I keep my ear to God when I hear him speak
You're about to kill it
You're about to kill it this time
One, two, one, two, three
Yeah, yeah
One more time
One, two, three
One more time, I'm sorry
Yeah, it's nice
You feel what I'm saying
Yeah
Dang, I hope I ain't lose it
I'm praying I ain't lose it
One, two, three
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Yeah
Yeah
Aye
See the world through my new perspective
I'm blessed with second chances and some learned lessons
New state of mind ain't nothing like the world expected
My brother was a victim of the Smith and Wesson
The only thing they took from him was a necklace
There's princes on the streets and they running reckless
Before they took your pops, I wish he would've checked you
Straight shots hit the baby's bruh we don't respect you
I keep my ear to God when I hear him speak
Stomp the devil's neck, keep him underneath
Cause you know I got it out the streets
I keep a lot of praise inside of me
I do it for the team cause I'm on it
Ye to the top cause I'm focused
I keep a lot of praise inside of me
I stomp the devil's neck, keep him underneath
I could write a whole book about what they said
They kicked me out, they left Dub for dead
But I smartened up, switched they plans, chose life instead
See, I got hungry and I like the bread
Growing up for me, it wasn't always just pies and cake
Though in the hood, I survived the hate
The trials and tribulations make me have to stop and pray
The road is narrow and they blocked the way
But I keep moving
Come on baby, bring the fight
They can throw me in a tunnel, I still be the light
I want people to make it over just like I did
So when I crossed, I went back and I rebuilt the bridge
Now look, I still got some ways to go
A big dude, but I still got some room to grow
Got the mentality, still got a movement going
I'm in a fast lane, y'all still moving slow
Hey, the blacker the berry, the sweeter the juice
And the more that we hate, we tighten the noose
Now we ain't slaves, but we do carry chains
The lies on the mic and the kids feel the pain
It's like the critics do nothing
What
They point and they blame
They getting younger and younger, y'all
Man, it's a shame
Mothers are hurt, widows are made
She's crying for him, they took him away
Now she has to pick up where you fell
Like the post office is closed, we have no mail(males)
Look, Junior didn't have you on the team
So he gives your love to his gang banging team
And baby girl didn't have you pops
So she gives your love to all the boys on the block
And my brain won't stop looking
I keep thinking high school class clown from a third grade genius
Look, where did it go
The thirst for knowledge
I guess it's cool now to say skip college
I guess the boy lost
Or is it a victim's way of thought
Getting money is what they cost until they pay the fatal cost
In jail is where my cousin Holly would be
In the NBA is where my cousin could be
And I'm another victim that I couldn't get in time