Tabernacle (Explicit)-Royce da 5'9"

[ti:Tabernacle (Explicit)] [ar:Royce da 5'9"] [al:Layers] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Tabernacle (Explicit) - Royce da 5'9" [00:04.81]Yeah [00:04.91] [00:12.86]I wanna share some sh*t with y'all [00:13.90] [00:17.43]All truth all truth [00:18.76] [00:23.31]Like I'm standing inside a tabernacle [00:24.75] [00:25.60]I promised not to lie in not one of these verses [00:27.69] [00:28.98]I started out as a battle rapper [00:30.62]All I knew was Maxells ADATs DATs and gats [00:33.25] [00:34.36]My name is Ryan Daniel Montgomery [00:35.98]Recovering alcoholic I grew up on 9 mile [00:38.33] [00:39.14]I'm not a gangster drug dealer or thug ni**a [00:41.83]Just an MC who made a name with his rhyme style [00:44.48]Sometime around '95 I found my calling [00:46.60] [00:47.27]And that all coincides with the time that I found my darling [00:50.05]Now later on in the story I tell you her significance [00:52.29] [00:52.84]But now let's talk about me specifically [00:54.32] [00:54.95]Three brothers and one sister see [00:56.60]My daddy taught me consistency with his f**king patterns [00:59.22]Hallelujah I'm the son of a addict [01:01.28]My addiction was music [01:02.41]All I would do is go to the studio and the shelter [01:05.05]And listen to Redman and Heltah Skeltah [01:07.19] [01:08.29]Aye you all remember that one joint from the heltah skeltah album called [01:10.60]Sean Price be like [01:11.90]I'm not sure any [01:13.71]Yeah that was my sh*t [01:14.60] [01:15.41]I used to bump that sh*t all day [01:17.90] [01:19.03]By this time I knew I wanted to be an artist [01:20.90]I didn't want to be anything else [01:22.01] [01:22.93]You know but my mom had plans for me [01:24.59]She wanted me to go to school so you know [01:27.36] [01:29.14]To make mom's happy [01:30.24]I took some general courses in college [01:31.62] [01:32.22]Took the bus until I got hella bored with that [01:34.64]Because the bus stop I had to walk to [01:36.81]Was right across from the first studio I ever recorded at [01:39.53] [01:40.17]Now I would have to assume that [01:41.92]It was either meant for me to be rapping [01:43.79]Or meant for me to be laughing at God's [01:45.39]Geographical humor [01:46.89]As soon as I stepped foot in the open mic it was like a reunion [01:50.37]I was a shoe in [01:51.42]I met Kino there too [01:52.85]And he asked me to manage me [01:54.29]And that was back in like let me see [01:56.16]'97 my girl was pregnant [01:57.68] [01:58.26]Hurdles was prevalent [01:59.05]And it was therapeutic just for me to breathe into my mic [02:02.00]Started learning why the Lord put certain people in my life [02:04.72]And the way he started blessing me uh [02:06.42]I guess before my inner demons got the best of me [02:09.20]Like sneezing was my vice [02:10.34]Needless to say that December 29th was the day [02:12.70]I became a believer in fate [02:13.91] [02:14.89]Okay now it's December 28th [02:16.62]My day has gone great [02:17.83]Kino booked me a show under contract to do that night [02:19.96] [02:20.97]I got a call from my girl's people [02:22.46]Saying she's in labor in the hospital right now 9th floor [02:26.02]I get on the elevator [02:26.83] [02:27.61]Elevator stops on the 5th floor [02:29.08]Elevator opens up [02:30.18]My uncle's standing there crying [02:31.25] [02:32.46]Now I'm caught off guard I'm like what the f**k [02:34.72] [02:35.81]My uncle standing there like Ryan they that way [02:38.20]I walk out I see my momma and that entire side of my family [02:41.42]Looking like there's some kind of drama happenin' [02:43.10] [02:43.64]I said what happened [02:44.74]They like Granny's been in a bad accident and it ain't looking good [02:48.00]I'm like man what [02:49.00]I'm having a baby four floors up [02:50.69]Before I froze up [02:51.72]I'm trying to figure out why the Lord chose us [02:53.45] [02:54.00]Or maybe chose me [02:54.74] [02:55.30]To ride in this emotionally roller coaster [02:57.10]My momma said the baby here yet [02:58.52] [02:59.03]I said maybe [03:00.07]She said maybe baby go see [03:01.65]I walk away feeling like a good father the same time as a terrible son [03:04.97] [03:05.52]Get to my girl she 5 centimetres dilated so I waited [03:09.00]She got to get to 'bout nine 'til it's that time [03:11.51]And meanwhile I'm more popular in this hospital than the doctors [03:14.01] [03:14.81]Nurses watching whispering like that's the one right there [03:17.77]Who got a lady in labor 9 and another lady dying on 5 [03:20.95] [03:21.83]By this time [03:22.53]I don't even f**kin' remember that I got a show [03:25.00]Somebody had to remind me [03:26.03] [03:26.90]The doors was already open at the venue [03:28.52] [03:29.06]I got emotions runnin' every which way [03:31.05] [03:32.04]All the nurses and stuff is like [03:33.49]We'll keep you posted about the baby [03:34.71] [03:35.28]We'll keep you posted about your Granny [03:36.49] [03:37.41]I didn't like seeing my mama like that [03:38.80] [03:39.43]So I had to get out of there [03:40.90] [03:41.86]Yeah I hit the stage at 11 50 killed it [03:44.81]I got off at about midnight [03:46.34]With about six types of different emotions floatin' around inside me [03:50.35]Hopeless tryna find me [03:51.70]Hopin' in time God'll guide me [03:53.51]In the future just as I was about to leave out [03:56.18]I saw Kino talkin' to Marshall and then he introduced us [03:59.04]We talked about collaboratin' and how chasin' this rap thing is aggravatin' [04:02.92]But I'll get back I got the family waitin' [04:05.20]I get to skatin' [04:06.26]As soon as I get to the hospital [04:08.01]They tell me that my Granny didn't make it [04:10.08]She just died I'm feelin' helpless it hurt me [04:12.61]On the flip side my little boy is healthy in the nursery [04:15.19]I picked him up looked in his eyes for the first time and just cried [04:18.80]Ain't no denyin' this is the power of God [04:21.20]I said I love you Granny and looked to the sky [04:23.34]Like even though he just got here goodbye [04:26.38] [04:27.81]This is how the story goes [04:29.10] [04:30.70]Powerful day [04:31.11] [04:33.57]Powerful day [04:33.89] [04:35.61]Most significant day in my life [04:36.81] [04:38.55]I mean aside from meetin' my man Marshall [04:42.19]My son bein' born and my Granny dying on the same day [04:44.67] [04:45.81]My grandma didn't live anywhere near that hospital [04:47.90] [04:48.95]I learned a lot this day [04:50.11] [04:50.74]I learned that the universe has this way of balancing itself out [04:53.09] [04:54.22]For me to lose such a beautiful soul in my Granny [04:56.41] [04:57.33]And gain such a beautiful soul with my first born son little Royce [05:00.36] [05:01.42]It showed me that God is real [05:02.42] [05:03.39]God is real [05:04.15] [05:05.62]And you know what they say [05:06.56] [05:07.34]God giveth God taketh away