Dave East — Expensive Pain EASTMIX

[Verse] Listenin' to "Expensive Pain", it got me feelin’ strange Everything that Meek was talkin' 'bout, I really feel the same Just tryna get up in the game, watched niggas change Thankful for the ones that watched me get famous that felt the same Shouts to everybody online that act like they felt my pain I been through a lot, the way I hold it down, you’ll never notice (A lot) Even for the ones I've lost, they know I'm forever on it It seems like niggas get a lil' grimier whеn the weather coldеr (Brr) This pain expensive, started out trappin', tryna change the business Wasn't no Ace of Spades, the only thing I drank was Guinness (Diamond) You might get started, but your heart the shit gon' make you finish Already had the talent for it, I put some patience in it You started your day timid, they gon' notice that, we’re warriors They tried to teach me we was slaves, I found out we was glorious (Glorious) This dope hit a dope fiend bloodstream, euphoria (Ugh) Was all about I, felt like a cornea These niggas gettin’ cornier and cornier (Corny) The way I talk, it resinate I'm glad I got my head on straight Ain’t had no time to hesitate (No time) This pain expensive, expensive pain'll make you change your mental (Uh) They start indictment, ain't had no license, I had to change the rentals (Change) That paranoia starts settin' in like they came to get you You havin’ trouble tryna drive, might have to change the engine Them bitches y'all got killin' the vibe, it's time to change the woman True Religion to Mike Amiri, look how we changed the denim (Gang) I kissed my daughters, pray this ain't the last time that I do it Late-night stressin' over music Until I signed with Def Jam, I touched a million cash and then I blew it I do this shit for Shooter, any flag we put on, had to blew it (Roll up) Everybody 'round me kept a pistol, we ain't box a lot Just makin' sure I still got respect in case the dollars stop Your bitch all in my neck, I guess she got a thing for Baccarat We ball in overtime, nobody stopped the clock (Ball) You dealin' with expensive thugs, expensive weapons, and expensive drugs (Expensive) Gotta damn near be inside a casket 'fore you feel the love Feelin' like the G.O.A.T. but you a roach, nigga, you still a bug The type of shit get stepped on, just gettin' my Wyclef on Smokin' on that fugee-la, Mike know this that ooh-la (Ooh-la-la) Lauryn Hill blastin' when I move by Like what you really left for your family the day that you die? (Uh) Got 12 on my heels like my shoe size, when the murder [?] Only respect the gangstas, and the gangstas is the ones that kill they family Whether it's the foreign or the Camry Might be quiet in the Maybach, might be roarin' on the banchi (Ruff) Spoke my life in my lyrics, just hope that you understand me (Ah) This expensive pain (Yeah), she never sniffed it, shot it in the vain Expensive pain (Yeah), niggas'll kill you for a brick of 'caine Expensive pain (Yeah), I touched a million, see some niggas change Expensive pain (Yeah), woulda [?] rain The devil touched my shoulder, let me feel the flame (Hot) You did her dirty for so long, she'll never feel the same (Never) A lot of niggas not gon' play, but this shit still a game Chuck up these thumbs whenever you see me, this shit still for gang