On the eve of Joell Ortiz & KXNG Crooked’s new project, the good folks at Mello Music Group sent us this joint titled, “Lose My Mind”. Anyone who grew up in the hood will most definitely relate to Joell and KXNG’s lyrics on this joint.

Grandma used to tell me everything a be ok..
radiator broke and the cold won’t go away
Sick for 6 days man this cold won’t go away
Elevator stuck and it’s no hot water

Another night taking baths in that stove top water
Moms running out the house when her blow got shorter
Somewhere in the Bronx this nigga Po shot Porter
It’s Rich families on tv wit a robot daughter

I’m standing in the arcade and don’t got quarters
Sneakers got the lean made my low tops shorter
Lint in my hair, snot in my nose
Stains on my gear, nobody knows

What it feels like to feel like in real life you gotta lie to feel like ya real life don’t feel like you not alive
Standing in the spot where ya partner died
Too young to see homicide, you traumatized

Visions of the back of ya fathers ride
Pulling off, u smelling the exhaust while ya momma cries
A young man, wit nobody left to idolize
28 grams, y’all know the bottle size

My block got monetized, monopolized had my own park place .. never put they whip in my spot.. I’m driving by
My hood right now thinking how the hell I survive?
That liquor every night, chicken wings, a side of fries

And beef that never took a day off… stay off the strip during holidays wit fireworks cause they Are
The perfect camouflage for drama let the K off
And never take work you can’t pay off if something go wrong … – Joell Ortiz