[00:00.00] 作词 : Bailey, Caputo, Coles, Foxx ...
[00:03.30]Uh-huh  whoo  just smoothing it out  right now
[00:08.55]My nigga Halloween  we gon' get rich this year  nigga (see)
[00:13.24]Sip on this little bit of odor  made brown
[00:16.86]Zone out  turn the lights off
[00:19.62]Ant boogie  what up  Uh-huh
[00:22.67]In the crib  with my wiz  getting my grown man on
[00:26.49]Listening to classic soul  with the slow jams on
[00:28.68]Smokey Robinson  Tears of a Clown  shedding tears
[00:32.05]Popping beers  almost twenty five years in the town
[00:34.80]I seen niggaz die off  like dandelions in the fall
[00:37.67]Niggaz heard of Chip Banks and left him lying in the hall
[00:40.49]Your boy Sandy Brock was ill  like Kobe Bryant with the ball
[00:43.24]It's no exceptions  even the biggest giants gotta fall
[00:46.05]Cuz we living in denial  but these lessons are vital
[00:48.74]When marinating in the slums  you gotta practice survival
[00:50.99]Now everybody wants to be next American idol
[00:53.99]But these are more than just songs pressed up your vinyl
[00:56.68]Being rich is a poor man's dream  and we all wanna shine
[01:00.49]But we all can't green  knahImean
[01:02.99]Being rich is a poor man's dream  and we all wanna shine
[01:06.24]But we all can't green
[01:07.62]I grew up hard  maybe you grew up harder
[01:11.74]But I ain't been to many operas
[01:13.55]Or had money for private doctors
[01:15.49]As harsh it sound  these just a tears of a clown
[01:19.11]I grew up hard  maybe you grew up harder
[01:22.86]The message is I'm too strong to hold down
[01:25.61]I know the ledge  and I ain't planning to drown
[01:28.43]As harsh it sound  these just a tears of a clown
[01:31.05]Momma ain't raised no fool  they say we gotta save the children
[01:33.93]But first  we gotta save our spoons
[01:36.37]I was taught not to waste my food
[01:38.24]Even if I didn't like it  every scrap on my plate got chewed
[01:41.24]Either you ate  or you didn't eat  the memories are bitter sweet
[01:44.55]Used to get teased by my friends  cuz I had bigger feet
[01:47.61]I think about them jokes and laugh  crack a smile
[01:50.05]Cuz as a child  I never knew that being broke was bad
[01:52.80]Growing up I was close to my dad  but that still didn't stop a nigga
[01:56.87]From putting that coke in them bags
[01:58.36]That was the past  now  I'm riding with the oak in the dash
[02:01.05]Got jealous niggaz hating  big time  hoping I crash
[02:04.18]I can't blame 'em  and on the same note  I can't change 'em
[02:07.18]Let a nigga disrespect my shit  I'm gonna flame 'em
[02:09.92]That's word to my son little Jay  my little homey
[02:12.36]Ask niggaz how your boy get down  ain't nothing phony
[02:15.36]I grew up hard  maybe you grew up harder
[02:18.67]But I ain't been to many operas
[02:20.18]Or had money for private doctors
[02:22.86]As harsh it sound  these just a tears of a clown
[02:26.05]I grew up hard  maybe you grew up harder
[02:29.80]The message is I'm too strong to hold down
[02:32.62]I know the ledge  and I ain't planning to drown
[02:35.43]As harsh it sound  these just a tears of a clown
[02:37.80]Yeah  they say two heads are better than one  and in the process
[02:40.37]I learned that slow progress  is better than none
[02:43.05]That's why I'm still here persuing my goals  baking that bread
[02:45.62]In the bakery  if I ain't out  doing no shows
[02:48.68]I hit the block  once in a blue  and front with the crew
[02:51.49]And show niggaz a good time  by getting drunk in the stud'
[02:54.30]Some niggaz find happiness  with a blunt and a brew
[02:56.92]They talented niggaz  but they just need something to do
[02:59.74]It's kinda hard try'nna look beyond buildings and bricks
[03:02.62]We can't condone broken homes  when our children is sick
[03:05.43]Try'nna survive off the cereal and milk from the WIC
[03:08.24]And all the good ones we got  be getting killed in the mix
[03:10.99]He could of been the next Jordan  who knows  the next Emmitt
[03:13.80]Young Tiger Woods  or the new Arthur Ashe of tennis
[03:16.63]That's why I'm looking past the gimmicks  getting cash with Dennis
[03:19.57]Criminal grind  we gonna smash the business
[03:22.11]I grew up hard  maybe you grew up harder
[03:25.74]But I ain't been to many operas
[03:27.18]Or had money for private doctors
[03:29.86]As harsh it sound  these just a tears of a clown
[03:32.93]I grew up hard  maybe you grew up harder
[03:36.99]The message is I'm too strong to hold down
[03:39.55]I know the ledge  and I ain't planning to drown
[03:42.43]As harsh it sound  these just a tears of a clown
[03:44.74]Yeah  when you see that big thing pull up
[03:48.12]Don't be mad at us  man  be glad  we done made it from the projects
[03:52.12]We done came up  Stapleton Houses  man
[03:55.30]Straight up  Theodore  Toney Starks Enterprise