God Bless The Child (Explicit)-Jim Jones/Wyclef

[ti:God Bless The Child (Feat. Wyclef)] [ar:Jim Jones] [al:Capo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.30]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:02.61]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:04.74] [00:05.46]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:07.56] [00:08.40]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:11.05] [00:18.88]Papa left me at war [00:19.91] [00:21.50]In the Croix-des-Bouquets slums [00:22.76] [00:24.55]Out in Haiti [00:25.16] [00:25.87]I used to hunt for my food like wolves hunt sheeps [00:28.29] [00:30.22]From the whole to the project [00:31.59] [00:32.10]Learned to slap box cause I couldn't take the disrespect [00:35.45]Asked Mona Lisa for a date on Friday [00:37.89]She heard I was Haitian and she said no way [00:39.87] [00:41.84]But God blessed the child [00:43.06] [00:44.19]I could have been that juvenile [00:45.49] [00:46.40]Yep but that's my cousin selling crack [00:48.75]And that's me with the black and [00:50.38]White notebook writing raps [00:51.20] [00:52.23]And the words became real [00:53.96] [00:55.81]And I got a record deal [00:56.93] [00:57.95]And I went from last to first [00:59.74]I put Haiti on the map [01:00.83]If you're looking for my country Google Earth [01:02.25] [01:03.67]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:05.36]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:07.25] [01:08.34]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:10.25] [01:11.57]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:13.55] [01:15.92]God bless because the streets is hard [01:17.49] [01:18.30]We living in a world we only see facades [01:20.03] [01:21.14]But check the stats you won't believe the odds [01:23.30] [01:24.06]From who make it out to who see the bars [01:25.95] [01:26.76]Only a few make out the two seated cars [01:28.41] [01:29.37]I hope my crew make it out and don't see the bars [01:31.67] [01:32.44]When Wyclef was on tour with the Fugees [01:34.12] [01:35.01]I was with Boyz n the Hood you can't pause the movie [01:37.80]Thought I was hot sh*t when I bought the coopy [01:40.01] [01:40.87]I was down in the tunnel when I wore the goofy [01:42.99] [01:43.80]I was the ice berg sh*t 400 sweater [01:45.74] [01:46.61]I put ten up in the bank bet I form better [01:48.67] [01:49.74]It was love in the b**ch way before I met her [01:52.48]Just was spending all my chips on the softest leathers [01:54.45] [01:55.31]I told my niggas meet them at the crossroads [01:57.09] [01:58.04]Until then I'mma see how fast this Porsche go [01:59.93] [02:01.63]More money well them more foes [02:02.94] [02:03.92]But sh*t I ain't scared of you mofos [02:05.89] [02:07.07]You funny niggas like Bernie mac [02:08.30] [02:09.30]I do something til you same niggas turn a rat [02:11.98]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:13.71] [02:15.07]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:16.85] [02:17.95]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:19.55] [02:20.66]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:22.34] [02:24.38]It's much deeper than a rap song [02:26.60]Think it's sweet until this beef is getting clapped on [02:29.08]I've seen sweet dreams turn in nightmares [02:31.21] [02:32.44]I watch street dreams turn to life years [02:33.95] [02:35.19]You can hear the loud screams when they cry tears [02:36.97] [02:37.96]Now I take my whole team and we fly Leers [02:39.86] [02:40.88]If it's New York then we're up town [02:43.26] [02:44.00]California sport when we touchdown [02:45.27] [02:46.60]I'm getting money wouldn't call it fame [02:48.64] [02:49.39]It was right before she nutted when she called my name [02:51.47] [02:52.50]Backing out the telly wheels in reverse [02:54.12] [02:54.88]She had the telly slippers on heels in her purse [02:56.85] [02:58.16]I put her in a cab you dealing with a jerk [03:00.31] [03:00.87]It's atleast a quarter mil when a ni**a murk [03:02.90] [03:03.81]Sh*t they follow me like I'm racketeering [03:05.88] [03:06.63]They must have got fed with the black McLaren [03:08.49] [03:09.62]And yea they racial profile my black appearance [03:11.39] [03:12.25]And I always ran the streets I had absent parents [03:14.31] [03:15.62]And every night we pray to the sky [03:17.31] [03:18.03]In the hood where is 9 million ways to die [03:20.10] [03:32.10]God bless the child that can hold his own [03:34.01] [03:34.93]God bless the child that can hold his own [03:36.51] [03:37.80]God bless the child that can hold his own [03:39.91]God Bless The Child (Feat Wyclef) - Jim Jones