Layup
Triumph Beyond Adversity: "Lookin' like Layup
Lyrics
Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
Describing a situation that looks easy or smooth, like making a layup in basketball.
Sunshine on my window, let's go float
Feeling positive and ready to go; a reference to enjoying the sunshine.
Pass me that pick and roll, off backboard
Metaphorically passing through challenges smoothly, using a basketball term "pick and roll" and "off backboard" for success.
Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
Repetition emphasizing the ease and smoothness of the current situation.
Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-I come from the bottom, remember the cotton
Reflecting on humble beginnings, struggles, and the dream of financial success.
Do whatever just to profit
-Who is that knockin', I'm from the projects
-'Fridgerator, empty pockets
-Just a dream of makin' dollars
-Fly my mama to the tropics
-When you barely used to make it by, you were do or die
-Now we got it
-Look at how we livin' now
Celebrating current success, achievements, and providing for family and friends.
Skyscraper tall, built from the ground
-Tired of seein' my pops go to work
-Can't wait 'til the day he can lounge
-Promise that I do it big
-For my family and my friends
-Took some losses just to win
-Put in more time 'til the end
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
Reiteration of the smooth and successful nature of the current circumstances.
(That's a layup, that's a layup)
-(That's a layup, that's a layup)
-Sunshine on my window, let's go float
-Pass me that pick and roll, off backboard
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-I remember talkin' 'bout how we gon' make it out the hood, man
Recalling discussions about overcoming challenges and representing one's hometown; global success is achieved.
And no matter who blow up first, we'll rep that, understood, man
-Gotta represent, I do it for my hometown
-Me and my crew we done took it worldwide, worldwide, we on now
-Higher, higher, higher
Encouragement to rise above challenges, keep the fire alive, and acknowledge a higher power.
'Cause we done seen low
-Never turn down your fire
-Gotta let your light show
-Most high the empire
-Put that on my life, though
-Nowadays we drive slow, scorin' with my eyes closed
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
Repetition emphasizing the continued success and ease in current endeavors.
(That's a layup, that's a layup)
-(That's a layup, that's a layup)
-Sunshine on my window, let's go float
-Pass me that pick and roll, off backboard
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-You been runnin' long enough to get a layup
Encouraging persistence in various life pursuits and finally achieving success.
You been drivin' long enough to get a layup
-You been hustlin' long enough to get a layup
-You been passed up long enough to get a layup
-You been runnin' long enough to get a layup
-You been drivin' long enough to get a layup
-You been hustlin' long enough to get a layup
-You been passed up long enough to get a layup
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
Repetition of the imagery of an easy, successful situation, akin to making a layup.
(Layup, layup)
-Sunshine on my window, let's go float
-Pass me that pick and roll, off backboard
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Lookin' like layup, layup, lay
-Layup, layup, lay
Final repetition and emphasis on the theme of success and ease, expressed as a "layup."
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