Lyric Make Mama Proud - Lil Flip

Lyric Song Make Mama Proud: talking

Lil Flip
In elementary I used crayonseven chalk
I learned to count money before I could read and talk
And my mama told me sonyou need to shine
I couldn t stand at the backI had to lead the line
I use to make good gradesbut I talked in class
In middle school I was late when I walked in class
I the teacher ran a aronI taught the class
And what I didn t knowI was about to ask
And just because I played ballI got easy grades
And when I turned 13I got even fades
Everybody wearing Air MacsRee s and J s
But all my parents cared aboutwas B s and A s
In high schoolI picked up my pen and pad
I had dreamsof pulling up in a Benz or Jag
I had to get it on my ownI couldn t depend on dad
I had to grow up too fastbut then I m glad
Because the stuff I know nowI wouldn t believe it
The main goals that I setI wouldn t achieve it
I d probably be locked upor running the streets
I d probably wouldn t have platinumin front of my teeth
I d probably still be mockingtrying to earn a dollar
I d probably be in the hood selling sherm or powder
But insteadI m making bread legal dough
Going to church and staying away from these evil hoes

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You only got one lifeyou better do what you can
Cause when you turn thirteenyou are a man
And I can t be broke so I ma rock the crowd
It s up to meI gotta make my mama proud

Lil Flip
There s a place called heaven and a place called hell
There s a place called freedom and a place called jail
And if you go to jailthey gone treat you bad
Take your commissaryand beat you bad
So I m staying out of troubleI m chasing my dream
I know you see your little boy on tv screens
I m blowing upyour little boy making it happen
I m not selling dope mamaI m making it rapping
So when you go to sleep at nightyou know I m safe
Cause in Houston everyday somebody catching a case
Like yesterdaymy partner went to jail
And he ain t coming home until he fifty seven
He nineteenso you do the math
I got smartmanI choose to rap
So when I grow upmy kids can have a good life
That s all I wrotey all have good night

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