Royce Da 5'9" - Gottaknow Lyrics

I actually bought the album Royce is top 10 Hate Me Or Love Me Royce the genius

That beat made it hard to not spazz on it...

I get goose bumps when this song comes on. Royce's flow is ridiculous and genius with his pen and it's mind boggling that he just keeps getting better SMH....#GOAT

0:48 another cosby victim

Cash rules everything around me
I ain’t claiming I’m street
I’m just saying everything that surrounds me is concrete
In the bubble-eyed ride all because I bubble like Don P
Right beside me’s a dime piece, college girl looking ‘bout as good as I sleep
That’s cause I keep it low, the opposite of high key
Y’all niggas got the wrong idea ‘bout what’s really going on, out here
Y’all weird, I see, they told you, ‘Keep your ears to the streets’
Y’all niggas laying down and y’all ears out here in these streets
I guess you took it literal
Guess the only code you live by’s forget-it-code
Uh, if I should get my own guilty verdict
May the next man learn from it, then flourish
You could put it on the news, you could put my face on the front of a shirt, then the latest video, then blur it
Y’all niggas fucking with the next nigga, bitch
Mostly attracted to her cause she the next nigga bitch
One of my niggas made a name for killing niggas
Now he on the slayin' spree for Dilla niggas, I call it the nigga nitch
Life is set up for you to dig a ditch
God is looking down on all, being carried by the crisp pallbearers
Like, just ball, player
You ain’t even gotta pull a trigger, you can still assist
Imma keep it real as this

[Chorus]
Got to know when to row from the madness
Got to know when to give these niggas passes
Got to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em
Got to know when to beats niggas asses
Got to know when the money ain’t good money
Got to know when somebody ain’t good for ya’
Got to know when to open and when to close
When being silent exposes, and when it’s golden
Got to know all the got to knows
Got to know all the got to knows

[Verse 2]
God made us niggas, then made us all breakable
Then gave us all decision making that’ll make or break a nigga
People tryna blaze with you, just so they can lace a nigga
All because of public sensationalism
With brothers with faces that people see and can relate to
When the place where the foundation of eating’s
Higher population is based on popularity
Gotta be careful where you place your wisdom
All it takes is just one conversation where you unbeknownst to the fact you’re talking to an abomination
At the wrong place, at the wrong time, with the wrong crime taking place
That’ll put you away for a long grind, where it’s locked
Where it’s not safe unless you know them combinations
Yeah, it’s just a way a man to be taken by the same thing that took his brother
We don’t learn from each other, we learn to look the other
Way when one of us in trouble
That karma looking to catch you, it’s patient
It’ll wait till you think you would love to come get you
Cause it know that women been the downfall of men ever since pussy was discovered
Dearly beloved, you soul searching for nothing
Just follow the instincts the lord versed you with, historically
That feeling that you get in your gut been getting ignored more than that poor person
Who’s living under the gun in this cold, cold world that we live in
That’s under the imminent control of the consumer and indigenous war merchants
More religion and more churches, doctors, more nurses
Cause it’s the American way to make anything that’ll finish you or drop you, for purchase
Who said I couldn’t buy my way into heaven?
All I need is a bottle, a couple dollars, a couple people that’ll keep me company
And who love misery as much as me
You got to know your pedigree, got to be yourself at all times
Your true self at all times ain’t gon hesitate to let you know when you should let it be
A lot of these brothers done died tryna follow their pride
Gotta know the alert signs, them butterflies as reliable as your first mind, genetically

[Chorus]
Got to know when to row from the madness
Got to know when to give these niggas passes
Got to know when to hold ‘em and when to fold ‘em
Got to know when to beats niggas asses
Got to know when the money ain’t good
Got to know when somebody ain’t good for ya’
Got to know when to open and when to close
When being silent exposes, and when it’s golden
Got to know all I got to know
Got to know all I got to know

"Who said I couldn't buy my way in to heaven? All I need is a bottle, a couple dollars, a couple people that will keep me company and who love misery as much as me." 🔥 always hits home.

2019 and still blowing out my speakers

Should have way more views!

Royce is in the top 5 best rappers of all time.

So close to 250k Views!!!💥💥💥

Great album, fuck the underrated shit, I appreciate it. Royce isn't that type of rapper that relies on numbers.

@2:35 Royce, that flow is insane!

Best song ive heard in a longgg time

Masterpiece

SOOOO UNDERATED  , KING LOS TOO....The skill is just........prime

Who are the 138 cock gobblers who didn’t like this!

Dude is a beast. Detroit rep- bars bro.

