Lyrics
Only Way I Can Say It Is Through Rhyme
That's what I'm talkin' bout right here....
That soul......when the passion comes out....
True music.....nothin' but truth on this one.....
I know you don't understand my music moms
and you too dad....
But you love me regardless....and this one is for you......
February 6 of 1980,
There was so much love for that newborn baby,
He could be the next president or a doctor,
So much hope from the mother and father,
Spent his first years in colonial heights,
Went to a good school neighborhood was aiight,
Accept for one lady, she was crazy we thought,
Hangin' signs, god sees your lies and don't bark,
I remember one time when she called me a lil scum,
And I was too young to understand where it came from,
So you called the police, try to end things swiftly,
But they did nothin' so we moved to Dinwiddie,
From the city to the sticks how much they prayed,
We were much better off, thank God for that day,
Cause He answered, and He's so visible in you,
That's the greatest gift you ever gave me, that jesus saved me,
I know I'm not livin' right....atleast not right now,
It's evident in some of the things that I write down.....
If I could sing I would sing, but I can't so I rap,
Love is love, it's just another format,
And I know ya'll understand that,
You taught that to me eversince way back...
Here comes graduation, you should've see your faces,
Thinkin' to yourself, my son is goin' places,
Ya'll were so proud, but I was so scared,
Cause I still didn't have a clue what i was doin' here,
So you sent me off to college but my grades won't good,
And even through that, you still understood,
Gotta get your act together out at Richard Bland,
So I sat down and devised a plan,
I read everything I got my hands on and then more,
I had motivation, thought that I could soar,
I made dean's list and I proved to myself,
I could learn anything, have a degree on my shelf,
Dad I thank you cause without you it wno't possible,
Workin' all that overtime, to pay for more school,
So I went to Radford and tried many routes,
But every way I took, it only led to doubt,
Cause i won't learnin' what I needed to learn,
That man himself, made the world turn,
And that is false, I won't lie to get money,
Manipulate the truth and get over on somebody,
So I dropped out, missed the Lord in my life,
So now I'm in Roanoke, dealin' wit strife,
My job is a dead end, but it still pays the rent,
And all the things you said years ago are startin' to make sense,
I can't raise a family on this, what am I gonna do,
So I pick up this pen and just stay true.....
September 16, 2003
