Durk

Lyrics

I met a man from Puerto Rico… couldn't speak no English. His brother fucked with me, said he saw something different in me. Flew me out, showed me how the other side was living. Told me, “Stay loyal, youngin', and you'll never go without eating.” I thought I met a millionaire willing to put me on… I ain't know the whole time, he was studying everybody I loved. [Verse 1 — How It Started] Met a plug from Puerto Rico, couldn't speak a word of English, His brother said he fucked with me, I ain't know what made him pick me. Flew me out to see the world, the shit I saw was hard to picture, I was used to splitting meals, now I'm eating with the richest. He said, “Stay loyal, build a team, don't let that money change your spirit, It might take a little while, go home and build until you get it.” Said, “Don't get caught up in the image, all that glitter come with limits, Keep your circle tight and small, 'cause everybody ain't your witness.” He showed me hundred million, I ain't seen that kind of paper, I was looking at the money like I walked inside a spaceship. We stepped off the plane in public, people treated him like LeBron, Whole restaurant empty, just his brother, me, and him alone. Started asking 'bout my mama, where I live, and who I'm close to, Who I trust to hold me down, who would ride if I was supposed to. I thought he was getting personal, just trying to understand me, Didn't know he had the answers 'fore the questions ever happened. [Verse 2 — The Phone] He slid a phone across the table, said, “Don't use it, just receive it, When it ring, answer second ring, and listen, don't repeat it.” I said, “What's the phone for?” He smiled, never said a thing, Spent a whole week with that man, still ain't know his fucking name. On the way home, hit the group chat, “Bro, our lives 'bout to change, We up now, but move different, we can't operate the same.” One text came back, “Where you at?” I said, “I'm on the PJ, In my pajamas, drinking champagne, I'll call when we land, okay?” Looked out the window, saw blue lights flashing on the runway, Felt my stomach hit the floor, something told me this wasn't okay. Tried to call my brother, phone died right there inside my hand, Flight attendant sweeping floors, I started questioning the plan. She looked at me and asked me, “You don't see them lights outside?” I said, “What you mean?” She said, “You're good, they work for him tonight.” [Hook — Melodic, stretched endings] I thought that he was changing my life… Now I'm just trying to get home… How you know where I'm going tonight… When I never told you where I stay? No… He said, “Be loyal, you gon' eat…” Now I can't trust the food I taste… I met a man who changed my life… But I don't know what that change gon' take… [Verse 3 — The Ride Home] Stepped off the plane, black truck waiting, driver opened up the door, Got on the interstate, a hundred, blue lights leading us forward. He said, “Take this right, it's quicker,” but I knew that road was wrong, I ain't tell him where I lived, so how he know where I was going? I'm replaying every question that he asked me on that trip, Every name I ever mentioned, every word that might've slipped. Did he know about my brother? Did he know about my address? Was that phone a gift of trust, or was it something they could tap in? Then a message hit the screen, said, “Send a smile when you're done, Count everything that's there twice, don't send it till it's one-for-one.” Three thousand pounds of trouble sitting heavy in the room, I'm looking at the clock, feeling something bad was coming soon. Text my girl, “Find another place, we gotta move tonight,” She called back about ten times, I couldn't tell her what was right. Sent another text, “I fucked up, I don't know who I can trust, If this phone is being watched, then don't say too much.” [Verse 4 — Three Thousand Pounds] I called my brother, told him, “Pull up, but don't bring nobody else,” He said, “I'm outside,” then I heard him coughing to himself. He smelled like purple, neighbors staring from the porch across the street, I walked out and saw his face, he said, “Bro, sit down with me.” He said, “You told me come alone, so I know this shit is deep, You ain't called me sounding normal, now you barely even speak.” I said, “Bro, this man knows things I swear I never told that dude, Sent me back with all this shit like he got something to prove.” “He showed me hundred million, had me thinking I was chosen, Now I'm scared to check my messages, afraid of what they're holding. He knew where I was headed, knew the people in my life, And he sent me back with all this after meeting me one time.” My brother stared me down, said, “You don't know who you done met, Some people make you feel important just to see how far you'll get. You think he gave you an opportunity, but look at what you owe, You don't know his real name, and he knows the way you go.” [Verse 5 — The Realization] He said, “We need to make a plan,