Soul Food (Remix)

(Intro):<br>1996. (Soul Food).<br>Eightball and MJG, Goodie Mob, Crazy C<br>Bringing the Soul Food straight to you.<br>Sit down and get yourself a plate.<br><br>(Sample):<br>"Get a plate of soul food, chicken rice and gravy."<br><br>(Verse 1):<br>(T-Mo):<br>My old boy from the Point. But I`m from Southwest<br>And every now and then I get put to the test<br>But I can`t be stopped, `cause I gotta come true<br>Ain`t go no gun. But I got my crew<br>Didn`t come fo` no beef cause I don`t eat steak<br>I got a plate of soul food chicken, rice and gravy,<br>Not covered in too much. Drinking a cup of punch-<br>Tropical-every last Thursday of the month<br><br>(Big Gipp):<br>Daddy put the hot grits on my chest in the morning<br>When I was sick, Mary had the hot soup boiling<br>Didn`t know why, but it felt so good<br>Like some waffles in that morning<br>Headed back to the woods<br>Now I`m full as tick. Got some soul on blast in the cassette<br>Food for my brain. I haven`t stopped learning yet<br>Hot wings from Mo-Joes. Got my forehead sweating<br>Celery and blue cheese on my menu next<br><br>(Koujo)<br>Southern Fry won`t allow my body to lie still<br>Tied face goons surround me like cancer<br>Drill me with second-hand obstacles<br>But, only to make matters worse<br>Plus, I`m getting pimped by this temp lady Jackie<br>From Optima: staffing figure. Laughing<br>Shut up clown. Don`t talk to me like that<br>Looking stupid of course. Living day by day<br>And you ain`t hard trick? Hell you say?<br><br>(Cee-lo)<br>It`s such a blessing when my eyes get to see the sun rise<br>I`m ready to begin<br>Another chance to get further away from where I`ve been<br>But I`ll never forget<br>Every thing I went through, I appreciate the shit<br>Because if I had of went and took the easy way,<br>I wouldn`t be the strong nigga that I am today<br>Every thing that I did, different things I was told,<br>Just ended up being food for my soul<br><br>(Chorus)<br>Come and get yo` soul food, well well<br>Good old-fashioned soul food, all right<br>Everythang is for free<br>As good as it can be<br>Come and get some soul food<br><br>(Koujo)<br>Sunday morning where you eating at?<br>I`m on 1365 Wichita Drive.<br>Old Bird working the stove right?<br>Church`s dripping chicken in yesterday`s grease<br>Didn`t go together with this quart of Mickey`s<br>Last night hanging over from a good time<br>Yeah, beef is cheaper, <br>But it`s pumped with "red dye" between two pieces of bread<br>Shawty look good with them hairy legs<br>Wish I could cut her up, but my stomach come before sex<br>A house full of hoes. Now what`s the ingredient:<br>Spaghetti, plus her monthly flow<br><br>(T-Mo):<br>They know they making it hard on the yard<br>Fuck Chris Darden! Fuck Marsha Clark!<br>Taking us when we`re in the spotlight for a joke<br>Changing by the day. I see it`s getting bigger in my square<br>Looking at Lenox from the outside<br>With a stare. No money to go inside<br>Tameka and Tiffany outside tripping and skipping rope <br>to the beats from my jeep<br>As I speak, "Whats up" from the driver seat<br><br>(Cee-lo)<br>A heaping helping of fried chicken, <br>macaroni and cheese and collard greens<br>Too big for my jeans<br>Smoke steams from under the lid that`s on the pot<br>Ain`t never had a lot. But thankful for the little that I got<br>Why not be? Fast food got me feeling sick<br>Them crackers think they slick<br>By tryin to make this bullshit affordable<br>I thank the Lord that my voice was recordable<br>for soul food<br><br>Come an get your soul food well well..<br><br>(Big Gipp)<br>Hold up C. It`s what I write<br>And Miss Lady, acting like we in jail<br>Says she ain`t got no extra hush puppies to sell<br>Bankhead Seafood making me hit that door with a mind full of attitude<br>It was a line at the Beautiful<br>JJ`S Ribshack was packed too<br>Looking to be one of them days when mama ain`t cooking<br>Everybody`s out hunting with the family<br>Looking for a little soul food<br><br>(Chorus):<br>Come and get yo` soul food, well well<br>Good old-fashioned soul food, all right<br>Everythang is for free<br>As good as it can be<br>Come and get some soul food<br><br>(MJG):<br>I got the fever for some ham hocks<br>Hit the spot with hot spaghetti<br>Some Kool Aid with three or four rolls and grape jelly<br>The same old prejudice folks from 65<br>It`s 1996. (Where they at?). They still alive<br>Hell, I`m giving you a dose of my knowledge with hot gravy<br>Jimmy Swager, Reverend Ike and his wife: they couldn`t save me<br>A buttered toast midnight snack with cold water<br>Too late to thaw the chicken and cook it, so I ain`t bothered<br>Damn this last little helping of ham and Christmas dressing<br>Got me in the middle of February counting my blessings<br>Like that government cheese in that no name box,<br>Keep me locked when I done ate all the beans in the pot<br>Them old school hot mo cakes and mash potatas,<br>Helps keep my radar strong for infiltratas<br>From the days of my diapers `til the day I`m old,<br>I`ll be soaking up the game. Can you feel my soul?<br><br>(Eightball):<br>Eightball coming funki as a pot of Chitlins<br>Soul feeder with the lyrics I be spittin<br>Getting lifted. Gifted<br>God is my father. Glory is my mother:<br>The baked chicken smotherer<br>Filling me to capacity when I was younger<br>"Sprinkle me" like Suga T, so I wouldn`t have to wonder<br>about life; about the streets that I walk up and down<br>Grab a pen, and let it take me out of Orange Mound<br>Far away, I spend my days chuffing hay<br>Got "Inner City Blues," but I`m not Marvin Gaye<br>Pray. Trying to find another way to make some pay<br>Mom says [that] without a job, her baby can`t stay<br>Gots to go, now I`m gone. Hard foes<br>No food for the soul. This place is so cold<br>Eightball and MJG, Moe Bee<br>"Space Age" soul food for your babies<br><br>(Chorus):<br>Come and get yo` soul food, well well<br>Good old-fashioned soul food, all right<br>Everythang is for free<br>As good as it can be<br>Come and get some soul food<br><br>(Sample):<br>"Cause I don`t eat steak."