Thankful

(*talking*)<br>See God been real good to me in my life<br>So I just wanted to take time out to thank him, you know<br>Cause I`m a cat that`s been through a lot, and me just<br>Being alive and free right now, rapping this to you<br>Is a blessing to me, you know<br>Cause a lot of the cats I grew up with<br>Did thangs, but they all dead or locked up you know<br>So it`s just a blessing for me to say hey man, I`m still here<br><br>[Hook - 2x]<br>See I`m just thanking God, that I`m here<br>I`m `posed to be, behind bars doing years<br>Or in the graveyard, with my peers<br>Street life, it`s hard but it`s fair<br><br>[Lil` O]<br>I swear to God I was the kid, that was `posed to be the President<br>Who would ever think, I`d call the jail house my residence<br>Got caught with the evidence in seventeen, four and a half<br>Two down cash, a 3-80 and a triple beam<br>Life ain`t what it always seem, I ain`t always gleam<br>I ain`t always have, but a playa always dream<br>Took Penitentiary chances in the streets, to get this green<br>I know I`m young but I can`t wait, I want the best of thangs<br>Money made us crazy, crack made us lazy<br>Fuck a job dog, a 9 to 5 couldn`t pay me<br>I ain`t know no better then, I was just a baby<br>I fell in love with the streets, but the streets betrayed me<br>Killed all my partnas, turned good girls to boppers<br>Some of these boys to junkies, all the rest is locked up<br>So much drama in my life, but this ain`t a opera<br>The only way I made it through, was thanks to the Father<br><br>[Hook - 2x]<br><br>[Lil` O]<br>When we jumped in the game, we knew we`d taken a risk<br>But ain`t no way in hell we thought, that we would end up like this<br>The FED`s just got Kenny Lou, on some conspiracy shit<br>And I probably won`t see Mark, till 2000 and 6<br>I take a sip of the Belvey, it helps me to calm my nerves<br>Cause the price of living wealthy and healthy, when moving birds<br>In a city like Houston Texas, where everybody on the grind<br>And we was raised since little kids, that we gotta shine<br>We live with baller minds, killed for dollar signs<br>You drop your ball, everyone go grab a hollow mine<br>Pray for the children in the streets, not just Columbine<br>Because we dying everyday, it`s a sign of times<br>Man this life of mine, is filled with death<br>Sometimes I feel guilty, that my lungs filled with breath<br>A thousand dollars man, they killed my nigga Norris for less<br>And because of that I know that I`m blessed, it could of been me<br><br>[Hook - 2x]<br><br>[Lil` O]<br>It`s a shame when you walk down, memory lane<br>All you see is niggaz ghosts dog, picture my pain<br>And I don`t bar witness fool, I`ve seen the sickest of things<br>My partna died, just because he put his dick in a dame<br>See if it ain`t the HIV, it`s the Penitentiary<br>Or these niggaz trying to get you, for your motherfucking cheese<br>That`s why I stay low key, and try to duck and dodge the heat<br>Cause I don`t want the Boulevard, to try to swallow me<br>See I`m a real G, but I ain`t gon lie<br>Everybody talking tough, but I don`t wanna die<br>At least not right now, Lord I`m too hot right now<br>It`s a lot of shit I want, that I ain`t got right now<br>Lord, I can`t stop right now<br>I don`t want my daddy yelling out, not my child<br>At a funeral, man this life so wild<br>We need Christ right now, man<br><br>[Hook - 2x]<br><br>(*talking*)<br>I wanna dedicate this one to everybody we lost<br>In the struggle, DJ Screw, Fat Pat, Big Mello, Mafio<br>B.G. Gator, all my dogs from the block man<br>Cornhead, Lil` Ag, Lil John, man there`s too many<br>Of y`all to name mayn, Lil` Norris mayn<br>Miss all y`all boys, all my partnas on lock mayn<br>Black Ass, Kenny Lou, Mark, Pig<br>Man I love all y`all boys mayn, Lord man there`s too<br>Many to name mayn, but I pray for y`all every night man<br>Love life and respect life, God bless