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Playing For Keeps

from Your Moment Is Now by Papa J. Ruiz

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This beat was created in front of Papa J Ruiz and instantly he wrote the song and recorded it that day. A week later when he went back to the studio to mix it there was a random Jamaican man in the lobby of the studio who joined our session and Ruiz spontaneously asked him to lay some outro vocals and he agreed.

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Turn me up...
Look
yeah
feel me
huh

Verse 1.

When the rents due Ruiz has no time for that lazy shit
want to box my family on some brady bunch crazy shit
86 Hov
& some 95 Em
On some 03 Nip
Fuck the middle man
and we was doubted
In the middle of mountains
This for my niggas only dreaming of making it out public housing
If you only knew the feeling of holding ounce's
& doubled up cheese
Free for the homies
Its 120 that out of town fee
My nigga said he'd bail me out but he resting in peace
Where do I turn
Where do I run if evil we speak
We aint homies can't applaud that's easy to see
All these blunts in my lungs make it harder to breath
& I'm always playing for now & playing for keeps
& I got no time to talk I aint counting no sheep
& I'm focused on the prize eliminate sleep
I aint staying In the house not the way that we eat

Hook.

You gotta get up out the house (You Bet Not Stay In)
Boy get up off your ass (You Bet Not Stay In)
Grind for ya Paper (You Bet Not Stay In)
Go put it on the line (You Bet Not Stay In)
When the family need to eat (You Bet Not Stay In)
Make your name live forever (You Bet Not Stay In)
Stay down for the come up (You Bet Not Stay In)
You gotta take what ever"s Yours (You Bet Not Stay In)

Verse 2.

Now money aint falling out the sky for me to really play with it
Planned out my life up to me to really stay with it
Life aint a blur
We got it off the curb
Pay my bills by the 3rd
Make it back as I work
This was destined
Walk with god
Nobody impressive
I'm just minding my business & always counting my blessings
& if it end now
I been proud
Spoke my story My niggas been down
For the win now
Lets Get it in now
Pray those that hate find the Ill out their heart
You either running with me or didn't run from the start
Weed in a jar
blow my pain out
Speak my peace before I age out
Seen niggas do time then base out
No trace out of hell Ruiz did it
Defeat the odds
I use to work a regular job
I still will for the paper if it come to it
& I always had a dream & I"ma run to it

Hook.

You gotta get up out the house (You Bet Not Stay In)
Boy get up off your ass (You Bet Not Stay In)
Grind for ya Paper (You Bet Not Stay In)
Go put it on the line (You Bet Not Stay In)
When the family need to eat (You Bet Not Stay In)
Make your name live forever (You Bet Not Stay In)
Stay down for the come up (You Bet Not Stay In)
You gotta take what ever"s Yours (You Bet Not Stay In)

Yea man
You can have whatever you want
True statement but people forget me
you hear me
yes man
Ruiz
Murder Murder
you bet not stay in
Love ya self
Hear God
Motivation for the youth
Never give up
you see
Sky is the limit
murder murder
Love ya self

credits

from Your Moment Is Now, released May 8, 2020
Written By Joshua Ruiz
Prod By Kid Sound
additional Vocals By The Jamaican One1
Mixed By Kid Sound

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