fishtail

Tyler, The Creator

If we find anything in these days and times
I hope it s to live your life
It s no rules to this
Be your motherfuckin self

Fishtailin , I m fishtailin
I m fishtailin , ain t no tellin if I m out of control
I m fishtailin , I said, I m fishtailin
(with everything we accomplish)
I m fishtailin , ain t no tellin if I m out of control
(It s still so much more to do) Yeah

Hawthorne, California, years that I was formin up
Before the world would know me
and I would come and perform for ya
I was baby bossin things outside of my cornea
In the world with mama, where papa didn t show up for us
I ain t let it phase me, I just focused on my wishes
Execute ideas and accumulate multi-millions
(pow, pow, pow, pow, pow)
Get a bigger house with a kitchen to cook our meals in
No niggas that can press me whenever I exit buildin
A boy on handlebars that would listen to all my demos
That list was bout as long as a limo, but, here s the memo
Them niggas that look like me treat my nuance as a nuisance
So they would segregate me
cause I didn t match they blueprint
What you think that s tied to, shit?
They don t know, but I do
So we don t match in eye view, nigga
you peaked in high school
So we can not compare, your perspective is stuck, gone
Cause I was signin eight-figure checks with my gloves on

I m fishtailin , I m fishtailin
I m fishtailin , ain t no tellin if I m out of control
(Don t regret tomorrow what you didn t do today)
(Dreams can always become reality)
I m just livin my life as the best I see
If it don t excites me, we not the same team
Watchin comma, comma, comma since I turned nineteen
So do not pay me no mind

Yeah
How it feel? How it feel? My nigga, it s so good
Smile on that baby face, schooling I was fuckin up
Focused, I was comin up, them kiddies had them tumbles up
Was nineteen years of age
when my pockets was bout a hundred up
How I get them checks off, nigga?
I ate and I paid my mama s debt off, nigga (nah, yeah)

Now the pay stubs is silly, it s millis from old banter
The ice near my shoulders colder than Homelander
No lackin , ma, the jimmy is strapped like some old sandals
I don t brag em, but she said my shit longer
than old phantoms (skrrt)
No alcohol or opium (nope) , he sober like some polar skin
He focused, cause he ain t think rap
could take him to this podium (yeah)
Livin every day to the fullest, but move in silence
So romanticize your life
cause tomorrow ain t pinky promised

Bitch, I m fishtailin , yeah
I ain t think rap could take me this far, for real
Changin niggas lives
I took my mom to Roscoes, early on
And I was like: Listen
You ain t never have to work again
in your motherfuckin life
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, ah
I kept that promise

Who would ve ever thunk it?
I mean, did you see we was gon make it this far?