The Convo-DMX

[ti:The Convo] [ar:Dmx] [al:It's Dark And Hell Is Hot] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.82]Artist：dmx [00:01.51]Songs Title：the convo [00:02.64]Album by: Its Dark And Hell Is Hot [00:04.19]Artist by: DMX [00:04.88]You tell me that theres love here [00:06.44]But to me its blatant [00:07.38]Nothin but all the blood here [00:08.87]I'm dealin with satan [00:10.06]Plus with all the hatin [00:11.18]Its hard to keep peace （uh huh） [00:13.11]Thou shall not steal [00:13.79]But I will to eat [00:15.42]I tried doin good but [00:17.04]Goods not too good for me [00:18.60]Misunderstood [00:19.41]Why you chose the hood for me [00:21.53]Mean I'm aiight [00:22.09]I just had to work hard at it [00:24.03]Went to granma for answers [00:24.97]She told me that God had it [00:26.71]So now here I am [00:27.89]Confused and full of questions [00:28.84]Am I born to lose [00:30.45]Or is this just a lesson [00:31.89]And who its goin choose [00:33.27]When it gets turned around [00:34.64]And will it be [00:35.69]Layin in my own blood [00:36.44]And on the ground [00:37.32]My child [00:37.82]I've watched you grow up [00:39.25]And I've been there （uh huh） [00:40.62]Even at those times [00:41.12]You least suspected it [00:42.05]I was there [00:42.87]And look at what I've given you [00:44.18]A talent to rhyme [00:45.37]I may not come when you call [00:46.61]But I'm always on time [00:48.16]Somebodys knockin [00:51.35]Should I let em in [00:53.40]Lord were just startin [00:56.02]But where will it end [00:58.84]Somebodys knockin [01:01.96]Should I let em in [01:04.26]Lord were just startin [01:07.50]But where will it end [01:09.69]But when the funds are low [01:12.19]The gunsll blow [01:12.75]Lookin for that one that owe [01:14.25]Make em run that dough [01:15.37]No [01:16.31]Put down the guns [01:17.62]And write a new rhyme [01:18.68]Youll get it all in due time [01:19.93]Youll do fine [01:20.22]Just have faith [01:20.94]Cuz you mine （uh huh） [01:22.19]And when you shine [01:22.69]Its goin be a sight to behold [01:23.88]So don't fight to be old [01:25.37]Or lose sight when its cold [01:26.81]See that light down the road [01:28.62]Its goin guide you there [01:29.68]Two sets of footsteps [01:30.55]I was right beside you there [01:31.99]But what about them times i [01:33.43]Only saw one [01:34.36]Those were the times that I was [01:35.99]Under the gun [01:36.54]It was then I carried you my son [01:38.41]Led you to safety [01:39.48]It just wasnt your time to face me （uh huh） [01:41.85]Ayo a few of them times I thought you would erase me [01:43.47]But all you did was embrace me [01:44.72]Prepared me for the worst [01:45.95]Offered me eternal light [01:47.14]And scared me with the hearse [01:48.82]And the curse [01:49.69]Turned to grace [01:50.56]When the hurt [01:51.31]Turned to faith [01:51.81]No more runnin （uh huh） [01:53.12]And slidin in the dirt [01:53.82]Cuz I'm safe [01:54.69]Somebodys knockin [01:57.06]Should I let em in [01:59.00]Lord were just startin [02:01.37]But where will it end [02:04.98]Somebodys knockin [02:08.36]Should I let em in [02:09.98]So if I'm yo man [02:12.17]I'm in yo hand [02:13.04]Wus yo plan [02:13.91]Never had a friend [02:15.16]Cuz you couldn't trust your man [02:16.54]Learned to stand before I crawled [02:18.40]Things were twisted [02:19.16]And if you showed me anything at all [02:21.03]Then I missed it [02:22.15]Looked the wrong way （uh huh） [02:23.87]I've done some wrong things （true） [02:25.18]Kept a bad attitude [02:25.81]But thats what wrong brings [02:26.93]And now you mean to tell me that [02:28.92]After all this time [02:29.91]It was you that kept the dog from goin out of his mind [02:32.29]It was you that breathed life [02:33.85]Into my lungs when I was born [02:35.47]And it was you that let me know [02:36.85]What was right [02:37.41]From what was wrong [02:38.54]And it was you that let me do [02:39.72]What I knew what could be done [02:40.65]And it was you that gave me a good wife [02:42.46]And a beautiful son [02:43.03]And its been you speakin to me [02:44.84]Inside my mind [02:45.34]And its been you who has forgiven [02:46.95]Time after time [02:48.02]It was you who opened my eyes [02:50.14]So I could see [02:51.69]And it was you who shined yo [02:53.14]Light on me