these folks think just cause i won some american idol show
everythang aint the same. man you kno they see me on
t.v. or up in da crib every week. and you think everything is all good. i mean
it really is all good man. keep
securcurcurcurcure. from hangin out late in the bama
to beverly hills
california. from heatin up the leftovers
to becomin a restaurant
owner. from a litle block
from a little hood
to the whole world and it's all good. and if ya didn't know
i was a star before
the show
but if it was. no block
no ruben
no hood
no ruben
no boulevards
no ruben
no cornerspots
no ruben
no stayin up late nights
tellin mama everything gone be alright. and if it wansn't no yoouuu. there would be no ruben. from wearin my big brother's clothes
to buyin him a new wardrobe from listenin to fred hammond
to hangin out
wit fred hammond. from a little block from a little hood
to the whole world and it's all goood
and if ya didn't know i
was a star before the show but if it waas. no block
no ruben
no hood
no ruben
no boulevards
no ruben
no cornerspots
no ruben
no stayin up late nights
tellin mama everything gone be alright. and if it wansn't no yoouuu. there would be no ruben. aaaaahaaaaaheeey
this goes out to the barbershops
the black man's country club. and this goes out to the single mothers
at the laundry mat fooldin covers. your my inspiration
and you've been my
motivation. and that's whhyyyy
i had to do this dedication cause if it waaaaaaas. no block
no ruben
no hood
no ruben
no boulevards
no ruben
no cornerspots
no ruben
no stayin up late nights
tellin mama everything gone be alright. and if it wansn't no yoouuu. there would be no ruben. hey ruben let's take em to church. if it wasn't for the block
if it wasn't for the hood
if it wasn't for the boulevards
and and the cornerspots
stayin up late nights tellin mama all right
and if it wasn't for yoouuu. there would be
there would be
no ruben. ay ruben i don't think they heard you let's tell