Our Nation (song)

Lyrics

[Intro]
Yeah… bounce with me
Run it up, let’s go
[Verse 1]
I been in the booth since the tape had a hiss
You was in the comments tryna borrow my risk
Ten years deep in the publishing game
Every split sheet signed, every line got a name
You the flavor of the week, I’m the whole cookbook
You the pretty little cover, I’m the hook that they took
Run it back, run it back, let the drummer go dumb
Talking big on the internet, but where you from?
You ain’t paid no dues, you ain’t paid no rent
You just found a little loop and called it heaven-sent
I write it, I produce it, I deliver it raw
You a ghost in the credits that the people never saw
[Chorus]
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
Name on the paper, yeah, I said it (said it!)
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
You can copy the wave, but you can’t get credit
Hey! Hey! Who wrote that?
Hey! Hey! Bring the receipts back
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
Name on the paper, go and read it
[Verse 2]
Industry plant with a rented chain
Same three bars and a different name
Label put you on, but the label don’t love you
Soon as you stop trending, they’ll find somebody above you
I don’t need a co-sign, I don’t need a plug
I built it out the hills with a mic and some love
Pull up to the session and the room go quiet
You hear that piano? Yeah, they tryna buy it
But the masters ain’t for sale and the pen ain’t either
You a part-time rapper, I’m a full-time keeper
Say it to my face, not a sneaky little tweet
Bring your whole squad, I just need one beat
[Chorus]
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
Name on the paper, yeah, I said it (said it!)
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
You can copy the wave, but you can’t get credit
Hey! Hey! Who wrote that?
Hey! Hey! Bring the receipts back
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
Name on the paper, go and read it
[Bridge]
Everybody in the back, put your hands up
If you wrote your own song, let me see you stand up
If you never took a line that you didn’t earn
Then bounce, bounce, bounce, let the speakers burn
(Hey!) Stand up! (Hey!) Stand up!
(Hey!) If you real, then stand up!
[Verse 3]
Now the whole block singing what I wrote last night
Your publicist panicking, tryna spin it right
I ain’t gotta lie, I ain’t gotta pretend
Every verse got a timestamp, check it again
You was in my DMs asking how I do it
Now you on the radio, sounding like you knew it
Nah, nah, nah, you can’t rewrite the past
Paper trail long and it’s built to last
Tommy West Sr., the original sound
You a remix, baby, you ain’t holding no ground
Turn it up loud till the windows shake
Real ones rise and the fakes gon’ break
[Chorus]
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
Name on the paper, yeah, I said it (said it!)
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
You can copy the wave, but you can’t get credit
Hey! Hey! Who wrote that?
Hey! Hey! Bring the receipts back
Check the credits! (Check ’em!)
Name on the paper, go and read it
[Outro]
Check the credits…
TOMMY Dj on the paper…
They copy, we create
Bounce out