[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