[ti:Momentum (Explicit)] [ar:Russ/Black Thought/BENNY THE BUTCHER] [al:CHOMP (Explicit)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Momentum (Explicit) - Russ/Black Thought/BENNY THE BUTCHER [00:06.55]Lyrics by:Russell Vitale/Jeremie Pennick/Tariq Trotter [00:13.11]Composed by:Russell Vitale/Jeremie Pennick/Tariq Trotter [00:19.67]Yeah yeah [00:21.72]Don't compare me to employees who hopin' they see a check [00:24.42]I'm in a drop top mclaren just hopin' I see an ex [00:27.11]She hopin' we reconnect no chance [00:29.30]I'm tryna be bigger than the beatles not hold hands [00:31.90]Keep on throwing stones I'ma make statues [00:34.04]No face tats but people got my face tattooed [00:37.03]Freeing the damned by being free as I am [00:39.30]And speaking belief into people sittin' with reason to stand [00:41.66]Who just might be needing a hand I got you [00:44.05]9th wonder blessed provided the gospel [00:45.85]I feel god-like my fans all feel like apostles [00:48.46]Model your mind after mine and you gon' be just fine [00:51.12]Model your mind off these other guys and you gon' die [00:53.90]That's why I'm always at the [00:55.37]Head of the table follow my lead [00:56.84]I'm a money tree women tryna swallow my seed [00:59.14]You wasn't with me at my roots though [01:01.01]I've been on a quest for love [01:02.46]For women with a roots fro [01:03.64]And potential like a juco [01:04.88]Athlete catch me in the backseat with a*s cheeks on my lap [01:07.77]We in utah so we f**k to a jazz beat [01:10.22]It's actually therapeutic she classy I'm ferris bueller [01:12.69]Swimming out in turks and caicos beware of the barracudas [01:15.40]I got heart I'm the 'cause my life is just the effect [01:18.19]I'm altering my reality living in vfx [01:20.70]Made a half million dollars then [01:22.30]Fell asleep on a jet [01:23.42]F**k the club up atlanta ain't seen this since bmf [01:26.23]Told my accountant reinvest gotta [01:27.63]Pound of w**d for stress [01:28.84]I might drop two platinum albums [01:30.21]In a year like dmx [01:31.40]Keep on living in my light and [01:33.08]Let my faith just lead the way [01:34.43]'Cause if I'm taking y'alls advice I'm probably making y'alls mistakes [01:36.91]Instead I'm out in egypt just baskin in the results [01:39.88]Of listening to myself and mappin' out all my goals uh [01:42.94]My career is a course in self-confidence [01:45.10]And how ownership leads to opulence adjust your oculus [01:48.54]If you tryna rise to prominence [01:49.99]Bust down the doors assert dominance when you call your first conference [01:53.32]I'm honest with my women that's probably why they all hate me [01:56.11]They focused on bein' lori I'm focused on bein' jay-z [01:58.57]The run that I'm on is gonna be longer than the euphrates [02:01.20]Gotta super model chick that's badder than tom brady's [02:03.74]Rap game bunch of clowns in disguise like [02:05.90]John gacy [02:06.57]You got one plaque and it's not [02:08.10]Even your song I got eighty [02:09.51]Lately y'all are lazy waitin' to be carried [02:12.10]Lotta y'all are dead you just waitin to be buried [02:14.61]Listen I've been hot since michelle and barack [02:17.17]You out your mind if you think I'm gon' stop ha [02:19.81]I didn't come this far to only come this far [02:22.63]I gotta keep momentum swingin' keep momentum swingin' [02:25.72]I didn't come this far to only come this far [02:28.12]I gotta keep momentum swingin' keep momentum swingin' [02:30.57]Conversation alone in the mirror uh huh [02:32.25]I told myself before the year up [02:33.79]I'd be another homeowner and [02:35.02]Another millionaire uh facts [02:36.33]My life crazy but I'm way too [02:37.98]Busy to tear up too busy [02:39.22]Just please keep them broke [02:40.25]Vibes from near us walk away from me [02:41.86]We different I'm not the one [02:42.95]To converse uh huh [02:43.70]By the time you mumble your verse [02:45.16]I'll be in top five company comfortably gunnin' for first first [02:47.02]If it's rap or either trap one gon' come with some perks [02:49.60]The other comin' with a six foot [02:51.04]Hole dug in the earth d**n [02:52.41]Look I know how them numbers lookin' [02:53.92]I don't gotta check stats I don't do that [02:55.84]The p***y good but I'll still never text back nah [02:57.98]Being unsigned ain't never changed my potential [03:00.27]With every wave of a pencil a n***a gaining momentum [03:03.06]Wanna walk in my shoes but [03:04.34]I'm not trading my christians [03:05.34]For crocs never but lil' rap n***as [03:06.84]Only cravin' attention [03:08.12]It's funny when you hot [03:09.45]Funny uh but it's ugly when you not [03:11.03]Everybody doubt then suddenly you pop pop [03:13.15]N***as sign them 360s and hope it do something for their stock [03:16.45]But I