| Yeah, I was born, son of Yvonne
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| Brownsville kid that wanna be on
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| Hit the streets run an be gone
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| Outside with a curfew
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| Got lessons on honesty and virtue
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| And the people that’ll hurt you
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| Drug addicts, ex-convicts
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| Living in a world surrounded by these conflicts
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| So many too many to mention
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| You can feel all the tension
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| A mom’s intervention
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| Tryn’na save her son from the worse fate
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| Getting home after 8 when she works late
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| Thank god for nana, I was in her control
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| In the lobby, sitting on tenant patrol
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| Cause folks getting robbed on a regular
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| By chain snatching dudes, just in it for gold
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| Son of Yvonne had a fight up the street
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| He’s a nice kid, but ain’t nothing sweet
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| All I do, I do it for you
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| It’s for all you did, when I was a kid
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| Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born
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| But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne
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| Son of Yvonne, better get the best grades
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| Couple of B’s, a C and the rest A’s
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| Not top of the class, but not nearly last
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| I beat your ass if you think you gon' barely pass
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| But all my best friends, they be ditching school
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| Every week is like a Friday ritual
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| You got a mind of your own, so let it be known
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| Son of Yvonne, sharp as a kitchen tool
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| All I do, I do it for you
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| It’s for all you did, when I was a kid
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| Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born
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| But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne
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| All I do, I do it for you
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| It’s for all you did, when I was a kid
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| Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born
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| But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne
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| I was born, son of Yvonne
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| Grand son of Ethie Claire
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| Heard you rap now
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| Duval, let me hear
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| I get pissed and leave
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| Nana upstairs, making sweet potato pie
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| Cause it’s Christmas Eve
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| Under the tree, afx racing track
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| Pick up a gift, shake it, then place it back
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| I wonder what it is, instead of taking a guess
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| Next morning, open gifts, making a mess
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| Nana always sits in the same chair
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| Jackson 5, singing Rudolf the reindeer
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| In the background, I go upstairs
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| To see what Mike got
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| Then I come back down, to enjoy all
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| Nana good cooking
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| Life in the hood Brooklyn good looking
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| Son of Yvonne, Brownsville born and bread
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| And like that quilt, nana got on the bed
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| I’m a bunch of things, all sown together
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| To make one man, that’ll be known forever
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| All I do, I do it for you
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| It’s for all you did, when I was a kid
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| Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born
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| But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne
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| All I do, I do it for you
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| It’s for all you did, when I was a kid
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| Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born
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| But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne |