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COMIN' UP IN THE HOOD, WE ALL KNOW IT AS THE PROJECTS EXPECT TO HOLD YA OWN OR BECOME KNOWN AS A REJECT,
PACKED GHATS, WORE MAXI'S, JUS' TO GET SOME RESPECT RODE FIVE DEEP WHILE LAYIN' LOW IN THE PRIMED CADILLAC.
WHILE NO TIME FOR A SCRATCH WE DIDN'T CARE TO ITCH
SHORTY HAD NO PROGRAM, PLUS SHE WAS PURE WICKED, OUR POCKETS WENT HUNGRY IT WAS TIME FOR US TO GET RICH
GAVE A DAMN IF YOU'RE A C.E.O. OR EVEN A STEPPIN' FETCHIT.
BY THE TIME I WAS NINE I COULD BALL WITH THE BEST OF 'EM
SATAN HADN'T GOT TO ME YET SO JESUS I WOULD PRAY TO HIM,
BY AGE SIXTEEN SO FIT I DIDN'T EVEN NEED A STUPID GYM
RAN CIRCLES 'ROUND FOOLS WHEN I SLAMMED ABOVE THE RIM.
BY THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN I GOT TO BOASTIN' AND A BRAGGIN'
HAD A LOT OF PANTS THAT DIDN'T FIT SO I STARTED SAGGIN',
YEAH I GOT STARES, WASN'T NO PRIDE, I SAY “F” THE FLAG AND
GOT WITH A SHORTY FINALLY, BUT THAT LOVE WAS NAGGIN'.
I SOON FELT CLOSED IN SO THEN I STARTED GETTIN' HIGH
I'D TELL THE TRUTH THEN ALL MY TRUTHS TURNED INTO A LIE,
BUT WHEN MAMA SLAPPED ME I THOUGHT I WAS GONNA DIE
I SAID ENOUGH OF THIS, GRADUATED, I AT LEAST OUGHTA TRY.
WASN'T NO ONE PICKIN' YOU UP AT LEAST FROM THE HOOD
AND FOLKS GAZE AT 'CHA LIKE YOU AINT NO KINDA GOOD,
I SAW WHERE THEY'RE COMING' FROM, I KINDA UNDERSTOOD
WENT ON TO LIVE MY LIFE, NOW THIS YA'LL I KNEW I COULD!
I WENT INTO MISSIONARY WORK, I'M NOW A JESUS SOLDIER
ON ONE TRIP BACK TO MOTHER'S, ALL SHE SAID WAS “TOLD YA”,
THOUGH I KNOW THE BIBLE SAY IN HEAVEN I'LL BE BOLDER
I NEED NOT FEAR, THIS AINT HELL, HEAVEN'S MUCH COOLER.
BUT BEFORE I FLY AWAY, I'LL IMPLEMENT GODS HOLY PLAN
SHOW RESPECT FOR MAN'S PLIGHT, AND PRAY I UNDERSTAND,
NOT TRY TO OUT MANUEVER, BUT DO THE BEST THAT I CAN
THESE ARE A FEW ROUTES, I SEE, FOR REMAINING A GODLY MAN!
--BlakMista--
