Im from the hardknocks
Same block where they bust ya head
Same project housing where they shoot you dead
91 to 94 the king manners i bred
Then we moved on iowa street
Yeah, You know right above washington
If you went to Washington you was ghetto as f*ck
You was ghetto as f*ck
Single momma damn right but she raised me well
Stayed in school and in sports you would've never tell
And i never meant to hurt her
Never meant to take her oldest boy from her
But was i supposed to do
When my eyes painted blue
Skin like the sun
But this boy wont run
If i have to sock jaws off
Or hit a lick with the saw
Now all the homies wanna yell free me
I appreciate the love but i need to free me
No books on the shelf
Just need on the books
Just tryna survive through these nannies and crooks
I need off the hook now
Or a life line
The way its looking for me, shit
It might be a life time
And so i pray
And I pray for my brothers like every night
And i pray for my sisters like every night
And i pray for my people like every night
Pray
Pray
And I pray for my brothers like every night
And i pray for my sisters like every night
And i pray for my people like every night
Pray
Pray
And I pray for my brother like every night
And i pray for my sisters like every night
And i pray for my people like every night
Pray
Pray
And I pray for my brother like every night
And i pray for my sisters like every night
And i pray for my people like every night
Its Love!
I Do, Declare
Every thought felling and action I imagine
Is a prayer
I was stagnant in inaction
In a state of Disrepair
So I cut my pears
Found unity then balance
Sauce valor on my Salad
Eating Raw just like I Tell it
Golden Fleece defeat with the fleetest bleat of soul in Acapella!
Super freaking beats, I'm a kinky Geek in a long wine cellar
We get along my Bella
Eating long mycelium
I took a lot of long faces and dark spaces to say hey, babe
I am Beautiful
And My Blackness is Suitable
I'm a bit Unusual
SO?
Fly in my prime
And in this I find...
To Weird to Live, To Rare To Die
So, I pray for my mamma
Light in and I...
So, pray for my father
Light in and I...
So, I pray for my sister
Light in and I...
Pray
Yeah, I pray for my mother
Light in, And I
And I pray for my Brother
Light in, and I
And I pray for my Lovers
Light in and I
Pray