THAT'S WHO HE IS Lyrics

Project buildings hurt my feelings

Growing up in the projects

Leaky siblings crazy siblings

I never had a budget

Thieves in law no Pulitzer

I`ve seen them racketeers

Cigarettes, alcohol

My mama shedding tears

Rob the drunks fish the ponds

Never the perfect students

Crazy bunch steal the lunch

Never thought I could do it

Fraer gangs crooked banks

We stole from many pockets

Cause all we wanted was the change

I wanna speak about it

Homeless children down sewers

Starving, huffing glue,

It's -20 outside

Nobody's serving soup

Mhhhm… Mhhhm

I know you wanna see me at the top

Just know that I am never gonna stop!

I've seen it all: the sunset and the sunrise

I gotta keep it real in the God's eyes

I know you wanna see me at the top

Just know that I am never gonna stop!

I've seen it all: the sunset and the sunrise

I gotta keep it real in the God's eyes

Numbered schools had us accused

Reminded of prisons

Burned a few stupid rules

We lived thru communism

No hot water send a quarter

I'm standing with the buckets

Ain't no ain't no quarter

I grew up in the projects

I`m taking a shower once a week

You never heard me bitchin

Only dreamed if ice cream

Potatoes in the kitchen

Needles, puddles, broken bottles

Rotary telephones

Kissing girls falling in love

In the abandoned homes

Maniacs, paddy whacks

We beat the pedophiles

Stone` em down, chase em out

And save another child

Poverty gave no jobs

So we would scrap the metal

3-5 for that life

But we would take that gamble

Royal blood, diamond cut

Baby I'm from the mud!

Now look I'm really coming up

All by the grace of God!

I know you wanna see me at the top

Just know that I am never gonna stop!

I've seen it all: the sunset and the sunrise

I gotta keep it real in the God's eyes

I know you wanna see me at the top

Just know that I am never gonna stop!

I've seen it all: the sunset and the sunrise

I gotta keep it real in the God's eyes

Hard times made me wise

Hard times made me rise

Hard times made me realize

There's no success without sacrifice

Amen!