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When I was small |
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We had nothing at all |
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We used to eat |
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GritsFor dinner |
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It was pain |
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Almost drive a man insane |
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What we could find for |
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To survive another day |
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But I said, nah |
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An old killa bee once hummed me a tune |
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Stay up at night, don't sleep on ya moon |
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Four seeds in the bed, eight seeds in the room |
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Afternoon cartoon, we would fight for the spoon |
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Old Earth in the kitchen, yell, "It's time to eat" |
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Across the foyer, ya hear the gather of stampeding feet |
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One pound box of sugar, and a stick of margarine |
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A hot pot of |
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Grits got my family from starvin' |
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Loose with the welfare cheese, thick wit' the gravy |
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Used to suck it, straight out the bottle as a baby |
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Steamy hot meal serve less than five minutes |
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Big silver pot, boilin' water, salt in it |
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House full of brothers and sisters, the pop's missin' |
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Pillsbury box on the stove in the kitchen |
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When I was small |
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We had nothing at all |
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We used to eat |
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GritsFor dinner |
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Young shorties in my hood started hustlin' |
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Packin' bags at the neighborhood associate |
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Growin' up, not as fortunate to have that fly shit |
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I'm too young, no jobs'd hire me legit |
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You walkin' down the street with ya gun in ya hand |
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Drinkin', thinkin' of a master plan |
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Your old earth can't afford what ya friends got |
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So you roll up to the spot, with ya thing 'pon cock |
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And it seems worth the takin', stomach achin' |
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Morning star |
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Reggie makin' go good with the |
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GritsNow let's take it back for real |
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When we used to build at ghetto big wheels |
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With the shoppin' cart wheels |
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And wood to nail the seat on, girls skippin' rope in the street |
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The Summer heat, left the jelly prints stuck to they feet |
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Skelly chief, flippin' baseball cards for keeps |
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Momma said it's gettin' late, and it's time to come eat |
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When I was small |
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We had nothing at all |
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We used to eat |
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GritsFor dinner |
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It was pain |
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Almost drive a man insane |
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What we could find for |
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To survive another day |
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But I said, nah |
