TMZ Highlights Damian Lillard Rap

Portland Trail Blazers point guard Damian Lillard is getting national attention once again, this time via entertainment/gossip powerhouse TMZ. The site gave props to Lillard's latest release, "They Sleep", which chronicles his frustration with being snubbed for the All-Star team.

We asked Damien [sic] about the song -- he told us, "It's just a break in the season and how I've been feeling. My thoughts. That's all."

Despite the misspelled name, the mention is further proof that Dame's brand extends far beyond the Rose City...maybe the only thing about the Blazers rising to the level of national attention right now. I think it's safe to say that if Lillard is going to get mentioned on TMZ, this is one of the better ways to do it.

You can listen to "They Sleep" right here.

Lyrics below:

Jahlil Beats, holla at me

[Brookfield Deuce]

They don’t want to see us win

Nah

So guess what we gon’ do

We gon’ win

That’s a major key

Yeah, I’m in the major leagues

Yeah, I’m center stage, fanboy

You can take a seat

Watch me drop 40 down your tonsils

The snubs we know end with nostrils

It’s hostile what it cost you

Lays on the shoulder, man

Kids off the old block

Chalk line environment

Yeah, the chips all we got

Retire, boy, we gon’ be here for a minute

Nate charge by the hour

He invoicing all the critics

They Leave us cut from the sentence

Til y’all just did a sentence

Told ‘em come A&R

Could control all the tenants

Feeling like I’m a yankee

All I swiped is the pennant

I been dumbing down the flow

Cuz most of y’all wouldn’t get it

Alright, phone yeah I’m in it

The pretty chicky, I’m in it

I’m buyin’ when cats is written

That’s how a dog got to get it

A ‘G’ up in the game

Brown sandals, white linen

How the hell I’ma lose?

Aint no ‘L’ in ‘I’m winnin’

Brookfield don’t allow that

Oakland High like a Wildcat

We never coming down

Satellites go around that

I sound like I’m comfortable

You think you dope

But you sound like a busta do

I’m hungry, you a lunchable

He said he was only short 10

Why you bust him for?

I said he take that

Aint no tellin’ what he tellin’ for

Put him in the chokey

Give him pressure, Ms. Trunchbull

Don’t make me go the trill

Boy, you lookin’ like Carlesimo

These players funnel in

When they gone, you won’t miss ‘em though

Why you in these halls

It’s gon’ feel like detention though

Class is in session

We either win or we learn

We never lose

So this hate is a lesson

Finessin’ while y’all stressin’

My presence here is a blessin’

Would tell ‘em ‘wake up’

But I’m out and they aint dressin’

They sleep

[Dame D.O.L.L.A.]

It shall come to the light

Everybody grab your shades

Cuz your boy that bright

It shall come to the light

So everybody grab your shades

Cuz your boy that bright

Let me holla at y’all ‘bout a few things quick

I’m as humble as they come, but my shoe game lit

I ain’t make the All-Stars, but I’m flu game sick

Last time they count me out, what I do Game 6?

You know the answer

But keep it to yourself

I really love this game, man

It’s deeper than the wealth

I was taught to play for keeps, but never keep it to yourself

Real recognize real and I only see myself

I see a lot of things different

but I’m blaming my environment

Ism I was getting is the reason y’all admire him

Ten toes down

And that’s just a requirement

That private housing peaceful when you used to hearin’ sirens

See I’m a major key

You suckas aint a factor

And grams said you’d get it, but I’m getting to it faster

I done did financial aid

I even did a FAFSA

Made it to the league

Still went and got my Bachelor’s

I savvy in the streets

And crafty with the rock though

Cruisin’ like a Porsche, but still looking out for potholes

Money got a smell

They was watching me at Roscoe’s

I was on alert

Seizin’ syrup on your waffles

I’m nothing like these others

My swag stay the same

I got a lot of cash, but I aint after the fame

Cuz that’s just a shame

I don’t need the validation

But y’all do y’all

I hope you reach your aspirations

I been told that I was petty

And I don’t beg to differ

Cuz I come from the basement

You could call me Big Tigger

My moves calculated

Man, I’m somethin’ like The Riddler

Movin’ on from you cons

Follow in the steps of Kemba

I hardly take shots

But when I do, I swish ‘em

And then we have a party

Call that a Bar Mitzvah

See I don’t play games

I’d rather work the system

They aint put in that time

and D.O.L.L.A.’s what it gets ‘em

I hardly care ‘bout the critics

I’m killin,’ they won’t admit it

Underdog robbed the cradle and they tryna babysit it

Raised around goons

We aint much into the gimmicks

Play dumb, but really smart

I used to rock that academics

They been sleepin’ on me heavy for a very long time now

Big O - respect, bout to start cutting in line now

I be on some other

Getting harder to wind down

I pull into my gate and see I built myself a compound

I’m hard to satisfy

But I be feelin’ gratified

A lot to be thankful for, simply bein’ alive

Doin’ this for the town

It’s in my to be the pride

I turn into Forrest Gump if you send me to Vietnam

I’m a soldier, ask around

Nobody could ever question it

Beef or get along

I aint really got a preference

watching from a distance

And put together evidence

I always been the type that had to know who I was messin’ with

The land of the strong

I was made by the struggle

Learnt a lot early

I was saved by the trouble

Lot of friends in the grave that was gauged by the shovel

I’m poppin’ boy, these haters throwin’ blades at the bubble

So I’m watching out for they

Just watch what I say

It’s some folks up in your circle with they eyes on your pay

But save it for another day

I aint tryna cause friction

I aint tryna cause problems

I aint tryna cause distance

That’s none of my concern

Let me stay up in my element

Even though it bother me that y’all ignore the elephant

He gon’ change culture cuz he brings some type of relevance

So I don’t give a ‘Woooooooo!’

And I plan on stayin’ celibate
They sleep

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