Coming out the streets of the fifth ward,
Torrigate of
Sadness
Never to face the way I let my luck
cause yo I still had the manners
With thoughts of moving away from the slums
I thought me a part -time job
But see I work behind the clock,
but who's to blame?
I ask myself time and time again
Nevertheless I was thrown, get a bone
And the world will sin as I struggle
And sacrifice my life just to see the streets
Like every black kid I dreamed of being
An athlete, chickity check it out
Sitting on the dock of the bay, wasting time
As I find a wheel just to make a way
Now it's on, I suffered many years
Just to get by
And make steps for my son little
Eli
Yeah, cause I was fresh
with them rhyme schemes
Met up with
Lil
Dewey and he put me through
my damn dream
I've been a star and
rappin' in them concerts
A dope nigga,
I'm makin' a bitch's heart hurt
And life is over, barely yet I still respect it
Yeah, and I thank
God for the blessing
In this song
Mm -hmm, so thanks
for the blessing
Thanks for the blessing that
you gave to me
I was so blind, now I can truly see
Thank s for the blessing
that you gave to me
I was so blind, now I can truly see
I remember back in the days
when a nigga used to struggle
Mama had to scuffle, so I know I had to hustle
I had to get my stroll on to
keep her pant roll on
Tried to hustle us to bring my
momma money, hello
We didn't look too good,
all lavish like
Sometimes we didn't have enough
to pay the fuckin' lights
Momma had some friends,
many friends as men
Anything to pay the
motherfuckin' rent again
To be a rapper was only
in a nigga's dreams
So I wrote about the shit
that I used to sing
Spook and
Dewey hooked me up,
Blackpink
I used to be walkin' and now
I'm drivin' clean
Cadillacs
I got some love for my brothers in the 4th
Ward
I'm in the circle and I'm
only putting face cards
Higgity hard times,
Tiggity taught me a good lesson
I'm down with the underground,
thanks for the blessing
Thanks for the blessing that
you gave to me
I was so blind,
now I can truly see
Thanks for the blessing that
you gave to me
I was so blind,
now I can truly see
Reminiscing on the times
when I was down and out
And if you stood in my shoes then you would
know what I was talking about
Bushwick
Bill was always said to be an outcast
And lasted longer than the ones
who said I wouldn't last
It's kinda funny when I think about it
And me and
Jay still laugh when we sit
around and talk about it
It was ever so clear I was the big man
I went from dollars to cent
s and coppers and cash
I did some crimes in my lifetime
And now I'm getting paid
And puttin' them in some dope rhymes
I could still see the kids who used to cop a lot
If they could see me now,
I'm with the rap a lot
Gettin' pounds for my
crown in the rap field
I'm makin' records and I'm
clockin' all the big bills
I lost my high and I took it
as a hard lesson
Praise
God for
Jesus, yo, thanks for the blessing
Thanks for the blessing
that you gave to me
I was so blind now I can
truly see
Thanks for the blessing that you gave to me I was so blind,
now I can truly see
Thanks for the blessing that you gave to me I was so blind,
now I can truly see
Thanks for the blessing that
you gave to me
I was so blind, now I can truly see