Angels

[00:01.17] "Check", "Check"
[00:03.82] If I do not make it back
[00:04.99] To the comfort of my house tonight
[00:07.63] Understand that was Gods will
[00:10.02] And I've only lived this long because
[00:12.87] I've got angels lookin' over me
[00:15.80] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[00:19.40] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[00:23.11] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[00:25.82] But they don't matter (No)
[00:27.13] I've got angels lookin' over me
[00:29.40] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[00:33.59] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[00:37.06] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[00:39.67] But they don't matter (No)
[00:41.44] I've felt 'em around me since I was a kid
[00:44.11] I often wonder exactly who it is
[00:47.67] Is it Ernie, is it Ian, is it BoeBoe, is it Nate
[00:51.31] Is it, Kevin, is it Chapman, Is it Rog, is it Jay?
[00:54.92] Is it pa, is it pops, is it pappy, is it mammy
[00:58.24] Is it someone from my crew, or someone from my family?
[01:02.24] All I know is I wouldn't have made it this far
[01:04.92] Without them shining stars, and I know who they are
[01:08.65] What they represent: my people that passed on
[01:11.58] Five years, it don't even seem that long
[01:14.63] We made it, baby
[01:16.07] I wish you was here standin' on stage with me
[01:19.06] Gettin' this money with me, and blowin' this haze with me
[01:22.89] But it can't be, so I accept that, move forward
[01:26.52] To tomorrow, long live the desperado
[01:30.06] The big homie, the one that held it down
[01:32.87] Even though you underground, I can feel you above me
[01:35.95] You're like
[01:37.06] I've got angels lookin' over me
[01:38.80] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[01:43.27] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[01:46.44] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[01:48.91] But they don't matter (No)
[01:50.77] I've got angels lookin' over me
[01:52.55] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[01:56.22] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[02:00.11] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[02:02.05] But they don't matter (No)
[02:04.31] Understand I've been blessed with the serenity
[02:07.67] To accept what I can't change 'bout my enemies
[02:11.11] But the devil tries to corrupt me
[02:14.16] I ain't no psycho, but don't push me
[02:17.48] Was we, trapped in a world we thought we'd wake up from?
[02:21.00] It seems like a dream, but it seems so real
[02:24.67] Was it those pills, was it those drinks
[02:27.80] Was it that weed, was it just me?
[02:30.94] Is this reality? It's what we goin' through
[02:34.41] What you call overnight, we call overdue
[02:38.21] Easy way up boy, if you only knew
[02:41.68] I came up fucked up, from the same place as you
[02:45.00] Where bullets fly and people die
[02:47.25] Ambulances leave without 'em, Coroners pick 'em up
[02:50.65] You can buy the paper and read about 'em
[02:52.55] Flip to the sports page, and never even think about 'em
[02:56.15] Other people find it hard to live without 'em, uh
[02:59.19] I've got angels lookin' over me
[03:01.32] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[03:05.43] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[03:09.83] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[03:11.98] But they don't matter (No)
[03:13.53] I've got angels lookin' over me
[03:15.31] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[03:19.42] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[03:23.14] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[03:25.28] But they don't matter (No)
[03:26.58] I'm the desperate souls of a thousand old MC's
[03:28.95] Who never had an album go gold or platinum
[03:31.49] They just rap for them people who looked after them
[03:34.03] A hundred thousand fans
[03:35.08] Who know the song like the back of their hands
[03:35.66] The ones that put Stak in demand
[03:37.96] Know that I'll never forget y'all
[03:39.14] Wouldn't be shit without y'all
[03:40.65] Now y'all say you the one that held me down
[03:42.44] When I broke like a motherfucker underground
[03:44.41] Demo tapes, payin' dues, baby food, baby shoes
[03:47.76] Only way I made it through was way by the grace of God
[03:51.27] God bless my family and God bless my squad
[03:54.22] We can't take no more loses (No)
[03:56.59] Lose no more bosses (No)
[03:58.56] What's this I hear about some fallin' off shit
[04:01.11] You think I'm really gonna retire?
[04:03.23] I'm gonna let you wonder
[04:04.62] But until then, just keep wishin' for incarceration or murder
[04:07.87] But I've got a presence around me, that's why I don't wear a vest
[04:11.40] Not to mention that henchmen do not aim at your chest
[04:15.39] Death is inevitable, something you can't run from
[04:18.99] I'll come back and look over some ye', some, what
[04:21.92] I've got angels lookin' over me
[04:24.24] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[04:28.49] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[04:31.96] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[04:34.55] But they don't matter (No)
[04:35.91] I've got angels lookin' over me
[04:38.29] Protectin' me from people who wish death on me
[04:42.03] I've got tensions, they constantly stressin' me
[04:45.99] People who'd love to see me restin' in peace
[04:48.25] But they don't matter (No)
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