[Intro]
Stress runs the world
Stress runs the world

[Verse 1]
Heckling, licking lips
Not a slope but a quip
Hope on the hip
Note my drip
Hold my grip
No pattern
Rub the lantern
Higher stakes
Wrote it dangling off the fire escape
Wired to isolate
Telling the truth with a liar's shake
Shangri-La awaits shinobi
Keep that grin on me
Homilies for the homies
Amaretto when I'm lonely
Geppetto's specialty was making phonies, huh
Proper roadside wood carving
Land parcel looking like Busch Gardens
Quit rap to be a kush farmer
Not really
Smirk like Akinyele
Protrude the pot belly
Bust the b-boy in profile
Must the decoy know now what their essence is facsimile
Lessons in fragility
Menagerie of the guilty
[Hook]
Stress run the world my n***a
You must know that
Stress run the world my nig-
You must know that
Stress run the world my nig-
You must know that
You must know that

Stress run the world my n***a
You must know that
Stress run the world my n***a
You must know that
Stress run the world
Stress run the world

[Outro]
Stress runs the world