Paul-D - Brick by Brick Lyrics

Naw you wasn't with me when I had took them speakers out of Guitar Center
Let me jog your memory
We had the mic and laptop so I stole bass like Ricky Henderson
If they hem me up just take this shit and run
Usain Bolt sprints to the Sprinter van minivan shit we'll take your baby mama car
If she'll give a lending hand
All the while had a pen in hand contemplating writing to a Kendall jam
Hoping he say ooh that shit is slamming
Wasn't always upper echelon Hamburger Helper helped us on
Many occasions cans of tuna when electric's gone
Damn we can't record now might as well pull The Good Book out
And praise the Lord now it's funny how
Back in the day nobody couldn't tell me I wasn't gone get rich quick
But I had no connections no one to front me nobody wanna give me shit
Nickel and diming scratching and clawing tell the truth wasn't even think bout balling
Scheming and plotting lick after lick no complaints had to build it from the ground up
Brick by brick
Don't front you know I put the whole city on my back
Built it from the ground up and I did it brick by brick
Just like the Home Depot when the whip was facing repo
One man band collect call
Couldn't reach none of my people brick by brick
If you never felt the struggle of burning a roach with me
How can you ever appreciate making a toast with me brick by brick
Back in the day I was rapping on the mic talking like a tough boy
But in reality I was working at Applebee's I was a busboy
Get them dishes had to sweep cigarette butts
Out the parking lot when it wasn't busy
Humiliation f*ck with your mentals
Had to get a bike couldn't afford a rental
My check ain't right how y'all deduct insurance
A brother don't even get dental
After that was a delivery boy at the Chinese joint
Next to the Winn Dixie or the Piggly Wiggly
My memory slips me only thing I remember I was 16
Making $615 riding a 10-speed
Always dreamed of me riding in a caddy
Back in the day nobody couldn't tell me I wasn't gone get rich quick
But I had no connections no one to front me nobody wanna give me shit
Nickel and diming scratching and clawing tell the truth wasn't even think bout balling
Scheming and plotting lick after lick no complaints had to build it from the ground up
Brick by brick
Don't front you know I put the whole city on my back
Built it from the ground up and I did it brick by brick
Brick by brick
Albany built it brick by brick 229 built it brick by brick
Dougherty County build it brick by brick Southwest Georgia built it brick by brick
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