Yo
Look
Growing up everything was looking beautiful
And now you stand in front of judge sentence you to numerals
Locked up you couldn't make your mommas funeral
And life has it you with some ups and downs so it's the usual
But now your father end up dying with some bullets in him
And these kids end up fostered in a fuller system
I'm just tryna leave my kids with a fuller kitchen
And in my will go live it up will be the full description
I don't want you living the life I once lived
Already dodged a life sentence, buried one kid
And as I tuck my baby girls in their bunk beds
Kiss them on there foreheads, this is where it sunk in
Some profound shit, told me when I got back to town
With in six months I'm locked up or in the ground
Maybe we should try harder to reach the trouble youth
Look inside these little souls, see what troubles you
I just wanna see these young kids rise up
Like we hoping for the change to surprise us
But they lock us in these chains they confine us
In the dark hoping god come and find us
We don't need to see these young bucks running up
Now you stand in front a judge in a button up
Should of listened when your mouth wasn't shutting up
Getting 25 to life 'Bout sums it up
I keep a healthy mind state, locked like a bike rack
Buildin' up an empire, lightin' fires when I strike back
I gotta stay focused just to keep me on the right path
Before my time is up, poof gone in a bright flash
Never knowing when our time is done
Succumbin' to the darkness, I'm the farthest from the rising sun
I guess I caught a major break
I'm telling you my story, so you kids don't make the same mistakes
Emotions left scars, pain cuttin' like a razorblade
If time is of the essence, why I always play the waiting game
I vow to always stay the same
Not changing who I am, when I make it through these rainy days
I'm talkin' to the youth, hopin' they can really make a change
Caught up in the system but I'm hopin' they can break away
I say this in a major way, listen to the words I speak
Another lost name, like no ones ever heard of me
I just wanna see these young kids rise up
Like we hoping for the change to surprise us
But they lock us in these chains they confine us
In the dark hoping god come and find us
We don't need to see these young bucks running up
Now you stand in front a judge in a button up
Should of listened when your mouth wasn't shutting up
Getting 25 to life 'Bout sums it up
Makin' bad decisions, sometimes I'm showin' poor taste
Stand before a jury as I land another court case
I'm talkin' to God, but I'm not one to explore faith
Trembles through my body, feelin' like the fuckin' floor shakes
Yo
My teeth are prison bars for my tongue
Sometimes I wish that I can speak to god or his son
But he ain't listening, he ain't forgot what I've done
You left me starving on the streets coughin' up lungs
I'm askin' for forgiveness, it seems like no ones listenin'
They wanna lock me up and take me where the prison is
I try to plea my case, no agreement on our differences
We go our separate ways, all I see if peoples ignorance
If court cases and funerals make a stronger man
Why in my dreams am I shaking when we shaking hands
Here I stand, been through every things that makes a man
I'm just here to prove to the youth that yes we can
I just wanna see these young kids rise up
Like we hoping for the change to surprise us
But they lock us in these chains they confine us
In the dark hoping god come and find us
We don't need to see these young bucks running up
Now you stand in front a judge in a button up
Should of listened when your mouth wasn't shutting up
Getting 25 to life 'Bout sums it up