I think much like another song “Anti-Matter” (that's also on the same album as this song), this one is also is inspired by a horrifying van crash the band experienced on Nov 3, 2022. This, much like the other track, sounds like it's an extension what they shared while huddled in the wreckage, as they helped frontman Garrett Russell stem the bleeding from his head wound while he was under the temporary effects of a concussion. The track speaks of where the mind goes at the most desperate & desolate of times, when it just about slips away to all but disconnect itself, and the aftermath.
My word on everything, I mean everything
We will never stop, I mean never
Nigga we da best
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
(Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack crack ca-crack crack)
Nigga was ain't never stoppin', nigga we da best
Coca, niggas call me crack in the flesh
Run up on a nigga with a mac'in' adress
Hear dat rip through his vest
If you ain't got sticks well you better invest (yes)
A nigga used to dream of that water blue
Now I swapped out for sumtin' with killer view
Fresh off the block doin' interviews
You can still see the coke on my linen suit
I'm a don, change twice a day
I do it for the love when there's so much hate
Straight out the court room, million dollar bail
Back to the spot, got a million dollar sale
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
(Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack crack ca-crack crack)
Nigga was ain't never stoppin, nigga we da best
I'm a get it for life
So much money I'm sittin' on mill's
My mansion, bottom of the Poo set scrills
200 over on the Phantom, drop that 650
Sky blue suit with the bow-tie
Yeah
I make it rain with dollars
Had you leanin' back till you popped your collar
Mo money (mo money), let's get it (let's get it)
We da best (we da best), I said it (I said it)
Yeah nigga, welcome to the crackhouse
I do it for my niggas in the prison, supa mac style
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
Nigga was ain't never stoppin', nigga we da best
(Yeah, I'm gon' get it
I'm gon' get it for you, I'm a get it for me, I'm a get it for us
I does this for the streets
16 runnin' tha Carter, 17 beamers and benz's
Multi-millions nigga, yeah let's get it ho)
Only serious nigga to do this shit like Pun did it
I said it, I get it, I'm done with it
Y'all niggas is gettin' on, I've been shittin'
Hundred grand in one night in Sin City
I've been spittin', been rippin' to any beat
Big L, Fat Joe, the enemy
Y'all niggas keep lyin 'bout Tennekey
If you really want Crack, come get at me
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
Nigga was ain't never stoppin, nigga we da best
We will never stop, I mean never
Nigga we da best
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
(Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack crack ca-crack crack)
Nigga was ain't never stoppin', nigga we da best
Coca, niggas call me crack in the flesh
Run up on a nigga with a mac'in' adress
Hear dat rip through his vest
If you ain't got sticks well you better invest (yes)
A nigga used to dream of that water blue
Now I swapped out for sumtin' with killer view
Fresh off the block doin' interviews
You can still see the coke on my linen suit
I'm a don, change twice a day
I do it for the love when there's so much hate
Straight out the court room, million dollar bail
Back to the spot, got a million dollar sale
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
(Crack, crack, crack, crack, crack, crack crack ca-crack crack)
Nigga was ain't never stoppin, nigga we da best
I'm a get it for life
So much money I'm sittin' on mill's
My mansion, bottom of the Poo set scrills
200 over on the Phantom, drop that 650
Sky blue suit with the bow-tie
Yeah
I make it rain with dollars
Had you leanin' back till you popped your collar
Mo money (mo money), let's get it (let's get it)
We da best (we da best), I said it (I said it)
Yeah nigga, welcome to the crackhouse
I do it for my niggas in the prison, supa mac style
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
Nigga was ain't never stoppin', nigga we da best
(Yeah, I'm gon' get it
I'm gon' get it for you, I'm a get it for me, I'm a get it for us
I does this for the streets
16 runnin' tha Carter, 17 beamers and benz's
Multi-millions nigga, yeah let's get it ho)
Only serious nigga to do this shit like Pun did it
I said it, I get it, I'm done with it
Y'all niggas is gettin' on, I've been shittin'
Hundred grand in one night in Sin City
I've been spittin', been rippin' to any beat
Big L, Fat Joe, the enemy
Y'all niggas keep lyin 'bout Tennekey
If you really want Crack, come get at me
I'm a get it for life
Get it for us, get it for love
I'm a keep it alive (yeah, yeah) oh yeah (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life (Get it for life)
Get it for you, get it for me, get it tonight (yeah, yeah)
I'm a sacrifice (yeah, yeah)
I'm a get it for life
Nigga was ain't never stoppin, nigga we da best
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