Growing Up
E-40
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"I`m a little mannish motherf***er I take after my older brother Started off selling marijuana, but now I`m selling yola.." [E-40] Here take a swig of this bourbon Hit that, hit that baby Alright dude.. ay who who`s foolin' right there? (Who that?) Alright n**** ay get down n**** .. {*gunfire starts going off*} AY N**** GET DOWN N****! Ay n**** GET DOWN N**** (S***!) Wuh, we about Seventy-five extra mail mannish hard-headed hoodlum-a** n****z On the dopetrack workin' overtime full of f***in `D` (D!) Runnin' through somewhere in the neighborhood Of about seven-hundred thousand in illegal narcotics Generatin' through my street, a week Why motherf***ers gotta ask me how I`m doin if I`m alright? When a motherf***er`s starvin' and strugglin' Even on my hip pretty much needlin' and jugglin' There STILL ain`t gonna never be enough lovin! I`m tired of rippin' and runnin', dodgin' and duckin' bullets I KNOW MY TIME IS COMIN' - death is on me bad The walls is closin' in, I wish I had a dad But left when I was ten, so moms is all I had And she was there for me until I ran away from the pad And now she disowned me and she don`t claim me Reverend would of put some blessin' oil on my head Before I end up dead, gall bladder full of lead - scared I guess a hard-head make a soft-a** (??) I ain`t gon` last if I keep f***in with this fast life [Chorus:] E-40 and Lil` E [Repeat: x2] He would grow up to be nothin' but a hoodlum Or either in jail, or someone would shoot him, UH (He would grow up to be nothin' but a hoodlum Or either in jail, or someone would shoot him) [E-40] Ah, I page my ties even though the money`s filthy Don`t want to go to church, because I feel guilty Nope - I DON`T want to DIE - cause when the preacher preach the gospel I BE READY TO CRY - up in the Church of Pentecostal I don`t think I`ma make it to see twenty-five Til I wash my hands and come clean S*** I`ll be hell of happy if I can just live to see sixteen No life to give for that nastiness As a rebellious disobedient-a** problem child He`s easily influenced - hangin' around the wrong crowd I`m willin' to do almost anything, Whatever it takes to make my allowance I`m on prescription medication, chemically off-balance Got me snatchin' up [unknown], pickin' up hits Pick-pickin' indo`s (do`s), and pullin' licks [Chorus] [Lil` E] But daddy? (Yes son) Tie my shoes (okay) lace me up (uh) Hook me up, like a tow-track man (alright) Ear-hustlin', make like a pampered suck-up game-a-saur (what?) When it comes to this thing man I`m connoisseur (connoisseur) I read through the punk registry in the Robb Report (what?) I come off like that Grew up around slick talkers (ah) A pa-a poppin' con artists (what?) Go straight to the (??) and get a bad leather jacket [unknown] bankrupt! [E-40] Boy you... Like you when I was younger But I got my life together and I bettered myself as I got older Na-uh now I entertain (entertain) a sss-uh, a-smeb rover (a smeb rover) Street smarts with a degree and a diploma [Chorus: x2] [E-40] Ah give it to me, uhh.. Uhh.. Uhh.. Come on, uhh.. Give it to me, uhh..
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Written by: EARL T. STEVENS, MARVIN WHITEMON, ANTONIO M. HARDY, MARCEL THEO HALL, MARLON WILLIAMS
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