The Dead Apple

Haha, so

Dear Joey Joe, ain't expect my name to be spoken
That shit really hurt my heart, I can truly say that it's broken
I get it's just a bar, but when I sit down and focus
It's a coast jealousy that you niggas started, we ain't noticed
Y'all used to be the Mecca, you niggas was really goated
We heard your techniques and applied it while y'all was gloatin'
The sacrificial lamb, the soloist with no band members
Joey Kaepernick, nobody gon' take a stand with you?
Y'all used to have this texture of strugglin', really roughin' it
Hit a bumpy road, Slick fell off, now you on sucker shit
West stayed the course, our name blew up and puffed a bit
And speakin' on Puff, you niggas been on some nutty shit, hah

This ain't the New York I know
This ain't the New York I know
This ain't the New York I know
This ain't the New York I know
We not your lil' niggas
Like the way you talk it, I don't, I don't get what you mean
We're not your little niggas, like for real, all that-

Never been dropped, had to slide for my interest
Left up a hunnid, ask God as my witness
Steppin' on my own 'cause I needed my percentage
Unique chain boy, I'm cold, independent
(Step one-two, step-step one-two)
Haha, don't worry Ray Vaughn, I ain't gon- (step-step one-two)
I ain't gon' take your battle, I'm just- (step-step one-two)
Doin' a light jab off the principle (step-step one-two)
(Step-step one-two, step-step one-two)
(Step-step one-two, step-)
Dead homies

The shot ain't direct enough, but fuck it, you mention me, I'm with the drama
The cypher was cold, I run it back for you and I'll leave your soul beside ya
I push a button like it's debit, my nigga, I never sued but I settle it, nigga
The clip hungry, I done fed it, my nigga
We ain't Goodfellas, I Joe Pesci a nigga
Method actin' turnin' into personas, unique in your posture
I'll turn into Ronny if this 'bout the violence, but you ain't survivin'
It's the West turnin' up the temperature, you want the top spot? Nigga, climb it
And the twenty-V, Joe, like I'm lockin' a foe, mention Reason, I'm pressin' and slidin'
I come and step over there, nigga, ain't no respect over here, nigga
I would say, "Get in the booth", but fuck it, it's really-really left over there, nigga
Y'all went from rappin' on corners to be in the corner, it's death over there, nigga
I know y'all doin' this shit for a rollout, but I'm really pressed over here, nigga
'Cause I've been the quiet one, I was lined up, the line-up petitions, nigga come and sign up
This for anybody tryna mention my name, I ain't toleratin', I'ma slide some
I don't care who season it is, some of these niggas dyin', I'm at all of 'em
Don't care if I ain't got a reason, like Top before signin' me, I'm a find one
(Step one-two, step-)
Step on a nigga, behead me a nigga
'Cause say ten others words but chose my name
Now shit can get devilish, nigga
Griselda the only niggas that was holdin' shit down when y'all wasn't present, my nigga
I step on a nigga, I step on a nigga, I step on a nigga, I step on a nigga, I-

I'm glad you did it after you already suffered defeat
You panickin', nigga (get the fuck outta here)
Drop that shit, TECH
You panickin', nigga
(Get the fuck outta here, nigga)
New York, the real New York, I'm outside
I don't live in Miami, I don't live in Colorado
Come to my block, you see me, my nigga

Popped out, went straight to the booth
Nigga Reas', where you been? What the fuck, I ain't spooked
Nigga, satellite dishes, we'll put it on your roof
Nigga turn Islam and choose peace, I ain't lil' nigga
I could catch a friendly with the homies, that's just how it is
Y'all come and try it, let it sing like a choir kid
Whole lotta steppers, carry cannons like Mariah did
Calm all that bass in your voice, we the pioneers
Huh, huh, ah shit, niggas all bad
The best rapper in New York on a podcast
I'll button up this shirt and give out jaw tabs
This ain't clout chasin', nigga, what you call that?
This ain't about paper, nigga, what you call that?
I'll bring it right to where a nigga lawn at
Weed whack a nigga, better garden up or fall back
It's Del Amo, let's get started, nigga, I'm with all that, nigga
Turn into a slave owner, whip and pick apart a nigga
Like defibrillators pressin', I bring up the heart, niggas
Dreadin' this shit, long as Dwayne Carter, nigga
I crash on any nigga 'cause I love it more
It ain't just Joey, it's to any nigga comin' for him
You can speak on me and Top, I ain't got nothin' for it
'Cause that's my business with them niggas, that ain't none of yours

As God is my witness, my hand on my .40, I'm way too forgivin'
The devil still on me, I'm mentioned, I'm tempted
The block keep on callin', I'm prolly gon' spin it, my nigga
Blessings extended, the ghetto still on me, don't talk to me different, my nigga
I'm way too forgivin', my hand on my .40, lately I've been tempted, my nigga