Name: Paper Trails
Duration: P00H02M47S
Description: Paper Trails is the second single from Jordan's upcoming album Thank You 4 Ur Purchase But We R Not For $ale which will be available on June 30th.

Paper Trails

by Jordan Montgomery

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Paper Trails is the second single from Jordan's upcoming album Thank You 4 Ur Purchase But We R Not For $ale which will be available on June 30th.

lyrics

Verse 1 - Jordan Montgomery

9:23 my day starts with a robbery
Guns and ski masks holding tellers hostage
We get thrown in a bag on the way to the spot
Moments later car chase with cops
Overheard shots fired and the screech of the tires
Car crash and the bag opens up I’m floating away
Land on the pavement a kid comes and picks me up
Headed to the store to buy for some candy and toys
The cashier runs a pen across my face to see if I’m counterfeit
Puts the cap on the pen and slides me in the register
Counts the drawer at the end of the night
Crooked manager being slick slides me in his pocket
Did it smooth without the cameras watching
After work hits his plug for a ounce who is still a teenager
Got an operation down in his mom’s basement
She finds out raids the spot
Throws him out with the little bit that he got
Takes me and the rest of the cash to hail a cab
On his way to get a bite to eat
Then two dudes in a black Jeep who he had mad beef
Known to pack mad heat
Shot the driver left the kid dead in the backseat
Cops come so the shooters flee the crime scene
Stuff me in they black jeans as they run like track meets

Chorus - Jordan Montgomery

It’s the life of a dollar bill reason people rob and steal
Know mad people that kill for that US Seal
Just so they can buy a meal just so they can pay they bills
Follow the tale of this paper trail

It’s the life of a dollar bill reason people rob and steal
Know mad people that kill for that US Seal
Just so they can buy a meal just so they can pay their bills
Follow the tale of this paper trail

Verse 2 - Jordan Montgomery

I’ve been used to do good I’ve been used to dirt
I’m around on the 15th around on the first
The reason that you might want to steal a an old lady’s purse
I’m used to build jails I’m used to post bail
Whether doctor or the dealer I’m used in drug sales
Been called the root of evil but it’s the motives of the people
That makes my power my so lethal
Desperate times call for desperate measures
Get a little bit of me and they dive in they guilty pleasures
Sunken treasure but you might just drown
Kids kidnapped for ransom hope they might be found
Million dollar contact you pitch from a mound
Or have that sound that record labels say that’s hot now
I’m the green, I’m the cheese, I’m the lettuce, I’m the bread
I’m the chips, I’m the cake, I’m the guap, I’m the scrilla
All different terms for the dollar dollar billa

Chorus - Jordan Montgomery

It’s the life of a dollar bill reason people rob and steal
Know mad people that kill for that US Seal
Just so they can buy a meal just so they can pay they bills
Follow the tale of this paper trail

It’s the life of a dollar bill reason people rob and steal
Know mad people that kill for that US Seal
Just so they can buy a meal just so they can pay their bills
Follow the tale of this paper trail

credits

released June 16, 2020
Lyrics written by Jordan Montgomery
Production by C. Scott
Mixed and mastered by Aaron Karsh of Serenity Sounds
Cover art by Dakarai Ashby

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about

Jordan Montgomery Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Jordan Montgomery is a rapper and entrepreneur from Pittsburgh, PA.

Jordan’s discography details the complexities of Black life through compelling and engaging lyrics. Jordan has collaborated and shared stages with an array of musical greats including Rakim, Chuck D and Tom Morello.

Jordan’s new album Prime Real Estate is available now. ... more