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I Always Knew
Bishop Lamont
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Yeah
It's motivation
Dedication
Concentration
Pay attention
I knew I was gon' be something
Besides a fucked up drop out, my mother's disappointment
Broke with no employment
Hope rarely visits so the ghetto gets avoided
Necessity the mother of invention, dad's missing
So I guess that makes it father to a head kid
Couldn't show you what I been through
Hell and back, then back again
Matter of fact, that's my point of origin (Nah)
Never seen heaven, only felt the flames
Wonder why God ain't come when I used to call his name (Help me God)
But I was off the hook, my felt the same
Bad service (Hello?), we got disconnected
See I'm living life, life ain't living me
Fuck the negative, I switched up polarity
Made lemonade with every lemon handed me
Rap wasn't plan A, it was plan C
I knew I was gon' be something
From the hood, Hollywood to the big screen
I knew I was gon' be something
From the bus stop bucket to a Bentley
I knew I was gon' be something
Even when my teachers used to say I wouldn't be
I knew I was gon' be something
Block star to rock star, mama look at me
See you wanna be a rap star
I just wanna be happy and know my mama's proud when she look at me
Raised in the dirt nigga
Barely water, still grew like a redwood, stronger even harder
A lot of niggas I knew and know ain't make it
Struck down on the block, struck out and got locked
Strung out on that rock
The way of the world crushed their dreams
We wrote their scenes, we casted their roles
What a fucked up world I know
Got you feeling like God ain't watching, God ain't listening
Life's so parallel to hell you hear the devil giggling
I remember at times getting so drunk out my mind
Watching the night sky wondering where we go when we die
The homie Zach had a scuffle at the liquor store
Fell back, cracked his skull, coma he ain't here no more
Now every soul that we lost that's what I'm living for
I knew I was gon' be something
From the hood, Hollywood to the big screen
I knew I was gon' be something
From the bus stop bucket to a Bentley
I knew I was gon' be something
Even when my teachers used to say I wouldn't be
I knew I was gon' be something
Block star to rock star, mama look at me
Single parent home living, all I ever knew
No Huxtable shit, no pudding pops to get me through
Just my mama and my brother
Then he had to move for a while we ain't see each other
Used to hate my father for what he did to mama
Used to see her cry when she died, fuck my father
Said he'd come and visit, no show, didn't bother
Bags packed, he ain't call back, man fuck my father
Had my hopes up and never showed up
It's no surprise that we bad fathers when we grow up
But I was just a baby, couldn't understand
Nobody's perfect, you wasn't perfect, you was just a man
Then I became a man
See you every time I take a look in the mirror, how could I hate you?
Wouldn't be here without you
And through it all I love you pops and I'ma shine for you
I knew I was gon' be something
From the hood, Hollywood to the big screen
I knew I was gon' be something
From the bus stop bucket to a Bentley
I knew I was gon' be something
Even when my teachers used to say I wouldn't be
I knew I was gon' be something
Block star to rock star, mama look at me
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