Grateful

[00:16.34] Two of the closest niggas there for me
[00:18.82] They no longer here with me
[00:20.47] I'm wide awake, I'm scared to sleep
[00:22.18] Afraid, though I ain't never been, Grandma said ain't no fear in me
[00:25.80] Criminal, I prepared to be, in your feelings? Won't hear from me
[00:29.44] I talk to God, the devil on the other line stressin'
[00:33.20] Keep a weapon there, 'cause slippin' ain't how I'm gon' learn no lesson
[00:36.77] Ain't no actors here, I told Bully, "I wish that Stack was here"
[00:41.16] Mugga too, my hoody blue, so much ice, they gon' have to stare
[00:44.57] Used to hate my building smell, half for the homies still in jail
[00:48.27] Harlem different, either kill a cell or pray to lift your bail
[00:52.03] White rice and tuna fish, way before Ruth Chris
[00:55.10] We was broke, I ain't care who was rich, stick up kids do exist
[00:59.33] Hard news, just listen, the dog food was clickin'
[01:03.20] They moved bitch, long before I heard of Ludacris
[01:06.53] I watched it with my own eyes, dirty kitchen for home fries
[01:10.83] Hajji's if ain't nothin' open, just make sure they toast mine
[01:13.94] I'm thankful for them steak and cheese, I love the hood, I'd hate to leave
[01:17.85] How the fuck was we trappin' outside when it was eight degrees?
[01:21.31] I still have a hard time tryna understand why Ma$e would leave
[01:25.26] Gave niggas the reason, plus the truth, I could relate to Beans
[01:29.78] Free Meek, I'm just tryna chase a dream
[01:32.36] They'd rather us upstate and grainy, you never had to chase a fiend
[01:36.09] Passed them off the 'Gram, and then they ran before they paid you
[01:39.57] Plus you gotta pay yo' connect and at your crib, it ain't no cable
[01:43.25] You can't watch your favorite TV show
[01:45.38] Your jacket and your sneakers old
[01:47.24] Summertime, you make it through, but you ain't tryna see the cold
[01:51.02] Niggas turn to strippers when they see the pole
[01:53.72] Plant the seed, the seed'll grow, my daughter need three million 'fore she three years old
[02:00.08] Loyalty and love over everything
[02:03.87] Flowers over stones and the choir sings
[02:07.24] How many of them do we know though?
[02:10.17] Lost so many loved ones and now they're gone
[02:13.96] Gone too soon, streets raising kings
[02:17.44] And queens, we gotta fight to believe again
[02:20.90] Still loyalty and love over everything
[02:24.76] Still flowers over stones and the choir sings
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[02:33.32] Thank you, I'm grateful
[02:37.87] And the choir sings
[02:40.73] Thank you Lord, I'm grateful
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[02:47.78] Ooh, thank you Lord, I'm grateful
[02:50.51] (Just thankful to be here been through a lot)
[02:55.34] Thank you, I'm grateful
[02:57.92] Uh, every time it rain, I feel that bullet
[03:00.81] Hood insane, wish I could change it, but I couldn't
[03:03.56] I'm just grateful for them whoopings
[03:05.56] My pops used to give us to keep us out the street
[03:08.25] In the projects, the water cold at least three days out the week
[03:12.01] This real talk, I done seen some shit wake you out your sleep
[03:15.97] Lit the crib up with candles, felt like the lights was out for weeks
[03:19.72] I ain't had the drive, wanted to survive until I found the keys
[03:23.99] 220 on the dash and yes, we taxin', we got mouths to feed
[03:27.03] Thank you Lord, I'm grateful Lord, if I got it, I blame you Lord
[03:30.62] My life, it been dangerous Lord
[03:32.27] My faith in you could change it Lord
[03:34.49] Wasn't tryna scare niggas, foreheads was what we was aimin' for
[03:38.20] I lived on the 6, they raid the crib, might have to change the door
[03:42.61] Let's figure out a way to make 'em hate some more
[03:45.42] Fuck the way the system set up, every day I break the law
[03:49.12] Spend some money, make some more, never thought I'd make it poor
[03:52.80] Imagine we was takin' score, militant, I relate to war
[03:56.69] Thankful for my only child
[03:58.46] Sellin' out these shows that make my homies smile
[04:01.26] Wake up in Miami to hear the ocean sound
[04:03.94] Grateful I seen 18, grateful I seen 21
[04:07.71] Grateful that my pops ain't throw me out, he found my nigga gun
[04:11.27] Of course I said it wasn't mine
[04:13.31] Runnin' to the park told my father, let's talk another time
[04:16.82] 'Cause he know I want to rhyme
[04:19.24] A .38, I kept it on me, I blow it like a runny nose
[04:22.14] In the projects with like three bitches to diddy crib with like a hundred hoes
[04:26.81] Stomach growlin', I don't take it for granted
[04:29.45] I come from housin' (projects), I need some shit come with a water fountain
[04:33.78] My daughter smilin', I'm thankful Freaky told me to rap
[04:36.84] Thankful Jungle paid attention, the streets could never hold me back
[04:40.76] Loyalty and love over everything
[04:42.65] (The streets could never hold me back, thankful Jungle paid attention)
[04:46.29] Flowers over stones and the choir sings
[04:49.02] (The streets could never hold me back, thankful Freaky told me to rap)
[04:51.46] How many of them do we know though?
[04:52.27] (Thankful Jungle paid attention, the streets could never hold me back)
[04:55.45] Lost so many loved ones and now they're gone
[04:56.76] Gone too soon, streets raising kings
[04:59.90] And queens, we gotta fight to believe again
[05:03.47] Still loyalty and love over everything
[05:07.13] Still flowers over stones and the choir sings
[05:10.90] Ooh, pray, thank you, I'm grateful
[05:17.77] Grateful, ooh yeah
[05:23.15] Thank you Lord, I'm grateful
[05:26.12] Grateful, ooh yeah
[05:30.40] Ooh, thank you Lord, I'm grateful, ooh
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[05:38.05] Thank you, I'm grateful
[05:40.41] Thank you God, I'm, thank you, I'm grateful
[05:48.27] Everything you do for me
[05:50.71] Let us bow
[05:52.76] Thank you, I'm grateful
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[05:59.48] Ooh, thank you Lord, I'm grateful
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[06:07.59] Thank you, I'm grateful
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