[Swizz Beatz] Comin hard for ya We doin this right here man Givin it back Alotta thugs in the street, can't even do this right here man But you know how we do Hold it down, get it right, keep it tight And most of all.. We thank God
[Eightball] For my three sons, for my mom For waking me up and breathing air into my lungs For health and wealth and lots of love for myself The chances in life to take the right steps I done popped that thang, and I done been popped at Stole, cheated, and lied Survived when I could have died Or somewhere locked up, my niggas locked up That's why I pray to you, say what I say to you Thank you for Swizz Beatz, to him you bring the heat He brought the heat to us, we burn the streets up Thank you for family and everyone that stuck with us Gettin it crunk, and layin it down, and gettin to buck with us Thank you for not lettin material things make me Thank you for givin me the talent that my peoples see Thank you for lettin my niggas live after gunplay Thanks for forgiving me, cuz I don't do this every day
[Chorus] [SB] I thank God! [EB] For lettin me make it out the club That night all that fightin and shootin jumped off [SB] We thank God! [EB] For lettin me make my money on the block And get away when it get hot, uh [SB] We thank God! [EB] For them babies with them mommas who don't love 'em and they have to grow up, fast [SB] We thank God! [EB] For everything, all them little things For givin me my dreams, know what I mean?
[MJG] I thank God for havin a mother and a father To rely on for guidance when circumstances got harder I'm a part of a whole race who thank God For being able to be free and leave the plantation yard And, I thank God for givin me the understandin to acknowledge him Notice his footsteps and follow him I'm walkin today, I'm talkin today I'm feelin today, but on top of that I'm livin today And, I thank God because he gave his only child Would you give your only child? Think about that for awhile And, I thank God for givin me my baby daughter A roof over her head, and fresh clean drinkin water And, I thank God for not being afraid to love So all the love I give, I get back major love And, I thank God for givin me all the blessings To put a little piece of what we all think into this message
[Chorus: w/ MJG instead of Eightball]
[MJG] For all the times I thought I was in the worst situation that I could be in God helped me see in, them cloudy times Them, "I wanna get rowdy" times One of them, "They tried to bring the devil out of me" times I thank God, for keepin my mind solid And I respect my elders, if or if not they went to college And, thank you Lord, for makin my bin and I swored And I'm glad I don't feel like I have to kill to pay the bill
[Eightball] I was blessed to be a story teller, CD seller My niggas be them shady fellas, chasin yella Greedy with they eyes beady, lives easy Dispise those who rise easy, talkin freely Thank you for them tricks who be, talkin down Hatin me and think that I don't, get around The rumors and the talkin all it do is bore me Trick I done been through a true Holly-wood story
[Chorus: w/ Eightball]
[Eightball talking] Yea, Eightball, MJG Swizz Beatz Know wha'm sayin Just wanna thank God Simply, with the talents That he blessed us with Thank him, for the good things we celebrate For the bad things that make us strong YeaTeksty umieszczone na naszej stronie są własnością wytwórni, wykonawców, osób mających do nich prawa.
