Limelight Honey

by Lawrence Matthews

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lyrics

(Hook)
I’m the best thing coming out the south side running
Bet your last life gunning
For the limelight honey
Trunk beat dumping out that players ball, stunting
Bet your whole life on it
While my warped jaw mumbling

(Verse)
How many of us gone from the
Same song
I might quit
Default a loan
30 acres over chrome
Platinum didn’t last enough to turn to niggas goals
But that gold
But that gold wrap my k9 and my dome
Same place these rappers niggas want they money on
But they do not get no dollars cause I’m living all they goals
And I know it hurt
Effect your spirit and your soul
I can see it in your smile from a far that you are prone
Prone to that bitching
May they never grant your wishes
May you never see the vision
And I gobble your incentive
10 years prior I was near my mental limit
Had blade to my wrist and zero dollars in my regions
But I came back
And niggas hate that
Died many times
So nigga what’s rap
If I made it here
Now whats the rest the map
Give a fuck about a hater
I’ll put Jordan’s in your back

(Hook)
I’m the best thing coming out the south side running
Bet your last life gunning
For the limelight honey
Trunk beat dumping out that players ball stunting
Bet your whole life on it
While my warped jaw mumbling

(Verse # 2)
Every dollar made niggas tolled niggas slaved
From amazon to Mississippi niggas made your day
From FedEx to the pyramids niggas made a way
So if you ever try and fuck me
I’ll blow nostrils off your face
So tell me what you meant
I get a quarter half a cent
When techies got a billion
And lil bro can’t pay his rent
Something smelling funny
Something weird, don’t make no sense
I might try this on my own and just to see how far it gets
You know aint gotta know me
Give a fuck about a list
Know my words are golden long before long before they reach my lips
I been chosen for this long before I did exist
I done been here many times and I never took no shit
Say they can not play me round no ladies
But yo baby, sing my hits, and all my favorites
Hug me hard for the fragrance
Lay upon lapels make you jell
Wanna fair (one)
But you can see it in my eyes
That I don’t believe in hell

(Hook)
I’m the best thing coming out the south side running
Bet your last life gunning
For the limelight honey
Trunk beat dumping out that players ball stunting
Bet your whole life on it
While my warped jaw mumbling

(Outro Verse)
Imagine me
Killing myself over beats
God tier as I be
Rappers kiss at my feet
Grab the hem of my sleeve
Possessing nothing but your passion to bleed
I pass on nothing but the structure you cling
Lied humbled ducking the rumble, dodging phonies and thieves
Guitar licking
Not admitting I’ll put a bat to your knees
Niggas spent two whole years calling me mean and obscene
I look down upon, thinking that I’m level with trees
Got me fucked up, coasting beyond ocular reach
Who in the fuck said I aint the best in these streets
Put 5 of you boys together and I’m still better on beats
Damn, They shoulda never gave my black ass loose leaf
Watch the tone of your ambition
Kiss a Fredo on the forehead and send his ass fishing
It’s nothing to a nigga
Your insecurities bigger than your mission
Fumbled a bag instead of fucking listening
Rash decisions off your bitching
I’m always bringing the vision
I won’t give my life for ya sinning
Shooting goofies from entrance
Who in the hell left the gate open for these minions
Oh damn that’s my bad
Trying to give these boys everything I didn’t have
Fucked around and made them think they earned that….

credits

released February 26, 2024
Written and Produced by L. Matthews
Drum Programing by C Major
Mixed by Elliot Ives & Scott Hardin at Young Avenue Sound
Mastered by Mike Bozzi at Bernie Grundman Mastering

Samples “Hoot Your Belly” as recorded by Jimmy Lee Williams Courtesy of Fat Possum Records
Used by Permission. All rights reserved.

“Limelight Honey)” (contains a sample of “Hoot Your Belly”)
Written by Lawrence Matthews, Cervantes Henry, Earl Randle and Jimmy Lee Williams Published by Big Legal Mess, LLC (BMI) administered worldwide by Wixen Music Publishing, Inc. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

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