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Later Than Expected

by Broadway Blake

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1.
Is it too late, to get a taste of this expensive koolaid Married to the game and did it without a bouquet Coming for the top spot, better watch ya toupe In the kitchen tryna blend 2 Chainz wit Lupe Ratchet wit a classic, classic wit a ratchet Flow sick so long they saying that it's Magic Kobe with the mic, get the crown won't pass it Jordan on the mic, crunchtime that's a basket They be talking numbers, I be talking legacy working all my life to be a overnight celebrity You rather be Vanilla Ice, that is what you telling me How to be a player, change the game Bill Bellamy Used to have dreams of being unsigned hype When did it stop counting to getting 5 Mics When did it stop counting to really being nice Now we all chasing a million and three likes An I don't wanna talk about ya Youtube views An I don't really agree with the new school rules I don't wanna talk about ya Instagram followers We leaders in real life, Everybody follow us Diamond in the rough, what they said when I started Even when I'm full I be working like I'm starving Imagine when I'm starving, I be working like I'm never gone eat again Up like I'm never gone sleep again Right back like I never left, Aiming straight to the top An I'm shooting wit a better Steph And my big homie said it best If you really for the culture, young king you better rep
2.
TRUUU 01:21
I'm here now but I been here, that's the crazy part My flow Jaws I know yall, yall baby sharks I go hard yall so soft, that's so pause Sidebar, I love to see a bad thing in no drawers yeah go off Now back to the script, (hold up) back to the story (hold up) Ghostride the whip, (hold up) word to E-40 Rest In Peace to Mac Dre, I got love for The Bay I'm the answer to the game, aint no need to ask Sway Aint no need to ask Ye, aint no need to ask Jay I been working overtime, I'm gone need that back pay Got a bad little brown thang, get it from her momma She bad like Beyonce, sexy like Rihanna
3.
Forever and more I want you always Forever and more we'll be always I'm still tryna figure out who sent you And why I'm comfortable telling you what I been through And why you comfortable telling me what you been through I guess the unthinkable happening if it's meant to What we doing at this diner at four in the morning What we doing at this diner and one of us yawning I don't even want food, just a cup of coffee I know I'm falling asleep but please keep on talking I heard you order pancakes I'm waking up That's enough to make me think about us making love That's enough to make me think about our wedding sonnnngg If you say it could be Cruising, Lets get it on No joke all facts no contemplating An I never heard of love at first conversation But it's a first time for everything You said it could be Cruising here go the wedding ring Forever and more I want you always Forever and more we'll be always I really appreciate ya time I really appreciate ya mind I really appreciate ya grind And the icing on the cake is that you fine Long legs don't care, brown skin short hair Thicker than a snicker and ya loyalty is so rare Yeah lets go half on a baby I know we just met and that sound kinda crazy but What we waiting on Christmas You already got a son, he probably want a sister Matter fact he probably really want a lil brother He five now, what you think about having another I mean, we already talking bout forever If we living in the moment it's now or never So lets go half on a baby I know we just met and that sound kinda crazy but Forever and more I'm with you always Forever and more we'll be always
4.
Wassup baby boy, you finally here glad to meet you Introduce you to the world as my little sequel I can't wait to show you off to all of my people Coulda named you water cause that's how much I need you Tell ya momma everyday that she changed my life up Look at me, never thought I would be changing diapers Look at me, gotta teach my son how to be King Do his own thing and still go and lead a team You gone be the man ima make sure of that You could be the President or you could be a Quarterback You could be a World Champ, you could be a Doctor You could win a Grammy or you could win a Oscar Take over the world even when they don't let you One day you gone meet you a young lady that's special Take over the world even when they don't let you One day you gone meet you a young lady that's special What up Kenyon, I'm a do all that I can To make sure I raise you from a boy to a man That's a promise that I made to ya mother when we first met Before I ever met you I took the first step I let her know I'm all in from the start Lead with my head, Love from my heart A son need his dad, A dad need his kids A son need his mother and yours is my rib You gone be the man, I'm a make sure of that You could be the President or you can be a Quarterback You could be a World Champ, you could be a Doctor You could win a Grammy or you could win a Oscar Take over the world even when they don't let you One day you gone meet you a young lady that's special Whatever you need, I'll be right here for you I'll never ignore you, forever adore you
5.
Black Hoodie 02:12