turned on more money than [03:17.91]I got and that's a lot [03:19.13]Had patience and it helped I remember thinkin' make it big [03:21.92]Then decorate the crib with paintings of myself [03:24.39]'Cause that who I owe that's who [03:25.96]You gotta give yourself credit [03:27.33]They definitely won't they won't give you s**t [03:28.82]You won't hear this flow so often so treasure these quotes [03:30.81]As far as cheddar we know enough plugs with bricks [03:33.07]That I'd probably never be broke [03:34.73]I'm used to not gettin' sleep [03:36.40]That's a twenty-four hour business [03:38.05]Exercisin' my brain like 24 hour fitness [03:40.65]Haters look at my jewels get the [03:42.35]Feel of resentment [03:43.24]Feelin' like I'm 'posed to buy they friendship what [03:45.75]I remember sellin' merch dolo mailin' my own shipment dolo [03:48.80]Now I'm on y'all hoes thinks it's christmas [03:50.69]Am I the one trippin' [03:52.07]Me even if you think you this nice [03:53.96]It's gon' be hard try to match my ambition [03:56.02]I'm goin' on a rampage handguns and champagne [03:58.65]House need a d**n maid my watch need [04:01.00]A lampshade [04:01.70]Body language everything read what [04:03.24]My hands say read what my hands say [04:04.68]I'll go a little slower if you need [04:06.17]Me to translate need me to translate [04:07.42]Boss moves keep options that's how [04:08.66]You plan safe [04:09.69]Just sealed the deal for a hundred [04:11.42]With a handshake [04:12.36]Weighin' out the racks a hustler [04:13.73]Who really made it out with rap [04:15.34]With the jewels in the bank accounts to match [04:17.36]The butcher [04:18.14]I didn't come this far to only come this far [04:20.65]I gotta keep momentum swingin' keep momentum swingin' [04:23.54]I didn't come this far to only come this far [04:26.14]I gotta keep momentum swingin' keep momentum swingin' [04:29.00]Yo when I first started recording [04:30.26]I swore it was more important [04:31.53]To make it to soul train in a [04:33.26]Gold chain and some jordans [04:34.31]Than makin' my own lane and then blaze in the trail forward [04:36.91]But I came from the old days where [04:38.56]The vision was too distorted [04:39.69]To come to an understanding a partnership and plannin' [04:42.42]For your marketin' and brandin' though the office was abandoned [04:45.12]Am I surprised I'm monetized like more morgan stanley [04:47.90]I'm in a position now to make a difference for the family [04:50.55]My wife kids and in-laws deserve renoirs [04:52.98]Picassos and warhols distressing my memoirs [04:55.50]About the knowledge of experiences I've endured [04:57.94]Create the bars full of information like sim cards [05:00.98]I left court rooms as a defendant fully acquitted [05:03.89]In spite of the bloodsuckers who try sully my image [05:06.51]And fightin' with motherf**kers who tried to tell me I'm finished [05:09.30]As if I'd ever consider the sky above as a limit [05:11.87]When I am the scientific my honor I'm dying with 'em [05:14.54]Iconic gifted it's rare and requires a fairly different [05:17.28]Kind of spirit far as inner feelings [05:18.95]I ain't tryna hear it [05:20.00]Bein' fearless how I'm pioneered [05:21.21]Into a higher tier [05:22.47]If I am peerless I guess I am here [05:24.38]'Cause ain't nobody near me [05:25.38]On a pyramid and I'm adhering to the game theory [05:27.95]I maintain momentum and I made a name clearly [05:30.78]But I can't stop I believe it's no rest for the wary [05:33.41]From the cards I was dealt to awards [05:35.41]On my shelf [05:36.27]I turned scars to a sense of regard for myself [05:38.66]Based on where I set the bar [05:40.33]I made it hard for myself [05:41.66]I lent the hand before my brothers called for my help [05:44.16]When I was still an inspiring gun right for the firing [05:46.91]Tryna find a part-time job site that was hirin' [05:49.47]Never concerned with the age or the height requirements [05:52.29]Tryna shake the ways of the hood like the violence [05:55.06]Watchin' the homies being forced into early retirement [05:57.57]I'm stuck as another product of their environment [06:00.37]I was told that achievement of goal starts to tryin' at [06:03.36]The prize keep your eye on the hard work rely on it [06:05.86]And nothing else don't just hustle for your health [06:08.11]Fear they gon' do nothing for you until you secure your wealth [06:10.69]Focus on the top I've been hot since before crack rock [06:13.44]You out your mind if you think I'ma stop yo [06:15.88]I didn't come this far to only come this far [06:19.08]I gotta keep momentum swingin' keep momentum swingin' [06:22.09]I didn't come this far to only come this far [06:24.68]I gotta keep momentum swingin' keep momentum swingin' [06:27.72]Let me [06:28.16] [06:32.82]Let me