All I Got Is You - Ghostface Killah
What dey gives you blood? Three months man Whatchu doin in here anyway? you oughta be home with your momma How old are you boy? Thirteen Thirteen? damn, the bastards must be runnin outta niggaz to arrest Intro: ghostface Yeah, ohh yeah, this goes out To all the families that went through the struggle Yeah, from the heart It was from the heart, everything was real [mary j.] all that i got is you And i'm so thankful i made it through Verse one: Yo, dwellin in the past, flashbacks when i was young Whoever thought that i'd have a baby girl and three sons I'm goin through this difficult stage i find it hard to believe Why my old earth had so many seeds But she's an old woman, and due to me i respect that I saw life for what it's really worth and took a step back Family ain't family no more, we used to play ball Eggs after school, eat grits cause we was poor Grab the pliers for the channel, fix the hanger on the tv Rockin each others pants to school wasn't easy We survived winters, snotty nosed with no coats We kept it real, but the older brother still had jokes Sadly, daddy left me at the age of six I didn't know nuttin but mommy neatly packed his shit She cried, and grandma held the family down I guess mommy wasn't strong enough, she just went down Check it, fifteen of us in a three bedroom apartment Roaches everywhere, cousins and aunts was there Four in the bed, two at the foot, two at the head I didn't like to sleep with jon-jon he peed the bed Seven o'clock, pluckin roaches out the cereal box Some shared the same spoon, watchin saturday cartoons Sugar water was our thing, every meal was no thrill In the summer, free lunch held us down like steel And there was days i had to go to tex house with a note Stating "gloria can i borrow some food i'm dead broke" So embarrasin i couldn't stand to knock on they door My friends might be laughin, i sp
Artist: Ghostface Killah
Title: All I Got Is You