Dear Mr. Cuban You see me in the hood, it don't mean that I'm mobbing it don't mean that I'm shooting It don't mean I'm plotting, to stick you for your billions It don't mean I'm a threat to your children I'm always in the hood, no really I'm always in the hood Ask around anybody'll tell you that kid good And that's true story, no that's real facts No that's real talk, no really that's real rap See, this all sound so silly What's the difference between me and Billy If I'm in the park with a hoodie on, I must be robbing Billy wearing the same thing he must be jogging I must be squatting, I must be popping You must be neighborhood watching, Let's talk about it Cause the issue at hand, we ain't gone walk around it That type of thinking have innocent kids with chalk around them Damn I guess things still the same I guess everything still the same Dear America, we ain't begging you to feel our pain We just asking for a lil bit of change (Let's talk about it) Damn I guess things still the same I guess everything still the same Dear America, we ain't begging you to feel our pain We just asking for a lil bit of change (Let's talk about it)
6.
I'm the king of my city when it come to these bars No lying tryna eat cubs want me to starve But I'm a Lion like Barry I won't fumble the ball Had it hot all Summer so they want me to Fall Go figure, could still make it a cold winter 4th quarter mine and we can Spring it in November Even though I'm October's Very Own OVO Libra scales got me in the zone Nah it aint Drake it's ya favorite rapper Blake With the porn money shot spitting all in ya face Pause, some of yall won't get it But the world a porn star and some of yall won't hit it Keep it live, work hard with the sleepy eyes When they hating on you you get even when you beat the odds I was playing with the hand I was dealt Then the butterfly effect happened, yeah Michael Phelps I'm just stroking, getting my city open Flow bipolar being humble while I'm boasting Flow bipolar being humble while I'm bragging It's kinda like writing LOL without laughing If skills sold, truth be told I'd probably be sitting next to Nas and Jay Z Truthfully I wanna rhyme like, Nah I had to get my mind right It's showtime now, I'm in the limelight I never did make that XXL Dropped a classic album but it was trouble to sell I aint saying it was Illmatic But 20 years from now, when they play it I bet they say it was still classic Or it's still Magic They forgot it was sick, but somehow got reminded that it still had it See it's bars like that that I be throwing out That have rappers sitting there like damn Blake showing out Hold up, let me throw a lil more though Sell it out the trunk no torso, Hold up So sick every time I spit they think it's throw up Without the flex bomb Blake still gone blow up I'm feeling like back when they couldn't stop Game I'm feeling like back when they couldn't stop Wayne They couldn't stop Dame See I'm hungry like a artist that was starving and just rapping for a Roc chain Can't stop my familia It says a lot about you if you not feeling us It says a lot about you if you not feeling me Cool dude sipping on a brew like Billy D 2 forty's, big bottle of vodka Alize and Mo in the spirit of Big Poppa It was all a dream, going through them nightmares Sneaking on the bus back when I aint have the right fare Yeah take a look at me now An I don't know what you heard but I'm the talk of the town My city on fire, everybody buzzing An I was on fire back when everybody wasn't Longevity really made me a better me Bars over swag in my Pedigree No Triple H, No Shawn Michaels My Degeneration Next and we don't like you They said the crown is for taken I been racing to the throne since I found it was vacant They said the crown is for taken I been racing to the throne since I found it was vacant
7.
I remember graduating from a six deuce Copped a quarter key and then I flipped that flip that six moves My bro cracked like you know what you getting into Shhhh I'm tryna slide up in that benzu Any bad b I holla at getting her ends on You the type of probably end up in her friendzone Damn what a shame man what a shame Trick you probably wish you was cuffing is screaming out my name I had to struggle through the hustle make that water bubble Red nose pit that's my b she crazy off the muzzle I had to learn the hard way the streets doesn't love you So I put the pieces together and completed the puzzle An against all odds man I'm still here And through it all thank God my vision still clear No cases ain't shhh to appeal here Shell cases for the haters shhh get real here Look in my eyes, Shouldn't be no surprise We focused on the prize, young kings on the rise Straight from the Northside Where we pray we make it out alive (talk to em) Hit up Broadway come and catch the vibes Everyday you gotta strive I made myself so easy to love, I made myself so hard to hate I'm getting high off life and the people like how you don't smoke in the Garden State But I be sipping vodka like it's starbucks If you aint Oprah I can never be StarStruck I used to listen to Hova to get my bars up I dare a rapper to come and tell me I'm washed up And they gone get these 16's like 11th grade I got enough bars to last for 11 days Every track straight black wit a better shade Pat on my back like Shaq wit a better Wade I came with heat just to win rings I told my team it's no sleep unless it's big dreams Honestly I ain't been sleep since I was 16 And that's a long long time ago but is it too late
8.
Cheer For Me 02:36
