Bloody Canvas

[00:01.62] Head's burnin', wasn't told
[00:08.23] To leave, the world is burnin' down
[00:11.01] Never had no help from anyone (I'm Harry, Harry Potter)
[00:19.08] Uh, let me tell you 'bout a young nigga, he was only 14
[00:22.82] Don't fuck with niggas, he stay social distanced like he quarantined
[00:25.23] Went from NBA to tourin' dreams, and a street legend in between
[00:27.53] That's when prayers made him hit his knees
[00:30.48] See, he was born Cabrini-era back in '99
[00:33.55] On Chicago North Side, where the news reportin' live
[00:36.09] He can't help but rep his hood, damn near born on his block
[00:38.44] And his parents had him young, they ain't really have a lot
[00:40.99] Seen his daddy gang bangin', one day, he might take his spot
[00:44.47] Five years old and he taught him how to aim a Glock, uh
[00:47.48] "Use that bitch to protect your family", that's what he told him
[00:49.98] An empty clip, he grabbed the gun and practiced what he showed him
[00:52.10] And his family hood famous, pop out, everybody know him
[00:54.63] And his people stuck for him, so he won't let nobody hoe him
[00:57.17] Uncle's tellin' street stories, shit intriguin' like a poem
[00:59.86] Sayin' shit like he'd put it to they neck if anybody owe him
[01:02.66] All through his childhood, he was bad, but innocent
[01:05.82] Playin' basketball with his homies, runnin' scrimmages
[01:07.94] This who he cracked jokes, made a bond, and got suspended with
[01:10.22] And when they saw the opps, they fist-fought to settle differences
[01:13.17] 'Til one day, the opps, they got tired of gettin' beat up
[01:15.72] They big homies gave 'em guns like, "Man, go and light they street up"
[01:18.95] They puttin' hoodies on, all black, loadin' heat up
[01:21.38] Adrenaline pumpin', now, they can't wait until they see us
[01:25.53] Normal day on the block, it was fun and all smiles
[01:28.69] But his best friend Jacob wandered off from the crowd
[01:30.55] Took a walk to the store, headphones bangin' loud
[01:32.56] Then his opps bent the corner, he ain't see 'em come around
[01:34.21] When he looked up at the car, that's when them shots went, "Baow"
[01:37.08] Blood oozin' with his back on the ground
[01:38.67] Vision blurry, heartbeat slowin' down
[01:40.99] Blood comin' out his mouth, feel like he startin' to drown
[01:43.11] Tires screechin', last thing he heard was that sound
[01:44.80] "Jacob just got shot", that's what a lady screamed
[01:47.52] Now everybody out of breath, runnin' to the scene
[01:52.49] Seein' Jacob on the floor, that was some shit they couldn't believe
[01:54.76] His eyes rollin' back, his auntie tryna tell him, "Breathe"
[01:56.72] Died 'fore the paramedics came, she cryin', "Baby, please"
[01:58.83] Ain't even get to graduate 'cause he was only 17
[02:01.15] Shorty cried all night, wishin' that shit was just a dream
[02:03.10] 'Til that pain turned into anger, time to make a nigga bleed
[02:06.31] Fuck, man, this nigga just took my best friend
[02:11.54] And I, I can't go for that shit, it got me fucked up
[02:15.31] And by the way, his name was Terrence, but they called him Ced
[02:19.44] Dark skin, he wore a mean mug with some long dreads
[02:21.92] 6'2, he good at hawkin' niggas down, he got long legs
[02:24.17] Now he'll go and kill anybody that he want dead
[02:27.01] They heard he caught his first body and that word spread
[02:29.34] And he know how quick karma come around, but he wasn't scared
[02:32.42] Sacrificed his soul in them streets like Illuminati
[02:35.14] Now sellin' drugs and shootin' niggas, them his only hobbies
[02:37.81] Big driller now, he the one to call and go and catch a homie
[02:39.94] Got the lo' on the nigga who killed his dawg, he want his second body
[02:42.08] A light skinned heavy-set nigga named Rodney
[02:44.60] Say, "He be out the west, off the Xans, movin' real sloppy"
[02:48.08] Yo, what's the word?
[02:52.48] Man, you won't believe who I found out the nigga who killed Jacob
[02:54.85] It was the lil' nigga, Rodney
[02:56.94] He be hangin' out up at the gas station on Pulaski
[02:59.89] Tryna make some money, nigga always out his mind
[03:01.74] Oh, yeah?
[03:03.41] Bet, say no more
[03:07.49] Ced pulled up to the lo', lights off, it's like one o'clock
[03:09.85] Grippin' on the silver Smith & Wesson with like 30 shots
[03:14.32] He ain't gotta put one in the head, it's already cocked
[03:17.72] Rodney got his back turned, he tryna sell his last rock
[03:20.94] Ced hopped out the car, he ready to erase
[03:23.98] Rodney heard him comin', he gon' run before he let him fade him
[03:26.64] It's like a demon in them cousins, eyes red while he chase him
[03:30.18] Rodney havin' some with regrets, now he just hopin' God save him
[03:33.04] Shots to the leg, hollow tips ate him
[03:36.14] Fell to the ground like his shoes, he ain't lace 'em
[03:38.19] Ced walked up, stood over him like, "Pussy, this for Jacob"
[03:40.19] Gave him four shots to the stomach, then he faced him
[03:42.25] Ced runnin' to his car, Rodney bleedin' on the pavement
[03:44.34] He had untied his hoodie and they seen that on surveillance
[03:45.91] Tryna match him to the footage, the police investigatin'
[03:47.73] Plus they had his picture on the wall at the station
[03:51.76] A week later, they had came and grabbed him from his mama house
[03:54.55] Couldn't afford a lawyer in the county, fightin' drama now
[03:57.15] Said, "Fuck it, takin' it to trial", he ain't coppin' out
[03:59.60] Judge gave him 49 years, now that's a lot to count
[04:01.76] Now, prosecutors were askin' for the judge to lock him up for up to 25 years
[04:08.20] The judge gave him 28, Smith had the last word
[04:12.49] Again, he was sentenced to 28 years in prison
[04:17.77] He has 30 days, Kelly, to appeal that sentence, back to you
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