The second single from Cee's sophomore solo album "Relentless", "Stay Woke" is a piano and guitar-driven neck snapper where Cee speaks the truth about the state of the world, calls out some big-name rappers and cements his presence in rap.
lyrics
Verse 1:
Yeah, staying woke like I don't sleep,
Dedicated like I won't cheat,
Forever ready like I hold heat,
Never dipping like I sold cheap, closed and packed up and cold leave,
Man, we tryina make rap great again,
Slash Lil Yachty with a razor then,
Catch Kodak Black without a bodyguard,
Snatch Hip Hop back, kid, we about a bar,
I ain't mumble, I ain't stutter, I'm the cleanest,
Tiff got 'em looking at me like a genius,
Jonny showed me that a superstar ain't fucking with us,
And Notion told me 'Kill 'em, homie, you the fucking realest'
Hook:
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Same folks play ghost when the lane open
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Ain't broke, but the milli what we came fo'
Verse 2:
Eh, I'm so woke, I am omnipresent,
Mind opened '03 and I ain't miss a lesson,
Reposition so the kid'll be the king of ev'rything,
Drinks is on the house, fam, I ain't tip a beverage,
Man, a new world with a grand plan,
Outsiders running rampant in a blank van,
But the establishment, they ain't having it,
And just imagine what they'll do from the embarrassment,
Damn, dark times call for light moves,
‘Coz we ain't tryina to contribute to what the hype do,
And every fucking Black Friday, it's a riot,
When the food and water finished, if you breathing, then you pious,
Yah, uh, life is real but shit is cold is fuck,
Atheist with the payslips, there is only us,
Icke showed me how the money is controlling us,
And Myer told me '80% of winning is showing up'
Hook:
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Same folks play ghost when the lane open
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Ain't broke, but the milli what we came fo'
Verse 3:
Eh, way stoked, I am well pleased,
Bell rings, it's over when hell freeze,
The alt-right got a handle 'til the devil leaves,
Then the future looking way up like a gel tease,
Fam, stay deflecting all the hate rays,
Either hate gays or they telling 'em that they can't stay,
I ain't hear you if you dwell below the pay grade,
I'm feeling like my pops did, runnin' shit in his hey day,
Motherfucker, I ain't perfect, this a pulpit,
Did some bullshit that the Henny'd had had a lot to with,
I can see right through 'em, my third eye zoned,
It's Walking Dead in the city, curb side clones,
Yah, stay woke, we relent-less,
Mama told me 'Go for gold, don't accept less',
My father hollered 'Get 'em, sonny, big cheques,
Is comin' so be ready coz this life is just a big test', wise words and so I stay woke
Hook:
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Same folks play ghost when the lane open
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Stay woke,
Ain't broke, but the billi what we came fo'
credits
released September 10, 2021
Produced by Myer Clarity
Guitar by Jon Rosner
Violin by Mike Tompa
Mixed & Mastered by Notion for Illnote Studios
Recorded by Josh Snider at A&B Sound, Toronto, Canada
Released via The Movement Fam & AWAL / Sony
Art by Joshua Telfer for Believe Dreams Design Life
