Pre O'clock ft. Lizi J & Flow-9inety Lyrics

(Liràtha hotta)

(Uh!) It's Pre o'clock, Pre o'clock

Another day living life in the hard-knocks

Parents on the grizzy, yeah they work a lot

E-RANGE for the heat, no carbon monox

They good people, well-respected, doing what they can

Working hard till we moved out of Mattapan

Double shifts and often times coming home late

Haitian Spaghetti, Pop-Tarts and some Kool-Aid

Simple pleasures, miss you Julie, tears in my eyes

Putting on a pullover just to sleep at night

Triple locks and deadbolts just to keep us safe

It's funny cuz how I thought, that's how doors came

Naïveté until sirens and gunshots

And watching PBS made me so culture shock

Take me to Mr. Rogers or Sesame

Before they cut the time, no 'lectricity

Humble beginnings, stay lamenting from the past

Keeping warm in the ghetto when you low on cash

(Ohhh) every dollar, gotta make it last

Pre o'clock til the day pass

Long ago, just to let you know

Heating up in the kitchen when them nights went cold

(Ohhh) if you relate, then holla back

Pre o'clock til the night pass

Baseboard heaters, man them shits were janky

Hand-me-down threads, man that shit made me angry

And on top of that, the frigerator wasn't full

Woke up late, missed bus, now we gotta walk to school

In inclement weather, snow fall, no Franklin Saint

Steal a bike, strip a bike, another 10 speed to paint

Some say we was bad, but I think we was adventurous

Boys from the hood, that ain't armed and dangerous

Girls didn't hang with us, we was holey like the holy than

But when we had the tootsie pops, they was are bestest friend

More like a lesser friend when the tootsie stop

Man that shit blows playing 64 on a Magnavox

And what made it even worst, man I had to share it

Mama said get off the game son, I wasn't trying hear it

She was like I'm not asking young man I'm telling

Pops put a belt to back, man I started yelling

Humble beginnings, stay lamenting from the past

Keeping warm in the ghetto when you low on cash

(Ohhh) every dollar, gotta make it last

Pre o'clock til the day pass

Long ago, just to let you know

Heating up in the kitchen when them nights went cold

(Ohhh) if you relate, then holla back

Pre o'clock til the night pass

Now to the present, taught me one thing

Budget most important things when adulting

Even though utilities might be passed due

Some way, somehow always find a way to

Make it to the next check to hold you down

Strategize what's important, never break down

Cuz in the end, as a man, the fam looks to you

And to the ladies, don't forget that you the glue

To keep the household together, it takes a team

Times get tough, always focus on community

Communication, love and trust, them be the keys

To unlock a better vision for the family

So for those who understand, some more advice

You can't survive, without a little sacrifice

New England winters, I still use the oven facts

No lie... it's cheaper than the thermostat

Humble beginnings, stay lamenting from the past

Keeping warm in the ghetto when you low on cash

(Ohhh) every dollar, gotta make it last

Pre o'clock til the day pass

Long ago, just to let you know

Heating up in the kitchen when them nights went cold

(Ohhh) if you relate, then holla back

Pre o'clock til the night pass

Pre o'clock til the night pass

Pre o'clock, Pre o'clock

Pre o'clock, Pre o'clock

Pre o'clock, Pre o'clock

Pre o'clock, Pre o'clock

Pre o'clock til the night pass

Til the night pass