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Long Time Coming

by donSMITH

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donSMITH x Asun Eastwood.
Produced by LIM0

Preludes upcoming EP to be released via Empire, "#ILM".

lyrics

[Verse 1: donSMITH]
Long, long, long, long time
Been a long, long, long, long time
Long, long, long time

Long time coming
In the mirror, confident in God and the flaws I come with
I'ma be plugged in way after Lebron stops dunking
Few n****s ball where I'm from, the rest of 'em all puntin'
We got used to just chalkin' it up to chance huh?
Promise nothing, expect less when reachin' out your hands huh?
For my 10,000 hours, they never offered me an advance huh?
Acapella pistols, spittin' right where we stand, uh
(Who the f*** is donSMITH?)
I could give a f*** if you heard of me
No more free game, I'ma start to charge a learners fee
Before we copped Bitcoin, we turned the crib to currency
Unemployment ended, you n****s still got no urgency
Ironic the one who dubbed me high-school no longer curvin' me
But then I slide on her homegirl, she blocked me 'cause it hurts to see
And neither of 'em earned a title, all they did was earn a verse from me
Long time coming, what made me bitter brought more worth to me
Karma ain't exactly what I'm callin' it
The other side ain't greener, the grass just green where you water it
N***** will make they bed and do anything not to fall in it
From now on, I'm callin' it

[Verse 2: Asun Eastwood]
Look
F*** these critics, I recite what I know
If you rock with me long enough, I'm likely to grow
It's the ones who hate complexity trying to stifle my glow
Never bothered when you see me, 'cause the rifle is close
Factor quality with work before the price of the blow
'Cause if they callin' me service then my pockets still flow
Excuses kill potential, that's how poverty rose
Before they save their last, rather go and buy some new clothes
That endorphin's where depression is
Ya'll livin' effortless
The nerve you f****n' with the chance to put your stress on kids
These type of patterns lack effectiveness, reckless shit
The path to havin' loved ones on necklaces (the nerve of these n****s)
I saved my change for a year then invested it
Around the time, was askin' God where my blessings is
I got shot and they thought that was the death of it
That's when I saw the light now deals come with leverages
I'm Ace though

Yo peace to the don, man
Let me clarify some s*** though...
Those last four bars are kind of out of order
I asked God where my blessings was while I was rollin' filthy in the dough, n****
Then I got shot
I had to throw out a lot of s***, I lost a lot of s***
But at the same time
At the same time it made me realize I been blessed
I just had to pull myself out of the bull****, go harder
Work harder
I saved pennies n****
And I copped a fuckin' condo with those pennies n****
Stop me

credits

released February 18, 2022
Recorded at Cliff 41 Studio, New York City.
Mixed & mastered by donSMITH.

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