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| 1:11 | ||||
2. |
| 4:08 | ||||
3. |
| 4:39 | ||||
4. |
| 3:43 | ||||
5. |
| 4:03 | ||||
6. |
| 4:09 | ||||
7. |
| 4:39 | ||||
8. |
| 1:19 | ||||
9. |
| 3:42 | ||||
10. |
| 3:52 | ||||
11. |
| 4:15 | ||||
What up G'yea
Father to son, know what it is? What up son, how you feelin'? It won't be long before I return in God's willin', but in the mean time Do everything grandma tell ya follow her words And I promise you they won't fail ya, just be strong And take care of your little sister, tell her that I love her And that daddy miss her you know I love you two Just keep doin' good in school and remember bein' bad, boy Don't make you cool might make a fool of yourself Or you'll end up like me incarcerated and I know you Will be S and B, we should be free, my son, you know I wouldn't lie to you so make the garden, and these hoes Don't apply to you, ya heard me boy? You gotta dedicate Your life to God 'cause he's the one who blessed you From the start and made you smart, I know you smart That's why I write you this type of letter but I shouldn't worry Too much because we raised you better, me and my momma And I know that you gonna represent and thank you for the letters And the pensions that you sent you made me happy I was blessed with you when I was young and we gonna grow up Together, father and son, father and son Nobody separate us that's a fact, I'm never goin' back to the projects The black man just stay largest down in the hoosy-a-way It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray It hurts me father, seein' your mind can falter We must be faltered, 'cause we pray, here it goes When I get out it's gonna be us, see? Me, you, and G'jay and Jess Outta the family at DZ or wherever else y'all wanna go I promise y'all, they won't separate us no more, not in this life time Ya know y'all mean the world to me, and nothin' more precious Than my boys and girl to me, not even me, so when your wrong I'm correctin' you 'cause if I don't, it's as good as neglectin' you Now this the truth, see I only want what's best for you And if there's somethin' you can't do, I won't think less of you Just try your best, I can see you got my ways in you But I don't want you goin' through the same things I went through See I was wild, even when I didn't have to be That's why you always see them people comin' after me But not no more, you see this change here had to come I couldn't pasursize livin' down to my son, not to my son Nobody separate us that's a fact, I'm never goin' back to the projects The black man just stay largest down in the hoosy-a-way It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray Nobody separate us that's a fact, I'm never goin' back to the projects The black man just stay largest down in the hoosy-a-way It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray It hurts me father, seein' your mind can falter We must be faltered 'cause we pray, here it goes It hurts me father, seein' your mind can falter We must be faltered, 'cause we pray, here it goes Boy, I just love spendin' time with you When you get older, I might even bust rhymes with you If you want to you know, you always make me proud of you No matter what the situation I'll go out with you But I don't want you, to think that goin' to jail's cool Just 'cause I didn't, boy you still gotta finish school Don't be no fool see I went back and got mine So if there's somethin' I wanna do, they can't stop mine You know what I'm talkin' about, the people who make up excuses Besides entertainment, labor sports, they think we're useless But see the truth is in the good and when they puttin', whip on ya ass When you get that money fast, you spend that money fast, boy Everything you think you wanna do, I finally done it See when I'm gone, everything I own, you gonna want it And if you decide to settle down with a woman, make sure ya know her It's cool to love someone but don't be a sucker for her Nobody separate us that's a fact, I'm never goin' back to the projects The black man just stay largest down in the hoosy-a-way It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray Nobody separate us that's a fact, I'm never goin' back to the projects The black man just stay largest down in the hoosy-a-way It hurt my heart to think that you could end up that way, so I pray It hurts me father, seein' your mind can falter We must be faltered 'cause we pray, here it goes It hurts me father, seein' your mind can falter We must be faltered 'cause we pray, here it goes |
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12. |
| 2:10 | ||||