I'm a kid of sadness,
but that makes the way I live my life,
cause yo I still had the panics,
with thoughts of moving away from the slums.
I found 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 taught,
yet abound in the world that's in as I struggle.
And sacrifice my life to the city streets,
like every black kid I dreamed of being,
and after the chickity check it out,
sitting on the dock of the bay,
wasting time as I find a will just to make a way,
now it's on.
I suffered many years just to get by,
and make steps for my son,
little E,
yeah,
cause I was fresh with them rhyme schemes,
met up with little Roy,
and he put me through my damn.
I'm being a star,
and repping in them front shirts,
a dope nigga,
I'm making them blunt,
and life is no more better yet I still respect them,
yeah, and I thank God for the blessing,
in this song.
Thanks 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 the front roll on,
tried to hustle up to bring my mama money home,
look,
we didn't look too good all my bitch life,
since I didn't have enough to pay the * lights,
mama had complaints,
many grieves,
need anything to pay the motherfucking.
To be a rapper was only in them niggas dreams,
so I wrote about the * that I used to see,
Spook and Dewey hooked me up, Black Front,
I used to be walking and now I'm driving clean Cadillacs,
I got some love for my brothers in the 5th Ward,
I'm in the circle and I'm only putting first cards,
Hickity hard times,
Tickity 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 kind of funny when I think about it and me and
Jay still laugh when we sit around and talk about it,
it was so clear I was the big man,
I went from dollar to cent and coppa to pat,
I did some crimes in my lifetime and now I'm getting paid,
and putting the news,
I could still see the kids music,
if they could see me now I would be
a rapper,
getting down for my crown in the rap field,
I'm making records and I'm clocking
all the,
I lost my eye 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.