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When the Sky Turns Red by Joey Nato album cover

When the Sky Turns Red

by Joey Nato

Lyrics
I think it's time to try to give them what they all want
I been studyin' this game, but, this game ain't no fun
Time to take it over, now my mouth is sprayin' like a gun
I been doubted all my life, but all this doubt is overrun
Now it's over, run, scream, cry, go, you're done
I'm a giant in this bitch, Fee-Fi-Fo-Fum! (woo!)

Listen, everybody, this is not a warning track (nah)
Crypt and Nato, the morticians and zipping the body bags
Takin' courses when their calf rips off of them losin' they soul
Rippin' out they throats, so dope when this beat, go

You're flow's so old that it grows mold
Mine explodes, like it rose from a blowhole
Don't you know? Me and Joe are the bros
Takin' over the whole rap game, that's so bold

Everybody acts like they're Gods on a track
Like they're Usain Bolt, but I'm Gatlin in the back
And in a flash I'll mow you down
And you'll get passed, I'll take the crown
The funny thing about the top, is it's a long way down

At the ground
I got a crowd of a bunch of people that'll catch me (long way down)
And they'll throw me up in the air with a ton of care (long way down)
But I spread my wings and then I'll soar up to the top (long way down)
So, don't you test me, I'll get messy, don't impress me?
Pull up on your dirty ass like a wedgie (long way down)

When the sky turns red, get your cameras ready
'Cause that's an opportunity, and life don't hand you many
Everybody's in the market for bread and 'Fetti
Well, I'm the infant in the car, 'cause you can't forget me
I can really guarantee I'll never forfeit (never)
If you ever hated on me, I ignored it (I did)
I probably caught your chick the next mornin' ('nin')
Then, I went for the head like Thor did!

Wait what? You ain't know that Joey Nato had it in him?
Well, I figured I would show you before it is Armageddon
I've been preppin' up a weapon that's gon' make an epidemic
And you gonna be alarmed, so, don't be shocked when I said it

I've been working like executive, but treated like a peasant
Who else could tell me otherwise? Lies, I could not defend it
I've been letting all that pettiness get all up in my head
And it's the end of that, yeah, it's the end of that, yeah!

I can feel a new beast emerging from inside (yeah)
I took a look at myself and I finally realized (what?)
That I ain't got much time left on this Earth (nah)
So, I gotta give it everything before I'm in the dirt (uh)

'Cause I'm walking around with a scar and a target on my back (yeah)
But, I'm smarter than my enemies, I'm sharper than attacks (yeah)
So, I drop another track (yeah) and let 'em marvel at that (yeah)
And when they're distracted with my trap (yeah)
I'll attack them from the back (yeah, woo)

Pushing my buttons? I come to the top
Rising, because I'm the cream of the crop
Summoning me is dumb as can be
Because you won't ever get me to stop
Swore to myself I would never flop
Keeping the haters away from the shot
Give me the keys, they're coming with me
And everybody gonna see I'm a God!

Ooh, yes, this what we do, yes (yeah)
And I verify that a blue checks
It was a dumb move and I should've knew it
But, like I toll booth, I had to go through it (what?)
Just like I had to push carts, mop kitchens, sell cars
Valet in L.A. for the people living large (woo!)
They tried to belittle me (ha!) tried it
I threw my vest on the ground, and I told them, "I quit!"

You can't talk to me any type of way, no, sirry
What the hell you gotta say? "Oh, you gon' hear from my attorney!"
I don't care about your threats, man, get it through your head
Or I'll get right through it, Joker and Murray
See, here's a little thing about the doubters as I encounter
When it's shots fired, then everybody scurry
I told 'em that it's going down, like an ice cream machine
So, don't think about getting a McFlurry (ha!)

People think it's all YouTube, IG, and Twitter (how?)
I was hopping on planes with this whole dilemma (yeah)
I mean, damn, do I have to go through that again?
I don't need to spell it out, like an acronym

When I cross your path, it's bad, like a black kitten
I pass it back again, my rap's a sacrament
My flow's so divine, like it was a baptism
I pack it in, you're trash, I compact it in
Get back to practicin', I'm cashin' in
The fact you rap is a massive sin
I'm fracturin', you rappers are lapperin' the rack it in
The march to this madness, no bracketin'

People gonna hear this instrumental
Then they're gonna be like, "Joey, let's work if you're down"
I'mma tell them, "Like, man, I made this beat seven years ago
So, imagine what I'm cookin' up now!" (ha)
When the sky turns red, y'all don't need to make a sound
Y'all done activated Armageddon, so, you better bow

Bow, bow, 'cause the youngin took more L's than the Browns
So I'll tussle with a guppie, I'll be damned if I drown
Now we spreading all ways, got them all on strings
But, don't fret, I'm the Dawgs rising up, no swings

Which means I got a pretty different list than the Dean's
Might've failed all my life, now, I'm finally switching teams
It's the end of days, we the rap assassins
So, your time is up, come and feel the rapture, like bah!