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In this song, Rod Wave examines his interior life about losing friends too soon, and calls life "a turtle race". He laments that he has lost too many friends too soon as they have fought a system that is stacked against them, but that life continues on in the turtle race. It's a poignant song as he examines themes of loss, grief and love.
Performed By: Rod Wave
From Album: Last Lap
Genre(s): Hip Hop, R&B
Language: English
Length: 3:07
Written by: Rodarius Green, Felix Govaerts, Kyris D'Asia Mingo, Thomas Horton
Released: October 11th, 2024
Year: 2024




Rod Wave - Turtle Race Lyrics
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Pipe that shit up, TnT (uh)
Look
Yeah, look
Yeah, yeah, look

Back to back, rollin' up, four in the morning, thinking about my nigga
Lord knows that I'ma miss you
Sometimes my life get super wild and I be wishin' I was with you (oh)
But the turtle race continues
Walked out the door without my pistol
Just know whenever they come and get me, it's gon' be a bang out (grrah)
Long live Bangout, he was the first to leave on this journey (yeah)
Lord, don't let me leave this earth so early
Let me watch my seeds grow and flourish
Promise to change my ways, I'm goin' corporate
Mama said this where the thuggin' ends
I wonder who gon' fix my heart, I wonder who gon' wipe my tears
Wonder why my life hard, I wonder when my pain gon' heal
And tell the feds I know they real, don't want no smoke with 'em
But they had my brother, I had to come and get him
So many niggas fell a victim, lost off in the system
I hit my knees, God came and got me (yeah)
So many court dates and funerals, tribulations and trials
Snakes with handshakes, crossed and crooked smile
From the streets to the bunk, from the bunk to the streets
Thug life ain't dead, believe me
And for my niggas locked down, at war with the system (yeah)
I promise to come and get you
And to my niggas dead and gone up in heaven, know I miss you
The turtle race continues, the turtle race continues, nigga (yeah)

Mm-mm, mm-mm, yeah, turtle race, turtle race (the turtle race)
The turtle race continues, nigga
Yeah, mm-mm-mm (yeah, yeah)
The turtle race, yeah, the turtle race
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Pipe that shit up, TnT (uh)
Look
Yeah, look
Yeah, yeah, look

Back to back, rollin' up, four in the morning, thinking about my nigga
Lord knows that I'ma miss you
Sometimes my life get super wild and I be wishin' I was with you (oh)
But the turtle race continues
Walked out the door without my pistol
Just know whenever they come and get me, it's gon' be a bang out (grrah)
Long live Bangout, he was the first to leave on this journey (yeah)
Lord, don't let me leave this earth so early
Let me watch my seeds grow and flourish
Promise to change my ways, I'm goin' corporate
Mama said this where the thuggin' ends
I wonder who gon' fix my heart, I wonder who gon' wipe my tears
Wonder why my life hard, I wonder when my pain gon' heal
And tell the feds I know they real, don't want no smoke with 'em
But they had my brother, I had to come and get him
So many niggas fell a victim, lost off in the system
I hit my knees, God came and got me (yeah)
So many court dates and funerals, tribulations and trials
Snakes with handshakes, crossed and crooked smile
From the streets to the bunk, from the bunk to the streets
Thug life ain't dead, believe me
And for my niggas locked down, at war with the system (yeah)
I promise to come and get you
And to my niggas dead and gone up in heaven, know I miss you
The turtle race continues, the turtle race continues, nigga (yeah)

Mm-mm, mm-mm, yeah, turtle race, turtle race (the turtle race)
The turtle race continues, nigga
Yeah, mm-mm-mm (yeah, yeah)
The turtle race, yeah, the turtle race
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Writer: Rodarius Green, Felix Govaerts, Kyris D'Asia Mingo, Thomas Horton
Copyright: Lyrics © Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd.

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