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WHAT AM I TO DO

by Mick Jenkins

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Ali jabbing them shits feel like hooks
The less you got stuffed in your pocketbook the more these politicians sound like crooks
They give me sloppy looks
They gave us nothing, had to hustle same way coffee cook
Early morning grinding tryna help these niggas wake up
Etch a sketch flows I got the shit to shake up
N****s switching clothes, niggas even switch they face up
But these clowns could never really switch they make up
Fam, its in your genes
Fuck is that Miskeen?
My triple beam on to bigger schemes
I'm on these waves, don't expect a hand clap cuz you swim upstream
Im expecting sand traps, I be in the green
If we talking greenbacks, I'm back in the black
Been had the formula since similac
Delicate flows under heavy metal bars, but they still in tact
What's a n***a to do, when you call the police but the triggers on you (shit crazy, man)

Whats a n***a to do
Cuz i be screaming black, they'll beat me to blue
Put it on tv then tell you what's true
Whats a n***a to do
Whats a n***a to do
When you call the police, but the triggers on you
Pull up on them shining CeCe Winans with the C-notes
re-defining everything the black man denotes
I could devote time,
How many times I rewrote lines to get it perfect
Miss me with inertia i'm on dirt
You wont need assumptions almost certain my assertion we gon see if you got gumption
We gon' see if you gon' play it smart or you gon' be on dumb shit
Wrong answer, we gon' dump shit
Slow you up on some speed bump shit
On some ski jump shit
Im taking flight cuz all my flows cold, setting bars no pole-vault
I never blow smoke unless it unleaded
I guess you won't know my worst
No unedited stress go on wax, I mean
Whats a n***a to do
When you tell them who you is and they be like who?
Whats a n***a to do (Yea)
Whats a n***a to do
Cuz i be screaming black, they'll beat me to blue
Put it on tv then tell you what's true
Whats a n***a to do
Whats a n***a to do

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released August 27, 2018
Produced by Kaytranada

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Mick Jenkins Chicago, Illinois

Mick Jenkins’ writing is rich with hard-won perspective and dotted with impressively specific, naturalistic details. But on a thematic level, it digs deeper than the here and now, the bus stop in front of him, the string of tour dates looming ahead. His music explores things that humans feel on an intuitive level but struggle to fully understand. ... more

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