The Down Low

When the sun's down That's when the fun begins... So get up there... And play your part I’m a lover for the kind of things after dark Even though the danger is absurdly stark I love the hue of the orange street lights Even though there are people who would put up a fight I love to drink one beer then smoke lots of weed It’s the kind of formula that helps me succeed Then I get on the dance floor and feel the vibe I don’t have a car, public transport is my ride The pulse of the beat flows within me And I don’t take no hostility To paraphrase Kendrick, this shit ain’t free You gotta give me respect or else I ain’t friendly This the kind of stuff that happens on the down low You’ll never know where the night will go So don’t expect anything or else you’re fucked Cause in the nighttime, things get real tough When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low I eat lots of food like the fat boys do I ain’t been to jail but I’m one hundred percent cool Just doing the moves, that you never expect Like Michael Jackson in his prime, they’re so complex I never got in trouble, even though I’m a bad boy The suburbanite image, it’s all a big ploy I’ve been living ghetto since day one And I don’t feel the need to ever own a gun I’m not givin’ a damn, I’m like Jack FM Doing what I want until the world ends Never likin’ a cop cause they tazed me way back when They also lied about it, why should I be their friend? You may think I’m fakin’ it, but I’m not You think I would disrespect the entire block? I got nothing but love for the down low All the others are robotic, I got nothing but soul When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low When the sun's down, we're going straight to the down low It’s hard… being a part of the down low… You can’t pretend, you gotta know… About every situation that could go down One moment it’s fine and the next, ka-plow Then it all goes to shit and then your fucked Next thing you know you’ve lost all your bucks And now you’re on the run just hoping you escape Because you had the dumb idea to rob a bank I did a lot of dumb shit when I was young I was just like you, couldn’t make a pun But then I smartened up with knowledge so that I could survive It’s an amazing wonder that I’m still alive Cause I’m still doing lots of dumb shit I been told myself that nobody’s perfect Especially when I am crippled inside of the brain I’m always struggling, still learning the game