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Mmm... ooh-ooh... yeah... saltwater...
Palm trees lean like they tired too Long Beach sun gon' do
what the sun gon' do
I been treading water in a button-up
Smiling at the surface while my shoes fill up Granny crossed an
ocean so I could cross the street Now I flinch at my
own block, ain't that something sweet They say keep your head above
it, never ask me how I just float and let 'em call
the drowning a flex now
Saltwater
(saltwater), hold me up,
don't drown me out
Ocean keep a long memory but it let me dance,
dance
Saltwater (saltwater), every wave done met my grandmother
Stay up on top of the tide,
that's the only plan I had (dance on top,
dance on
top, dance on top of the water)
Gold chain heavy like the things I don't say Sip something blue,
watch the afternoon decay Learned to swim in a city built on
sinking Smile so wide you'd never guess what I'm thinking Every summer
take a homie like the current take a toe Pour a little
out and watch it disappear slow Mama say I'm blessed,
I say I'm just still here Same thing in my city,
the line get thin out here
Saltwater (saltwater), hold me up,
don't drown me out
Ocean keep a long memory but it let me dance,
dance Saltwater (saltwater), every wave done met my grandmother
Stay up on top of the tide,
that's the only plan I had (dance on top,
dance on top, dance on top of the water) Float for me
(float), sway for me (sway),
lean in the gray for me Move slow,
don't let the undertow
take the day from me Float for me (float),
sway for me (sway),
one more wave, stay with me Hands up if the water ever
tried to make a grave for me
(everybody dance...
on top...) Saltwater (saltwater),
hold me up, don't drown me out
Ocean keep a long memory but it let me dance,
dance Saltwater (saltwater),
every wave done met my grandmother
Stay up on top of the tide,
that's the only plan I had (dance on top,
dance on top, dance on top of the water)
Stay up on top of the tide...
'fore the tide decide to—