Layers to player's membership

fuck this world !!! this man need to be a legend !!!

Royce possibly could be the third greatest rapper of all time imo.. love how far he has come book of Ryan could be one of the top albums for me

Damn!!!!!

They sleepn on you royce..... Still! I just want to say thank you. Truly!!!!

☝🏻💜

My favorite track next to Pray! ROYCE DROPPING KNOWLEDGE

THE GOAT!!!

Royce said he wasn't leaving here without a classic
I bang this shit all day every day. You did it.

Got a thing for olda women who are photogenic
But .. everyone that I find .. is codependent fuck
Guess I should marry this golden pen then huh?
Yeah .. bet it would had never hurt me
Like the one - who had left me here with these lyrics
I'm always .. working .. till you call may .. a word king
Somethin I feel you should all say .. that I'm deserving
Ole-ready .. flow deadly .. for real ..
I feel like a god with that art that ascending
When see, me partin a red sea, you know?
Cleanin up blood on the floor beneath me
With a fuckin squeegee
Believe me - these hands are blistered
After becomin'at coveted answer, listen
You can hear that I demand submission

-- RyZen

Got to know

Deep. One of his best songs he's ever recorded!

That 3rd fuckinG verse !!!!!!! InsaneSS

The last verse is laced with some much game. So many gems. So effortless in his word chaining and smooth ass delivery. Royce is the best rapper ever skill for skill and he continuesly proves it.
🐗🤘

Royce will probably never read this, but for anyone else listening i’m gonna make a bold statement. Royce is the most underrated emcee of all time. As someone who has been studying hip-hop for a long time, I strongly believe that 20 years from now Royce will be regarded as a pioneer for backpackers and rappers period. He is literally so smart that 90% of rap listeners don’t understand him, and don’t take time to listen to the gem they’ve stumbled upon. This is more than modern day Shakespeare. This is Shakespeare for any time period ever.

Coop 33 Hill 💯

Double coop 33 hills bet

As a writer.....i don't think people understand how much of an almost undeniable fact this is. His delivery, punctuation, slang, metaphors, punchlines, concepts, storytelling ability, references, syllabic patterns.....He writes at such a high skill level that i literally can't understand how he's gotten to this point. I don't really care wether he gets the accolades or not, all i want is for someone to explain to me what kind of regiment lead to this mans abilities getting to this point. His verses usually end up the only ones i can't break down to a science schematically......

scarface and royce my all time favs

I argued with niggas in 04 about how great he was,royce would be an undeniable great if he was not so close to eminem imo.can you imagine having a hype man of the lyrical calibre of royce!, thats crazy.

Fuck all of ya dirty bastards

Best rapper alive

That second verse was one of the best of all time. Whole song actually

this song has literally saved my life from a terrible situation.... Thank God for artist like Royce who writes real music with knowledge and truth.

MiKalibur what happened bro

Aye stay blessed

I want the instrumental to this man

Best song on layers

Best song on an album of great songs. This shit is boom level

I guess you took it literaaal, I guess the only code you live by is forget it coooode, uh!

i feel like these Tai Lopez ads are directed towards me specifically.

Thumbs up if you caught the Tech N9ne reference

What the fuck this is hard

Oh My!!!!

cream I ain't claiming I'm street I'm just saying everything around me concrete

Goosbumps Butterflys increased Heart Rate, Cause.. = Royce Da 5'9.. his music better then drugs.. say no to drugs kids..

Royce was nice with this....are yall hearing first of all the lyrical flow on this one....and second of all the game hes spittin!!!! RS!

snot nose

About time people give my boy love woo wee

I bought this album before I heard any track on here because I know how raw royce is and to be honest...might be one of the best albums I've ever heard. most people don't like this kinda shit but royce spits that lava flow straight up. these beats are unheard of too. wow

unreal what a track...

album of the fucking year... im only one out of my friends who listens to shit like this... everytime i try to put them on they say its wack because hes actually rapping and isnt mumbling bullshit and wack ass punch lines ... my friends listen to uzi and thugga and a boogie... shit is annoying

Carr Buckets I feel u man I only have three other niggaz in my neibourhood that listen to real rap
Niggas that like uzi and thug her are brainwashed really

Carr Buckets niggas act like you torturing them when you show them stuff like this

Gottaknow aka a guide for surviving the streets successfully.

want another royce eminem album..truly the best lyricist ever

Hey y'all know where that last beat come from ? @ 3:40?

Not a big fan of Royce unless its his bad meets evil stuff. Insane lyricist but some of his beets don't flow with me. but this song hits new and different levels and is a perfect song. he should do more like this. Fire song

Best track on album...hell song of the year!!

