Thank You

[Intro]
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Yeah
This one is dedicated
To all the people who ain't believe I write my own rhymes
To all y'all cats who didn't wanna take a chance on a kid rapper
When all I was tryna do was get a deal to feed my sister and my mother
And to all the kids in the struggle, it's all good baby, baby

[Hook]
I wanna thank you Heavenly Father
For giving this gift to me
I've come a long way from cotton candy on the corner
To living out my dreams

[Verse 1:]
I got a dream, was reading XXL Magazine
Kanye and Jay-Z up in a limousine
On my Facebook textin'
Every Saturday listen to Mr. C Funk flexin'
But with this dream they wouldn't believe that I write my own rhymes and I'm just thirteen (what?)
Flows insane and livin' in the hood (uh-huh)
It was a job of mine to show 'em what's good (uh-huh)
On the corner with the homies spittin'
Battlin' every round, people 'round listen (ohhh)
Didn't know where I'll be livin' when my mom said that we got a eviction (eviction?)
With nowhere to go, I started trippin'
Right then and there man I thought about quittin'
But then I got discovered and put in a booth
To the Man upstairs, here's the truth

[Hook]
I wanna thank you Heavenly Father
For giving this gift to me (It's a privledge, man)
I've come a long way (To be here right now) from cotton candy on the corner (To lay down more records)
To living out my dreams

[Verse 2:]
XBox 360, PS3 (uh-huh)
Man all the little kids wanna be like me, uh
Astro is what it is today, spread love, it's the Brooklyn way
Now that I made it I'm here to stay
Used to rock the block, now I rock the stage
Used to be in the dark, but now I'm in the spotlight (yeah)
Used to scream at the world, now I scream on the mic
And I'm right in the game tryna earn more dollars (yeah)
Little man tryna do it B.I.G. like Wallace (uh-huh)
Every single day work hard in the booth, and think about the times when I didn't have loot (I ain't have nothing), ha
Blowing up like He knew I would, but I'm still livin' in the same hood
And it's all good (It's cool, man)
In the game representin' the youth
To the Man upstairs, here's the truth

[Hook]
I wanna thank you Heavenly Father (Yeah)
(Yeah) For giving this gift to me (thanks)
I've come a long way (Come a long way) from cotton candy on the corner (Yessir)
To living out my dreams (Livin' it)

Though I'm a young boy
I know that I will be the greatest (Be the greatest)
There's (???) me (Uh-huh, uh-huh)
It's been a long time to make this happen
I owe my thanks to thee (Yeah, yeah, yeah)
I know it couldn't happen without you (Without you)
(Yeah) Without you (Nah, yeah)
(I ain't done yet)

[Verse 3:]
The dream is over now 'cause I made it (I made it)
Hip-Hop almost died and I save it (I saved it)
Struggle is over (Yeah), I don't gotta care (Nope)
Career crystal clear now that I'm here (It's real clear)
Astro's livin' it, all I'm givin' it (Haha)
No doubts in my mind, not even a little bit (Not one doubt)
I would stress, but now I don't gotta bother (Nope)
I wanna thank you Heavenly Father (Yeah)

[Hook]