For Keeps Lyrics – JID

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[Intro]
Uh
One-two
One-two, one
Uh

[Verse]
Look
And every time I think the mojo gone
Here come the feeling I’ve been tryna find for oh so long
“You can’t hang it up now, bro, hold on
People all around the world knowing your songs”

So this is for the die hards and casuals alike that press play soon as the clock strikes midnight
Hit up all my posts with the comments and likes
First on the site, tryna cop the merchandise
Could damn near recite every single verse I write
Or bought a ticket to see me on the stage with the mic
And tell me after the show how my songs changed your life
It’s y’all energy that’s keeping on the lights (They do)
I was down bad, scribbling my life in a pad
They said, “Go get a real job, put down the mic, it’s a fad”, but
Nah, nothing, uh, look (Nothing could keep me away)
Was staying strong and so I kept on, was fueled by the fact that I was slept on
Wanted to prove the n!ggas they was dead wrong
I one-take it, take it onto the next song
Told my mama, “I made it”, she like, “I hope you right”
Worked up the courage to heat up the local open mics
Me and these raps got to bond so tight
I’m back the next week even if I b0mbed that night, it’s like for real like (Nothing could keep me away)
Uh, look
At Domino’s writting rhymes on the back of a time sheet
Bosses would grind teeth at me falling behind, trying scroll through my mind to find beats
All I needed was a tempo to latch onto
‘Til I could find an instrumental that match
This back when producers wasn’t sending me packs
I dropped some s*it on SoundCloud and people didn’t react
I’d be happy just to get ten clicks on the track, n!gga

God damn, it’s bringing memories back
When my heart was sure, the art was pure
I’m talking back when we was packing out department store but of course (Nothing could keep me away)
Bruh and I hear the (??) music (??)
Let the bouncer know I’m performing, doing pat downs
Hit the blunt, wait my turn, played the background (Nah, bruh, I’m not a part of EARTHGANG, bruh, I’m just JID, but appreciate you)
Even though they was all mimicking the trap sound
I knew this wasn’t how that sound, it’s only fitting eventually I lap climbed, now give me that crown, pu*sy
Look, uh
From sport in it, even if it got thorns in it
Open my doors for you to explore for four minutes
Critics nitpick to the core, but as long as my core get it then, fu*k ’em, easy, uh
Uh, been like this for over a decade
No matter how many times I try and segue
No matter how many heartbreaks, headaches
Affliction and the pain, it’s itching in my veins
No right or wrong prescription, I’m addicted to the gang

[Outro]
Daddy got the best bars in the world?
Yes
Nothing could keep me away
Nothing could keep me away
Nothing could keep me away from you