The Kids Are Alright – Kid Prince Lyrics
Yeah
904, Duval in the building
I'm on that (David Arcade)
I caught my daddy bagging up dog food
You know I had to go and ask him 'bout it
Knew not to keep the stash around me
'Cause he didn't wanna have to blast around me
Almost wish that he would though
I ain't saying that he should though
But he kept his beliefs so close to the chest
That I never knew what he stood on, huh
Without really seeing it
Dawg, he showed me
Misplaced my loyalty in the process
And he let it control me
Didn't care 'bout cell walls, got "Hell nah"s
Didn't care what it took
Just know what I stand on, no plans, dawg
Then got handed the book that taught me the opposite
Of all that I learned, the bridges I burned
And the life that I yearned for
I threw gas on
money and women, and then watched it burn slow
My question was, when the tables get turned
And your seat doesn't move, does it hurt more?
Like, do you stay on the level you're at
Or do you go back to the first floor?
I'll be asking that
'Til eternity calls
I know He's good 'cause mercy's involved
I pray that death is painless
'Cause I don't want my lil' brothers ever hurting at all
But I guess it is what it is
I walk on my way to Heaven with a open hand
Can't forget what He did, nah
Y'all can't forget what He did
Kid
Live from the 215
The kids are alright, look
The kids are alright, look
Yeah, yeah
Look
Just a youngin, sitting on the kitchen floor
While my uncle had crack on the stove
Packs full of dro, racks in the back of his home
He's slipping some dough to the cops on patrol
He asked what I wanted to be when I grow
I told him "I wanna be you!"
He looked at me calmly and said that I wouldn't survive
I tried to walk miles in his shoes
Years that I grew, rolled with a devious group
Bandanas were covered in blue, robbing for loot
We see the cops, spin the block and then shoot
Deep in my heart, dawg, I felt like a fool
But what do I do?
I made a pact to stay true to the crew
Next thing you know, I see blood on my shoes
Before I could move, the bullets start ripping my room
I opened my eyes and, to my surprise
It's just a dream, but was stuck in my mind
Knew it was a message from God
He told me don't meet my demise before I meet Christ
No longer blind on the road to Damascus
Laid down my iron, retired the blacksmith
Champion spirit, I'm feeling like Cassius
Went back to my hood and showed 'em what happened
'Cause I know some kids who dream, but stuck to the streets
And not really chasing they goals
They had to stick to the code 'cause even their bros
Was plotting on stealing their gold
Now you're trapping and bold, tossing them Os
Corner boy, stuck in a pose
.44 tucked in very close
Never know, 'cause ya opps on patrol
Never know if you're making home
Never know if 12 get ahold
Never know if you buddy had told
You never know, might get on parole
Lay at night in ya bed, thoughts in ya head
Traveling a different road
You think of what Grandma had said, If Jesus is real
Can he grant you freedom to grow?
Now you know
