Grits - RZA.mp3

Grits - RZA.mp3
Grits - RZA
[00:23.43]When I was smal...
[00:23.43]When I was small
[00:27.39]We had nothing at all
[00:33.93]We used to eat
[00:35.28]GritsFor dinner
[00:45.90]It was pain
[00:49.53]Almost drive a man insane
[00:56.34]What we could find for
[00:57.09]To survive another day
[01:14.07]But I said, nah
[01:14.40]An old killa bee once hummed me a tune
[01:16.89]Stay up at night, don't sleep on ya moon
[01:19.59]Four seeds in the bed, eight seeds in the room
[01:22.26]Afternoon cartoon, we would fight for the spoon
[01:25.26]Old Earth in the kitchen, yell, "It's time to eat"
[01:27.66]Across the foyer, ya hear the gather of stampeding feet
[01:30.66]One pound box of sugar, and a stick of margarine
[01:33.54]A hot pot of
[01:34.41]Grits got my family from starvin'
[01:36.51]Loose with the welfare cheese, thick wit' the gravy
[01:38.91]Used to suck it, straight out the bottle as a baby
[01:42.00]Steamy hot meal serve less than five minutes
[01:44.94]Big silver pot, boilin' water, salt in it
[01:47.64]House full of brothers and sisters, the pop's missin'
[01:50.31]Pillsbury box on the stove in the kitchen
[01:52.86]When I was small
[01:56.70]We had nothing at all
[02:03.21]We used to eat
[02:04.59]GritsFor dinner
[02:13.80]Young shorties in my hood started hustlin'
[02:16.29]Packin' bags at the neighborhood associate
[02:19.20]Growin' up, not as fortunate to have that fly shit
[02:22.23]I'm too young, no jobs'd hire me legit
[02:25.11]You walkin' down the street with ya gun in ya hand
[02:27.99]Drinkin', thinkin' of a master plan
[02:30.69]Your old earth can't afford what ya friends got
[02:33.39]So you roll up to the spot, with ya thing 'pon cock
[02:36.18]And it seems worth the takin', stomach achin'
[02:38.82]Morning star
[02:39.66]Reggie makin' go good with the
[02:41.37]GritsNow let's take it back for real
[02:43.77]When we used to build at ghetto big wheels
[02:45.93]With the shoppin' cart wheels
[02:47.55]And wood to nail the seat on, girls skippin' rope in the street
[02:50.70]The Summer heat, left the jelly prints stuck to they feet
[02:53.52]Skelly chief, flippin' baseball cards for keeps
[02:56.97]Momma said it's gettin' late, and it's time to come eat
[02:59.73]When I was small
[03:03.69]We had nothing at all
[03:10.23]We used to eat
[03:11.55]GritsFor dinner
[03:22.17]It was pain
[03:25.80]Almost drive a man insane
[03:32.58]What we could find for
[03:33.33]To survive another day
[03:44.31]But I said, nah
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