[Chorus: ??? & Gunna]
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads (Yeah)

[Verse 1: Gunna]
Don't get found on a back road (Why?)
You be layin' in the cut, on the ground full of hollows (Full of hollows)
In a puddle of blood, wit' your eyes closed (Wit' your eyes closed)
He's been there for so long that his heart cold (That his heart cold)
Oh, th- that's how it goes (That's how it goes)
The cops don't care and they probably never show (They probably never show)
Ain't no wallet or nothin', for the info (For the info)
No identification, so the case closed (The case closed)
It's a shame how he got shot (Damn)
Took the wrong back road and he got got (And he got got)
This life of crime, it ain't gon' stop (Life of crime)
Mama called on the phone, sayin' the block hot (The block hot)
Hell no, I'ma keep mine cocked
I'ma stack these racks, can't run in my spot (Racks, run in my spot)
Ah, it ain't no backdo' (Backdo')
Just straight gettin' dough, these my backroads (These my backroads)
[Chorus: ??? & Gunna]
Don't you take the back roads (Oh)
Don't you take the back roads (Oh-oh)
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads (Yeah)

[Verse 2: Gunna]
In the winter, we were really on the backroads (Really on the backroads)
Gettin' wholes, tryna break 'em down and sell O's (Gettin' wholes)
We was young, had to learn how to stack dough (How to stack dough)
I know it's cold, but we gotta get this pack sold (We gotta get this pack sold)
We goin' up, so you know I got the pesos (You know I got them racks)
I'm on the grind, it's a must that we get mo' (Must that we get mo')
If he owe, then we takin' like the repo (Takin' like the repo)
I heard them young n***as killin' off of Flat Shoals (Grraow)
Fuck what you heard, I was born in the P (I'm born on the P)
Word to my mother, I was on the backstreets (Backstreets)
Had to stay ten toes, practice what you preach (Practice what you preach)
Got n***as down the road and n***as that deceased (Come home)
Shops stay hot, but the streets so cold (The streets so cold)
Dead end zone, we don't use no phone (Use no phone)
Wrong left turn, now you never goin' home (Never goin' home)
On this back road
[Chorus: ??? & Gunna]
Don't you take the back roads (Oh)
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads
Don't you take the back roads

[Outro]
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads
Don't take the back roads