S.N.I.T.C.H. Lyrics

[Verse 2: Pusha T]
Got me tiptoeing through the conversation on our calls
Tryna act normal but the writin's on the walls

It's like I hear you smilin' when you heard they hit the wall
But I just let it ride so I don't be the next to fall
"They sayin' Terrion been getting money while I'm gone
And won't he tryna to holla at my bitch when I was home"
"Nah, he selling cars, it'd be him and Lil Rome"

I'm just tryna offset what he was sayin' on my phone
Nowadays niggas don't need shovels to bury you
Pointin' fingers like pallbearers how they carry you
So much for death before dishonor
Might as well have a robe and gavel like Your Honor

I just sit and wonder, play it by the numbers
When you ride like lightnin' then you crash like thunder
Seen your baby mama, she ain't even know if she should speak
What the fuck is there to say knowing her king's now weak sayin'


[Chorus: Pharrell Williams]
Sorry, nigga, I'm tryna come home
Sorry, nigga, I'm tryna come home

Well, the walls are talkin' to me and I know you think I'm wrong
But, sorry, nigga, I'm tryna come home, hey!

[Verse 3: Pusha T]
Let's talk real niggas, let's speak real, nigga
How many niggas you knew snitchin' you ain't killed, nigga?

Covered his own tracks, he didn't care that
We had a legacy he killed, I got to wear that

Every move we ever made is gettin' stared at
I bet the man inside his mirror doesn't stare back
Break your heart when the man you call your brother
Be the same one that set in motion all them undercovers
Called my mom mother, was at my graduation
When I signed my record deal you was my motivation
Uh, from great friends now it's no affiliation

Divided by the time he was facin', once he told me that

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Genius Annotation

This song represents an allusion to JAY-Z’s “A Week Ago” from Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life about how once friends are as Jay said it, now “dropping names” and how rats are trying to save themselves by breaking vows and codes they agreed upon by entering the drug game.

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What did Pusha T say about "S.N.I.T.C.H."?
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From Pusha’s Urban Legends interview, October 2018:

“I got a call…I want to believe I was in Virginia. Essentially the phone call was like you’re not going to hear from me no more. He was basically telling me you ain’t gonna talk to me no more. I can’t do all this time. I hung up the phone and called Pharrell like let me tell you what happened. ‘What is he saying exactly?' He’s like, 'He’s really about to [snitch]. I don’t think he’s going to go in on you, but he’s telling you that he’s gonna [snitch].' We hang up and then a couple days later I’m at South x Southwest in a car service and he calls me like, 'I got it. Sorry Nigga I’m Tryna Come Home.' I’m like that’s a long title. [Laughs] He’s like, 'No nigga, it’s S.N.I.T.C.H.' I’m like 'Oh my God! This is the greatest shit you ever gave me!.' He’s like, 'It’s crazy, right?! Now go write it.’

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