Childhood

Closer to the source
Everything seems so much brighter
I'm getting closer to the source
Everything seems so much brighter

Back then, when daddy used to play this
When he had The O'Jays on the playlist
When the Earth, Wind & Fire was a favorite
Couldn't say shit when the song on
Get strong-armed to the basement
Made a lot of noise
But the record ain't skip by the radiator
Playin' with the paint chips
Niggas ain't shit
Lil' boys in the hood tryna bang
Chicks on the same shit
And it ain't so hard
In the backyard with the baseball cards
Gotta get rid of Cansеco's cards
Greg Maddux 'cause he ain't throw hard
I hatе that dog behind that fence
Don't make him bark, that's common sense
And I'm convinced there ain't no God
My boy got shot, now he can't walk
Avoid those cops 'cause we can't talk
Niggas on the streets don't talk
Mama said we can't eat pork
Here's a couple things she taught
She thinks we soft, but we so hard
We can't go wrong, but we so flawed
Cee-lo, dawg, four-five-six
Stick-up boys, gimme all y'all shit
Run that corner like an all-out blitz
Mama gotta call out sick
Daddy on the lifetime trip
I don't think he like our ship
Foster parents, I'm forced to violence
I lost my balance, of course a challenge
Applaud the talent to score like Allen
Shuttlesworth, I gotta shovel dirt
That's why blood is shed
About a quarter gallon
Shed a tear for the souls in the hemisphere
I suppose that the end is near
And I hope that you send us there
But where is there? Nobody said fair is fair
You think God hear us here? You
Think God hear us here?
So, how I feel the air up there? yeah
My dad, he gone my moms, she gone
I'm left alone i'm ten, I'm grown
Young boy with the world on his backside
And they wonder why I don't act right
And they wonder why I don't talk much
Now, they tryna put me on the tour bus
Shy kid that was known as a loner
Now a drug dealer on the corner
Now a drug dealer on the corner

Closer to the source
Everything seems so much brighter
I'm getting closer to the source
Everything seems so much brighter
I'm getting closer to the source
Everything seems so much brighter
I'm getting closer to the source
Everything seems so much brighter
I'm getting closer to the source