[Hook]
The ball don’t lie
We be working overtime
It's a state of mind
And you know legends never die, watch me go
Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, work
Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, work
[Yung Trybez]
I'm a Balla baby don’t look at me. Love the game, barely made the team
undersized, no self esteem. No day job but a kid could dream.
Purple and gold was my colour scheme. Purple and gold in my bloodstream.
New kid in the league at 17. Go change the game young jellybean.
I'm a Balla baby, I'm a new me, way before y’all knew me
I ain't talking Ballin like boujee, I’m a Balla baby like 2-3
Look at me, look at me, look at me work, you don’t know me
Look at me, look at me, look at me work like Kobe
Now watch me lift like Hercules. Bag so fat it got heart disease.
Stacking green like a cash machine like a younger me with these magazines
Greatness that was built in
I do what it takes to win
Don't let em get under my skin
I fade away before I finish em
Gotta hundred reasons why im running late, pockets fat and im gaining weight
Got more rings than the golden state. Im'a live forever like number 8
Haters hate, just let em hate. Levitate, levitate, levitate
I’m killing shit, Norman Bates, Kobe Face, Kobe face
Don't talk at me when I'm thinking
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Make ya move, I ain't blinking -
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Worst nightmare, I keep you up at night
Game over with the underbite
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
[Hook]
The ball don’t lie
We be working overtime
It's a state of mind
And you know legends never die, watch me go
Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, work
Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, work
[Young D]
(Ok ok ok)
Ok I’m posted up like Kobe, boy I grind all by my lonely
Fuck around and drop 40 on em, ain’t no mercy (That's game homie)
I’m in my bag, I’m in my bag, I’m in my bag today (Okay)
That boy go hard in the paint (Okay), I’m up, up and away (Kobe)
24, 24 oooh - same beast different animal, ooooh
Sicko mode with no antidote, ooooh - eat em up, eat em up just like a cannibal (Oh, Oh, Oh)
81, 81, 81, watch how I get it done, boy taking shots like a tommy gun
You don’t really want none, that go for anyone and everyone (Oh) [Bloaw)
Aye, you talking that talk and that talk is still cheap (Talk is still cheap)
aye, yeah, I’m walking that walk and I’m in my own league (I’m in my own league)
Aye, yeah, got ice in my veins, I’m cooler than cool
I go for the kill, don’t let it be you - I shoot just like Kobe would do (KOBE!)
[Yung Trybez]
Haters hate, just let em hate. Levitate, levitate, levitate
I’m killing shit, Norman Bates, Kobe Face, Kobe face
Don't talk at me when I'm thinking
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Make ya move, I ain't blinking -
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Worst nightmare, I keep you up at night
Game over with the underbite
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Don't talk at me when I'm thinking
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Make ya move, I ain't blinking -
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
Worst nightmare, I keep you up at night
Game over with the underbite
(Kobe face, Kobe face)
credits
from Born Deadly,
track released April 3, 2020
Written by: Yung Trybez, Young D, Kato on the Track
Produced by: Kato On The Track
Performed by: Snotty Nose Rez Kids
Engineered by Jamie Kuse, and Taabu
Recorded in Toronto, Canada and Vancouver, Canada at Nova Studios
Mixed by: Jamie Kuse
Mastered by: Phil Demetro
I don't listen to much stuff with singing in it but this really hit the spot. Just such a breath of fresh air and so many compelling songs. I'm trying not to thrash it entirely. Michael Upton
Kendrick's biting insight, MF DOOM's goofy brilliance, and the next level hook versatility of Andre 3001 have merged into something that just might save humanity someday, and its motherfucking name is Michael Eagle. Drew Music