Verse 1 (JREM): Back at home in Bull City, North Crack, NC making minimum wage, my tank stuck on empty tryna live our lives like it's back in the days yeah we wanna be paid, don't wanna be trapped in the maze with no control sell my soul just for cash get it quick and fast I lay back and hit the grass, space out when I sit in class I blast a beat, lambaste the mic and pass tryna live every moment like it's the absolute last I study prose, muddy clothes, Bricktop my buddy knows and it shows, we kicking flows and just waiting for shows I suppose y'all know what I mean, it's something you do too waiting for these opportunities to come to you I pay my rent barely and keep my girl near me J to the REM is who it be, living life carefree somewhere we got off track, where the road's unpaved but I got everything I need and I'm ready for the rave Chorus: We just waiting for the show We waiting for the show We just waiting for the show We waiting for the show We just waiting for the show We waiting for the show I got everything I need and I'm ready to go Verse 2 (JREM): From Little Brother to the others like Simone and Coltrane reminds you when the music hits that you feel no pain so while I'm waiting for the show man you know I'm rehearsing devise a way to display the funk tapes I'm immersed in it's all gravy in the place with the killer bass on the scrilla chase rappers softer than a pillow case, I take control in my hands hold my destiny at times I wonder what's the best for me especially when I'm scraping by but I take my time try to awake the mind, can't escape the grind, I shine and sit back and unwind, find the truth in it all amidst the lies and propaganda our way of life's endangered like the panda but I'm the man to make it move these layers built on the groove I keep it sounding so smooth because I got something to prove now to do you want to get down, you ready to leave? I got so much on my mind that I'm trying to achieve but we just waiting for the show Chorus 2X Verse 3 (Median): Mic check 1, 2 get set golden, just going in coast is clear I'm just going in on the way I took the scenic route to everything so the saying says it's in the journey anyway pacing it, everyday patient, taking it, giving favor and flavoring amazing is as amazing did and does and ish Pun was a cadence man the pun is intended I come with the vision, kinetic as children with so much potential in their individualism the tone steady rock to the rhythm, the gift is sent from this ignorance is bliss, then again, who's filming this again? only makes sense to predict and be a gentleman live for today but pray for futuristicness keeping fit, extending my physical to the infinite the end is a new beginning, doing it different a new beginning doing it different until the end doing it different get set, golden, we just going in, until it's time to go in again, we just waiting for the show Chorus 3X

Verse 1 (JREM): Aiyo it's J, sitting on the dock of the bay casting my net tryna catch the biggest fish of the day you know me I just wanna rock, all around the clock whiskey in the soda pop, hair looking like a mop man I try, to reach up to the sky but I'm lazy too I'd rather kick it with my crazy crew, check the rhyme let's roll like we Optimus Prime, man i'm the key to the lime like a goal in extra time for the win yo, slap me some skin you know I see you getting down like that I'm Farley gnarly with the style that's fat I gots to if I'm gunna make a through, getting dome like terror and only bump the golden era cassettes, records, and tracks with the crackle in the boom bap shaking ribs through your body, vibes, tunes that you need to feel the seventh round steal your boy know how to build and destroy yo that's real Chorus (J-La): Leave one, to me freedom, for them it takes five, so succeed you're lucky, is seven Verse 2 (JREM): I don't have much, everything ain't gold I touch but I'm thankful for every day that I don't walk with a crutch I wake up around noon, I start making a tune and then I lose a couple hours on the roof with the sour that's what you get when time you gotta split down the middle and what you love can play second fiddle but it's cool something like the deep end of the pool don't forget the golden rule or be acting like a fool yo the news will give you the blues but me and Gulley getting down if y'all feel it then rock to the sound 1, 2 better brush up on your kung fu ay son you gotta be trained to participate in the game there's others out there doing the same but there's no one like me I'm likely to knock you out them Nikes and see I got a problem often I ain't nice or genteel but your boy know how to build and destroy yo that's real Chorus 2 (J-La) Breakdown (JREM): You know it's hard to figure out the truth but they say, "Numbers never lie" Chorus 3 (J-La)