yeah
i was born
son of yvonne
brownsville kid that wanna be on
hit the streets run an be gone
outside with a curfew
got lessons on honesty and virtue
and the people that'll hurt you
drug addicts
ex-convicts
living in a world surrounded by these conflicts
so many too many to mention
you can feel all the tension
a mom's intervention
tryn'na save her son from the worse fate
getting home after 8 when she works late
thank god for nana
i was in her control
in the lobby
sitting on tenant patrol
cause folks getting robbed on a regular
by chain snatching dudes
just in it for gold
son of yvonne had a fight up the street
he's a nice kid
but ain't nothing sweet
all i do
i do it for you
it's for all you did
when i was a kid
cause there's mad friends ain't wanna be born
but i'm glad to be the son of yvonne
son of yvonne
better get the best grades
couple of b's
a c and the rest a's
not top of the class
but not nearly last
i beat your ass if you think you gon' barely pass
but all my best friends
they be ditching school
every week is like a friday ritual
you got a mind of your own
so let it be known
son of yvonne
sharp as a kitchen tool
all i do
i do it for you
it's for all you did
when i was a kid
cause there's mad friends ain't wanna be born
but i'm glad to be the son of yvonne
all i do
i do it for you
it's for all you did
when i was a kid
cause there's mad friends ain't wanna be born
but i'm glad to be the son of yvonne
i was born
son of yvonne
grand son of ethie claire
heard you rap now
duval
let me hear
i get pissed and leave
nana upstairs
making sweet potato pie
cause it's christmas eve
under the tree
afx racing track
pick up a gift
shake it
then place it back
i wonder what it is
instead of taking a guess
next morning
open gifts
making a mess
nana always sits in the same chair
jackson 5
singing rudolf the reindeer
in the background
i go upstairs
to see what mike got
then i come back down
to enjoy all
nana good cooking
life in the hood brooklyn good looking
son of yvonne
brownsville born and bread
and like that quilt
nana got on the bed
i'm a bunch of things
all sown together
to make one man
that'll be known forever
all i do
i do it for you
it's for all you did
when i was a kid
cause there's mad friends ain't wanna be born
but i'm glad to be the son of yvonne
all i do
i do it for you
it's for all you did
when i was a kid
cause there's mad friends ain't wanna be born
but i'm glad to be the son of yvonne