin' her to Mr. Jones, payin' the valet hard. She ain't never split the Uber, never split a thought, Now I'm splittin' me in half tryna fill what she ain't brought.
Pre-chorus
Stopped at the 79th light, Saw my reflection in the rain. Said this energy too one-sided, I ain't payin' it again.
Chorus
If you ain't worth the toll, I'ma take the long way home, Half the cafecito cold, gon' drink mine on my own. SunPass keep on beepin', got the receipts in my phone, If you ain't matchin' energy, then baby get gone. If you ain't worth the toll, I'ma take the long way home.
Post-chorus
Worth the toll, worth the toll, SunPass keep on beepin, baby get gone.
Verse 3
Lookin' at the man in the visor mirror, who is he, Used to be the type that begged, now I just let it be. Mama said a beggin' man ain't never been respected, Pop said a needy heart will get itself rejected. And it's lonely at the light when the green don't mean go, But the lonely teach you something that the comfort never show.
Verse 4
Now I move like the toll booth, you pay 'fore you pass, Got the SunPass on auto, I don't dwell on the past. Little Haiti to Brownsville, switch the whole posture up, Ain't double textin' no woman, I'ma double the cup. Drink with my own reflection, that's a man worth the toll, Got my own peace on retainer, that's a soul worth the soul. Goulds, Perrine, Florida City to the Keys, I done found my own weather, I don't need her degrees.
Chorus
If you ain't worth the toll, I'ma take the long way home, Half the cafecito cold, gon' drink mine on my own. SunPass keep on beepin', got the receipts in my phone, If you ain't matchin' energy, then baby get gone. If you ain't worth the toll, I'ma take the long way home.
Post-chorus
Worth the toll, worth the toll, SunPass keep on beepin, baby get gone. Long way home, on my own.
Verse 5
Little cousin in the back seat askin' me how, I said lil bro, listen close, this the lesson right now. If she takin' all your minutes, ain't returnin' a call, That ain't love, that's a leak, watch your battery fall. Give your energy where it bounce, never where it absorbed, 'Cause a man payin' the toll for a closed-up door Just a fool with a SunPass, drivin' nowhere in storm, The Palmetto don't love you back, learn to drive your own form.
Outro
Half a cafecito, cold cup, warm hand, Worth the toll, worth myself, worth the man.
Inside the recording
Three forty-seven, Brickell rooftop wind, SunPass still beepin' where the toll begin.
Stopped at the 79th light, Saw my reflection in the rain.
Half a cafecito, cold cup, warm hand, Worth the toll, worth myself, worth the man.
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