[intro]
turn up that music
i got to fight this
i want to fight the music on this one
i was gonna write you a poem today
but i was like, [bad word] it
i was feelin' myself, you know?

[hook]
illest [bad word] alive, illest [bad word] alive!
yeah, that my sista and i'm so proud how she hold it down
illest [bad word] alive, realest [bad word] around
pray you rich in confidence
now i'm paying you mind
look, the illest [bad word] alive, the illest [bad word] alive!
yeah, one time for the
one time for the illest [bad word] alive, illest [bad word] alive!

[verse 1: wale]
working out 9 to 5 keeping them babies fly
no the time, no what it's like
no one notice your plight
no one notice your [bad word] no one know what it's like
how you hold in emotion
while holding in life
man, straight and no [bad word] women's pain got her stressin
i can't touch her, so for pleasure
i get special attention
yeah this the illest [bad word] alive, i love her freaky side
and the deeper that mean she get the sweeter
rise for her

[hook]
illest [bad word] alive, illest [bad word] alive!
yeah, that my sista and i'm so proud how she hold it down
illest [bad word] alive, realest [bad word] around
pray you rich in confidence
now i'm paying you mind
look, the illest [bad word] alive, the illest [bad word] alive!
yeah, one time for the
one time for the illest [bad word] alive, illest [bad word] alive!

[verse 2: wale]
baby father [bad word] , you two don't even speak
ain't seen his seed in 14 days, that [bad word] too week
couple shy of a month, i [bad word]  you up
when it be too loose or you be too late
we ain't tyin' no knot
and i know it's double standards when you're [bad word]  with us
but i pray these everlasting groupies don't [bad word] up this love
new louboutins when she dressin', louboutin
please correct me, scratch marks
make her self conscience, i kiss her where we're in'
yes, it's the illest [bad word] around, flawless and brown
smokin' loud, blowin' now when the law ain't around
when [bad word] to underwater i get nautical shawtie
yeah, you leavin' alone but came here with multiple shawtie

[hook]
illest [bad word] alive, illest [bad word] alive!
yeah, that my sista and i'm so proud how she hold it down
illest [bad word] alive, realest [bad word] around
pray you rich in confidence
now i'm paying you mind
look, the illest [bad word] alive, the illest [bad word] alive!
yeah, one time for the
one time for the illest [bad word] alive, illest [bad word] alive!

[outro - read as poetry]
and i promised myself i wouldn't tell you this [bad word] today
but, tomorrow's uncertainty promotes the urgency in this [bad word] i'mma say
perfection doesn't exist if it doesn't consume her (?)
and this world's mine, but the womb is hers
ms. mother nature i pray that our daughters carry and favor your genes
and when you take off your jeans you get all the me that you need
that you allow me to work it 'til you know what your actual worth means
and for what it's worth, i wrote a couple words to help you see...
illest [bad word] alive