I'm just tryna live my life, take care of the family get everything right I'm just tryna live my life, work all day and have sex all night I'm just tryna live my life, take care of the family get everything right I'm just tryna live my life, work all day and make love all night This is what they wanted, something real something that they could feel Something that they can drive to when they behind the wheel Something that they can vibe to when they up in the city Tell them haters I'm here they want me then come and get me History in the making, history I'm a make it They ain't giving me nothing for free, I'm a take it Been paid my dues, can't tell me different If I want 5 Mics you can't sell me Pippen Classic and that's coming straight from The Source Blake the safe bet that's coming straight from the horse Should I say it again it's coming straight from my voice They gotta deal wit it they don't really got a choice I'm just tryna live my life, take care of the family get everything right I'm just tryna live my life, work all day and have sex all night I'm just tryna live my life, take care of the family get everything right I'm just tryna live my life, work all day and make love all night This is what they wanted, something real something that they could love Everything ain't about popping a bottle in the club Everything ain't about making it rain in the Go-Go Everything ain't about spending some change out in Soho Even though I be sipping, even though I be tipping That's everybody story, I'm reading you something different You can't judge a book by the cover But they say you can judge a man by the way he treat his Mother Dear Momma, tell Grandma I wish yall was still here for me So when I make it big I can see y'all cheer for me My first award just send me a sign down To let me know the world mine now (it's mine) I'm just tryna live my life, take care of the family get everything right I'm just tryna live my life, work all day and have sex all night I'm just tryna live my life, take care of the family get everything right I'm just tryna live my life, work all day and make love all night
9.
They say I Coulda Been Kendrick I Coulda Been Cole I Coulda Been Nas I Coulda Been Hov I Coulda Been the best rapper alive I'm good on that, none of the best rappers alive See I grew up on BIG, I grew up on Pac I listened to Kim fell in love wit Fox I'm only focused on working on my legacy Triple H flow you know it's something in my pedigree I use to cop them clue mixtapes every week Sickamore instrumentals snapping over every beat I was supposed to be the one just listen Now they just saying that I Coulda Been Kendrick Same kid different city check the history If I can get a shot this will be a victory Talking bout the top, I want em to mention me Then ya idols become ya rivals eventually I had a plan to make it up out the trap An I aint gone trap, I'm a show em how to rap I got a story to tell and the world gone hear it Some of yall gone cheer it, some of yall gone fear it Some of yall gone say I'm overrated, some of yall gone hate it Some of yall gone say that I'm the greatest They use to tell me Blake don't forget me when you make it I replied don't forget me if I don't become famous Wanted to win a grammy, bring it right back to Grammy Tell my Mother I love her, I did it for the family I was supposed to be the one just listen Now they just saying that I Coulda Been Kendrick They say I Coulda Been Kendrick I Coulda Been J.Cole I Coulda Been Nas I Coulda Been J. Hov I ain't think nobody was working as hard as me Could Been Weezy, Carter 2 Carter 3 I grew up on Ma$e, Snoop Dogg and Redman Rocafella, Ruff Ryder, Def Jam I'm only focused on working on my legacy DMX flow it's something different in my pedigree I use to have my demo wit me just looking Diddy Everyday me and Liteskin was in the city And we thought it would pop but it didn't Now they just saying that I Coulda Been Kendrick
10.
Pops left me, my Momma passed My first thought was thinking how I'm a last My first thought was thinking how I'm a last Then my Grandma passed, and my Granddad I was looking up to the sky And Grandaddy said boy be a stand up guy He probably said that because he saw me bout to cry You can tell everything changed looking in my eyes So I took a shot of vodka in his memory Dad walked pass like he ain't even remember me I was sitting there like I wanted me a father I'm grown already why should I even bother Tell my sisters I love em, hope we grow to be closer Say a prayer to my mother, I wish we would've been closer Have a drink with my brother, pull him a lil closer Tell him I'm sorry that I aint do what I was suppose ta Nothing was the same, just a bunch of pain I lost everything but I had so much to gain I use to find myself screaming out my Momma name I use to find myself calling out my Grandma name When Grandpa Blake died I was spose to be the man Something went wrong and then we had a change of plans Gotta get my life together, better late than never My family saw all my flaws once we stayed together The plan was just to drink until the pain over Figured out the pain last longer than the hangover When me and Uncle Blake use to get into it The only thing I was tryna tell him is we blew it See I get teary eyed doing too much thinking Cause I get emotional doing too much drinking Don't judge me just love me for what I could be If you ever loved me I know that you understood me

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Years in the making. Later Than Expected

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released April 3, 2020

Tracks 1-4 & 9-10
Produced By Chuck The Archduke

Track 5 Produced By Piff Beatz

Tracks 6-8 Produced By Craftbeatz

All Tracks Engineered And Mixed By
Internal Quest (Except #9 - Chuck The Archduke)

Album Executive Produced By
Leno, B-Overseas and Mack Obama

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