[Chorus: KingTrey]
You know n***as always late
Why y'all n***as always late to the party?
You know n***as always late (Look)

[Verse 1: KingTrey]
If I'm being real, we was the first to the party
We got this motherfucker started
Who invented culture? We invented rock
We invented hip-hop, who the king of pop?
They say n***as always late to the party, mm
You know n***as always late

[Verse 2: Mick Jenkins]
Gave motherfuckers the mathematics early
Gave motherfuckers the bath habits needed
Can't come clean, the past is too dirty
How do whole numbеrs and fractions get even?
Actions mislеadin'
N***as bite 'cause they actually still teethin'
Never use your neck when you speakin' to me
White gloves if you reach, be a deacon, my n***a
That's the least you could be, we been preachin' to choirs
Sing 'bout the truth, they gon' feature the liars
The gleam on my tooth from the gold on my molar
The only cap that a n***a know, I was seen in the fire
We a couple bad negros, act like you seen the Messiah
Ghetto superstar, no Mya
Get a new guitar, way the strings gettin' pulled
And the past get accord
Catch me out in traffic, need the basket and foul
Rarely pass anymore, just skip through the lane
White lady mad 'cause I did skip the line
Sorry, not sorry, I got in this bitch late
[Chorus: KingTrey & Kota The Friend]
You know n***as always late
Why y'all n***as always late to the party?
You know n***as always late
Why y'all n***as always late to the party? (Yeah, yeah, yeah)

[Verse 3: Kota the Friend]
Peace of mind for me and mines
A n***a gon' peep and read between the lies, yeah
And I can tell you ain't never seen a n***a with nerve
That demand what he really deserve
Gotta be free, do what I please
I don't want fame, n***a, give me my fee
I don't want praise 'cause I got a whole team
And we got a whole play, everybody gon' see, yeah
Black boys breakin' out of the concrete
N***as gon' make the blueprint and they gon' copy
And then you see the label drop me
Put me on the shelf to stop me
But you can't stop me
Bitch, you can try to block me
Nothin' you can do but watch me
I'm in the Rockys, hatin' when you can't even find me
Still a Brooklyn n***a, don't try me, yeah

[Chorus: KingTrey]
You know n***as always late
Why y'all n***as always late to the party? (Uh, yeah)
[Outro: KingTrey]
Haughty with how they movin', and knowing that we influenced it
People don't know the half of it, let's get down to the truth of it
Just try to find a wave they ain't hopped on
Still gon' say we was looking at the clock wrong
You know n***as always late
N***as always late, n***as always late
You know n***as always late
N***as always late, n***as always late, n***as always—
You know n***as always late