Polo G digs even deeper into the pain on High Tolerance, the raw standout from HOOD POET: Black Heart Edition, the expanded deluxe that just landed today via Columbia Records, and it hits like a late-night confession you didn’t plan on making, all heavy 808s and that quiet numbness that comes from carrying too much for too long.
Polo’s always been the guy who turns trauma into something you feel in your chest, and this one might be the clearest look yet. Produced by Ayo and Dr. Luke, it rides that moody drill wave with switches flipping and hi-hats slicing, but the real weight is in the words: uppers just to function, promises kept to the day-ones, consequences for anyone who crosses the line, and that pride in staying honest even when honesty hurts. It’s the kind of track where he admits the Percocets help forget what he’s seen, but the scars still talk louder than the success. He previewed a chunk on live last month and fans instantly called it the hardest on the deluxe, the one that ties the whole Black Heart vibe together.
High Tolerance slides in as one of the six new cuts on the Black Heart Edition, pushing the original HOOD POET to 24 tracks total. The deluxe keeps the same introspective core, heartbreak, loyalty tests, street politics, but adds these darker, more aggressive joints that feel like the chapters he held back the first time. You get everything from the melodic Pain & Therapy to the straight menace of this one, all clocking just under 70 minutes now. If you pre-saved the original, the extras should already be in your library; otherwise, hit play on Spotify or wherever and let it run.
Polo’s in a different lane these days, fresh off a quieter year where he stepped back to heal and raise his son, and you hear that maturity. At 26, he’s not chasing the viral moment anymore; he’s just telling the truth, and the truth still bangs.
X lit up the second the deluxe dropped this morning, folks quoting the “be proud of my honestness” line like scripture and calling it the real closer the album needed. If HOOD POET was the diary, Black Heart is the pages he finally let us read.
Dive into the High Tolerance lyrics below and unpack its raw narrative. Don’t miss other HOOD POET: Black Heart Edition tracks for more of Polo G’s unflinching truth.
Lyrics of High Tolerance by Polo G
[Intro]
Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
Uh, Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
Yeah, Duh-duh-duh-duh-duh
Yeah, Uh (Yo, Ayo)
[Chorus]
Fell In Love With Uppers, Now I Got A High Tolerance
Never Left My Brothers And Kept All Of My Promises
He Diss My Hood, We Kill Him, Feel Like That’s The Right Consequence
Get Changed To A Victim, Once You See The Light, Follow It
Broski Keep That Mask On, He Live His Life Anonymous
Pick A Block To Slide On, You Know How My Shotters Get
Heard His Name In Paperwork, He On The Mice Document
Fucked Up, Then I Made It Worse, Be Proud Of My Honestness
[Verse]
Bang The Switch, Glocks Ain’t Got No Safety ’cause We Dangerous
I’m Paid And Rich, The Way I Blow This Cake, You Would Think I Made A Wish
You Would Think This Drac’ Know Mma, The Way It Came With Kick
You Should Know My Gang Ain’t Finna Play When They On They Way To Blitz
Tweakin’ With Them Block Poppers, Nina Give Your Face A Kiss
Lil’ Bro, He A Top Shotta, Killers Ranked, He Made The List
Message To My Opp Momma, “Hope You Know You Raised A Bitch”
Percocets For My Trauma, Seen Things I Can’t Forget
Feeling Overwhelmed, Thoughts Up In My Head That Get So Loud
If One Of My Soldiers Fell, I’ma Be The Man To Turn Around
Them Lil’ Boys So Wild, Since My Shorty See Red, It’s Going Down
Up And Point, Go, “Bow,” Then Chase Him ’til You Standin’ Over The Ground
Body For Body, They’ll Go Tit-for-tat, He Thirsty To Get A Hat
Autopsy, One Of Your Members Wacked, Now Focus On Gettin’ Back
Block Cocky, Slidin’ With Them Sticks, Suit Up Like Men In Black
Only I Got Me, Somethin’ I Won’t Forget, Too Tough To Bend Or Crack
[Chorus]
Fell In Love With Uppers, Now I Got A High Tolerance
Never Left My Brothers And Kept All Of My Promises
He Diss My Hood, We Kill Him, Feel Like That’s The Right Consequence
Get Changed To A Victim, Once You See The Light, Follow It
Broski Keep That Mask On, He Live His Life Anonymous
Pick A Block To Slide On, You Know How My Shotters Get
Heard His Name In Paperwork, He On The Mice Document
Fucked Up, Then I Made It Worse, Be Proud Of My Honestness
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