They Ask Me-J Kwon

[ti:They Ask Me] [ar:J Kwon] [al:Hood Hop] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]They Ask Me - J Kwon [00:04.78]Ya know right now whatever you smoke [00:07.40] [00:09.07]Right now cuz they ask me and they ask me [00:14.44] [00:16.17]And they ask me they ask me [00:19.89] [00:21.49]Now they ask me [00:22.55]How you know so much at 17 [00:24.16]What you mean [00:24.76]You never seen a disfuctional teen [00:27.19]Mama cared for me [00:28.43]Papa wasnt their for me [00:29.80]Older brother sold d**e and murph blurr for me [00:32.72]Times got hard I had to get harder [00:34.83]Let me take that back I had to get smarter [00:37.56]16 I had me a daughter [00:40.27]Hold up J-Kwon lets get sh*t in order [00:42.84] [00:43.45]Baby mama thats a whole nother story [00:45.62]Both too young both too horney [00:48.26]Cell phone rung but I didnt anwser [00:50.92]Check my voice mail my grandma got cancer [00:53.58]Now she layin up in a old folks home [00:55.98]When it seamed like yesterday she was home [00:58.65]A month later stroke poped up [01:00.17]Her brain cells gone [01:01.29]The last thing she said was [01:02.59]Let no one steer you wrong I'm grown [01:04.46]They ask me do I believe in God [01:07.68] [01:09.26]So I ask them did I defeat the odds [01:13.63] [01:14.87]They ask me do I believe in God [01:18.73] [01:19.93]So I ask them did I defeat the odds [01:24.53] [01:25.69]Sh*t f**ked up but I can't turn away now [01:28.21]Sold d**e around the town [01:29.38]Self esteem way down [01:31.02]Jessie made me tougher he boxed me up [01:33.34]My mama put me in the system she locked me up [01:36.13]Now this around the time that we lived on Haley [01:38.93]When I think about it [01:39.95]I don't know none of my family [01:41.49]Except for the immediate ones [01:44.03]Thats why I run to the streets [01:45.30]And the gennies hand guns [01:47.02]He don't talk much so everybody wanna fight him [01:49.66]Every school I went to nobody liked him [01:52.51]Never could it be right [01:53.63]I'd try sometimes [01:54.66]So I chilled by myself and cry sometimes [01:57.30]And all I ask from Gods to buy sometime [01:59.91]Would I bring his name in it If I was lyin' [02:02.65]Now look at what the f**k I done done [02:05.54]Terry Jones last son this is a blessing [02:07.98]I'm grown [02:08.46]They ask me do I believe in God [02:11.66] [02:13.22]So I ask them did I defeat the odds [02:17.50] [02:18.50]They ask me do I believe in God [02:22.70] [02:23.90]So I ask them did I defeat the odds [02:28.56] [02:29.93]La la la la la la la [02:34.98]Now they ask me how you know so much at 17 [02:37.49]What you mean [02:38.12]You never seen a disfuctional teen [02:40.43]La la la la la la la woah [02:46.14]Times got har I had to get harder [02:48.15]Let me take that back I had to get smarter [02:50.92]They ask me do I believe in God [02:54.42] [02:55.93]So I ask them did I defeat the odds [03:00.66] [03:01.54]They ask me do I believe in God [03:05.54] [03:06.44]So I ask them did I defeat the odds [03:11.04] [03:12.63]You know I mean it's okay to cry right now [03:17.47] [03:19.16]If you are standing by your grandma [03:20.77] [03:22.04]Your ma your brother your sister [03:26.41] [03:27.84]Hug 'em kiss 'em tell 'em you love 'em [03:32.51] [03:33.21]Because I wish I had the chance to do it [03:35.01] [03:36.51]You know