Lyrics:
John Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
He said, "'Fore the sheriff comes I wanna tell you, listen boy"
Said, "Learn to ball a jack, learn to lay
it's like they want a fraction of both
Nah, I was good by myself, this how I'm bettin' now
Yeah, said I'ma be a legend soon but I'm a legend now
Uh,
Anybody got any special requests for us to do
John Henry?
Lemme do John Henry then and we'll go...
Johnny Henry's pappy woke him up one midnight
He
2021 Rap Up
Talk to 'em, Tommy
You know every year, at the top of the year, it's my time
Y'all be waitin' for me to talk reckless
Respectfully,
Yuh yuh yuh yuh yuh
Yuh yuh yuh
Every damn day gotta keep it legend
Muhfuckas see me and they feeling threatened
Why the fuck you hating
What
Icons and legends!
Icon right when I wake up
We blowin' the place up, bitches don't wanna face us
I know you ain't talkin' with ya raggedy makeup
You
Thank you all for coming won't make this all for nothing
I witnessed John Doe my whole life now Mayhem's all that's coming
The anger, calm, the fucking
Happy holidays
Let me come here and talk to you
I gotta stop sayin' I'm not doin' this shit no more knowin' I'm cappin'
(Great John on the beat by
It was written in holographic hieroglyphics
Carved inside a pyramid I will be the illest ever spittin'
Living legend in the making haters sucking
Man I'm tryna be a legend, like hov royce nas tier
Lupe, oz tier
Crafting something so real it make they eyes tear
Careful with my words they've
(what?)
Lately I've been thinking 'bout baby name
But maybe I'm crazy (yeah)
Let's take it slow, like John Legend's set (yeah)
Let's take it slow like
couldn't come up. Take my hammer, Paulie Ann and go to that railroad
Swing that hammer like you seen me do it
They'll all know your John Henry's woman but
That go to show this ass
Kicking ain't gon bother nigga
Cause it's right back where
You started nigga
Being a son of a Harlem nigga
Now you was made by
lullabies, lullabies, lulla, lulla
They say legends never never die
I just hope they fly high
By the way think it's a lie, think it's a lie
But if it's not I
money money money
I blazed and played John Madden when I got up
(Mar-a-ju-on na is everywhere
Where was you brought up?)
You know it's Groves cause
to hold that title legends be dyin' young
Is this what it means to be a legend now? First it was the pills
Now they're gettin' murdered Cause of the life
and yell to tell them
I am a legend
I am a legend
Yeah
I'ma create my own groove by the way I move
This is the path I choose to introduce
While minding my
couldn't come up. Take my hammer, Paulie Ann and go to that railroad
Swing that hammer like you seen me do it
They'll all know your John Henry's woman but
know I'm successor, I'll never be lesser
I woke up one day with a message
From a legend
That man was The Game
He think I'm impressive
Man I'm stressing
Pop that
Pop that
Grrrr
Where my mother fucking legend at? (legend at)
Keeping it tight pop pop da cherry
So, I can bring you to life
I said where my
think it would be you
Got me fucked up, thinking I would be here for you
Shit's fucked up, can't believe this is true
I was so blinded, divided by truth
a legend waiting on his status
Cause I still got it
Man I'm Abraham and Moses how I life in profit
And this ain't even rap no more cause I just spit in
angry even then
And he was angry even then
Educated by an Anglican clergyman
Old John Prince was a smart one
Until 1833 he lived in England
As a lawyer
I'm turnin' back into that old ragin' monster
Face it you cock suckers, I'm a legend of apex
My brains upside down so whenever I take tests
I end up
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