Joell Ortiz - Night Train lyrics

rate me

Chorus:

I... I’ve been going crazy

Working past midnight

On that night train

So I lay down my tracks

But I can’t complain

I’m not going to give up

'Til the whole world knows my name!

Oh, I...

Hate the sound of that alarm clock

I got to get myself up while it's still dark

Half sleep waiting on that damn train

Last week I almost quit and pop the champagne

To celebrate in longer havin' to struggle

But I didn't, in fact I stayed longer and did a double

I feel like a sell out

All of my niggas hustle

But my children got me not wanting to get in trouble

So everyday I report to this mean guy

Call him boss and swallow my pride when he screams hi

Same work same ten minute break

Same money after taxes to the Feds and the State

Same amount of bills still sitting in the mail

Same elevator full of piss so it smells

Same TV shows at night while I’m in bed

So this plays over and over inside my head

Chorus:

I... I’ve been going crazy

Working past midnight

On that night train

So I lay down my tracks

But I can’t complain

I’m not going to give up

'Til the whole world knows my name!

Oh, I...

Hate the sound of them patrol cars

You see I tried the honest life but it was so hard

So I cashed my last check and bought a couple grams

Now my dough ain't in the bank it's in a rubberband

I'm my own boss don't answer to nobody

When my phone ring I go down to my own lobby

And make a lick in sweat pants no more uniforms

No work boots my feet sit in louis vuitton

When there's drama I make sure that my ruger's drawn

They constantly try and test you, you got to prove 'em wrong

You got to keep your work good, you can't lose your horns

You got to know to be a king, you got to use your pawns

If you ain't there to see somebody else 'cause you was gone

So you still got to be out there before the roosters yawn

You got to duck the d-text when they cruise along

The fast life ain't all that homie you been warned

Chorus:

I... I’ve been going crazy

Working past midnight

On that night train

So I lay down my tracks

But I can’t complain

I’m not going to give up

'Til the whole world knows my name!

Oh, I...

Hate the comments from the haters gums

I don’t see the big deal the shit he say is dumb

I can’t believe they said his energy's the same as pun's

He ain’t ask for that release, Dre gave him one

Y'all crazy y'all don't listen to the words?

How the adjective describes the noun sitting with the verb

I’m bigger than the bird

I’m hip-hop’s new Blackberry

Ya'll niggas still mimicking the Curve

I deliver with a swerve like a whip that hit the curb

When they finish with the brick

They couldn’t listen to you herbs

Ya'll painful like junk food sitting in the nerves

So when they say you top ten

Hell yeah I get disturbed!

I turn to MTV and the cribs are just absurd

And I ain't got no money like Timbaland and Fert

But it won’t be long before I’m living in the burbs

'Cause I work hard I pray and I'm sizzling ya heard?

Chorus [x3]:

I... I’ve been going crazy

Working past midnight

On that night train

So I lay down my tracks

But I can’t complain

I’m not going to give up

'Til the whole world knows my name!

Oh, I...

I... I’ve been going crazy

Working past midnight

On that night train

Thanks to kayinq for correcting these lyrics