Zipporah

[00:06.93] Uh, what's a nigga in America?
[00:16.20] Why the fuck is we here?
[00:17.82] Why you tell me go back where I'm from
[00:20.43] When you dragged me here?
[00:22.08] Why we born to be poor?
[00:23.17] Why our fathers be gone?
[00:24.95] Why my father forsake us?
[00:26.89] Why my momma so strong?
[00:28.53] And on my momma I'd kill ya
[00:30.37] On Faris, I'd kill ya
[00:32.36] Nigga we were so broke, split 20 dollars a weekend
[00:35.75] I, never cried but I realized what we were missing
[00:39.33] My mind had a nigga on edge, I started sellin' and cheatin'
[00:43.05] Said fuck the government, fuck the man
[00:45.04] Fuck the Feds, fuck the law
[00:46.50] See Que was fuckin my girl, too fuckin hungry to care
[00:49.96] I started sellin mo', thinking bout Zip
[00:52.47] Thinking what I did, fucked her friend
[00:54.91] Fucked her homie, then fucked again
[00:56.98] I started sippin on liquor
[00:58.75] Couldn't cope wit the changes
[01:00.51] We went back to the hood
[01:02.33] Started slanging and bangin'
[01:04.01] Feds was outside my house
[01:05.77] Second time we got raided
[01:07.80] Everything was for you
[01:09.39] I want to get you that coupe
[01:11.39] Black and young and a fuck up
[01:13.02] I wanna prove this to you
[01:15.03] That I could be more than a boy
[01:16.98] But a father with you
[01:18.65] I, wish I could change
[01:20.44] But God you made me this way
[01:22.20] So I'm gon keep my faith high
[01:23.59] And bow my head and just pray
[01:25.82] Like this
[01:27.38] Lord Lord, I need, your help, Lord
[01:34.05] Lord Lord, I need, your help, Lord
[01:40.52] I was so young and dumb
[01:41.71] You were so young and dumb
[01:43.52] Allan was in the picture
[01:45.39] I was gon' pop dat nigga
[01:47.87] Celebrity status now
[01:49.05] You in a wedding gown
[01:50.74] You was gon' be my wife
[01:52.61] Move to a newer life
[01:54.55] Tried to make dreams with you
[01:56.20] Still I'm so proud of you
[01:58.08] Look at the woman from a girl a flower blossomed too
[02:01.66] The prettiest of them all
[02:03.38] You was gon' have it all
[02:05.14] You was gon' have the mall
[02:06.88] But you still got it all
[02:08.72] Shower you wit' some poems
[02:10.75] Shower you wit' some songs
[02:12.56] Remember the drawing I made?
[02:13.91] Remember the flowers I gave?
[02:16.16] Remember the time that we spent?
[02:17.35] Remember the time that we missed?
[02:19.23] Don't let that happen again
[02:21.08] Go find you a better man
[02:22.85] And go have that baby boy
[02:24.69] And make him a better man
[02:26.42] Tell him his mother loves him
[02:28.24] Just like she used to love me
[02:30.18] And play him this tape for you
[02:31.85] Tell him what we been through
[02:33.53] So we can both raise that child like we promised, we would do
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