GOD DAMN! Every time I hear it.... There's some real talk in there.. #truestory

28 people should go headbutt a board full of nails..... fuking mumble rap fuktards!

and its 32 people now lolo

zombielicious2 OR they may just have their own opinions and sonic preferences, and actually didn't like the song. im not one of these people, but your biast view had to be corrected

zaire rodgers if u dislike this song... u are either deaf,or fuking dumb... no way around it.. this is the definition of hip hop/rap..

Calm down. Everyone has different opinions. Not everyone's gonna like what you like, deal with it.

zombielicious2 this is the definition of brilliance , and yes majority of those who dislike this song are on a 8th grade reading level

For the love of all that's green and good in the world....WHO THE FUCK IS DISLIKING THIS!!!!

Wooooooh!!! Royce is nasty

AMAZING!!!

one of the best tracks ever. period.

UNDERRATED AF

Wayne S this track is just pure flames, will go down in real rap as one of the hardest tracks of all time

I think everybody feels that Royce changed his ways and turned his faith to God. The most realist shit ive heard. God bless Royce you helped me 💪🏻

If you ever wanted to know what the beautiful baby of Tupac and Eminem would sound like...well, that's pretty much Royce.

haha real shit.... I was listening and Royce sounds like pac if he never died

damn royce sounded like pac on this one.

@howto42 Agreed. The world is doomed. Fashion means nothing to me. Fuck trends. Fuck 90% of "rap" Shit ain't what it used to be. I'm rockin that Scarface Deeply Rooted album right now...SOOOO good

Daniel Dew Pac is legendary but he can't spit Layers like this.

howto42 pac didnt really have a flow . it was more of he had a raw delivery

@Daniel Santos lmao biggie hella overrated

Royce is nicer than them both .... but BIG had bars dawg don’t hate

easily one of the best rap songs 2016

....in years homey

DAMN ROYCE! PURE FIRE YOUR SPITTING BRO!

Who the hell would dislike this song? :s

this guy doesn't get enough credit albums fireeeeeeee

Man this is Hot forreal...he zoned out

Bad fuckin ass! My sound track all summer....Karma knows women been the downfall of men every since pussy has been discovered

The second verse is amazing and could possibly be in the running for the best verse of 2016.

definitely one of my all-time favorites from Royce. been a listener since Slim Shady LP y'all been sleepin on him for years acting like he just now put out a hot track; he's been on fire

This song has that Tupac/Eminem/Black Thought type of flow. Very lyrical

You are absolutely right. Couldn't have described it better. Crazy flow on a crazy album.

bLaCk ThOT

top 3 songs on album

the hardest sh*t I've heard all year thus far!

His rhyme patterns...Holy shit!

More importantly is what he's saying....he's actually saying something, ya know what I'm saying?

Danny Santos gotta know

Royce Em and kendrick are only artist on my play list

I like kendricks bars but he aint hard enough for me I need some Crooked I, Slaughterhouse shit like that.

crooked I is fire also . real heavy hitter slaughter house ain't no one knock them I don't think

@Neu Matic
I wasnt say anyone was bro No hate, I was just sayin I like that kind hard as shit like La Coka Nostra, Psycho realm, Slaughterhouse, Sean P u know more like that. Just a little more raw

+nikko garcia true true I hear ya , man crazy how music just makes you think sometimes .

Like the way he flows

Nice beat real smooth

Royce kendrick Crooked I Eminem Tech n9ne hopsin ces cru king los j cole childish gambino yelawolf krayzie bone and rittz are the best rappers alive

Praises Black rappers then throws racist rhetoric at a man he assumes is Black. Take your racist ass outta here.

gucci mane forgot logic

@sevnupking The idiot posing as "gucci mane" is definitely LACKING logic.

Wheres the instrumental?

amazing song.

That Illuminati sign above his head though lol

Illuminati confirmed

this mother fucker just lit a fire up under the arses of every emcee on the planet!!!

lyrics for infinite.

Wow. Amazing delivery and untouchable lyrics....

Most of you say "this shit fire" but that pisses me off. y'all been sleep'n on his shit.. I've been listening to him since icp cypher

fireeeeeeeee

Royce spittin that fiaahh

Typical beast shit from Nickle 🔥🔥🔥

i didnt know that. It's about time, thx for the info

gotta love hip hop at its finest

BEAUTIFUL ! ! ! this is art not rap 1 of the best from detroit ROYCE DA 5 9

This is incredible. Speechless