God Bless The Child-Jim Jones/Wyclef

[ti:God Bless The Child (Feat. Wyclef)] [ar:Jim Jones] [al:Capo] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.29]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:02.60]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:04.73] [00:05.45]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:07.55] [00:08.39]God bless the child that can hold his own [00:11.04] [00:18.87]Papa left me at war [00:19.91] [00:21.49]In the Croix-des-Bouquets slums [00:22.75] [00:24.54]Out in Haiti [00:25.16] [00:25.86]I used to hunt for my food like wolves hunt sheeps [00:28.28] [00:30.22]From the whole to the project [00:31.58] [00:32.09]Learned to slap box cause I couldn’t take the disrespect [00:35.44]Asked Mona Lisa for a date on Friday [00:37.89]She heard I was Haitian and she said no way [00:39.86] [00:41.83]But God blessed the child [00:43.05] [00:44.18]I could have been that juvenile [00:45.48] [00:46.39]Yep but that’s my cousin selling crack [00:48.74]And that’s me with the black and [00:50.37]White notebook writing raps [00:51.19] [00:52.22]And the words became real [00:53.95] [00:55.80]And I got a record deal [00:56.93] [00:57.94]And I went from last to first [00:59.73]I put Haiti on the map [01:00.83]If you're looking for my country Google Earth [01:02.24] [01:03.66]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:05.35]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:07.24] [01:08.34]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:10.24] [01:11.56]God bless the child that can hold his own [01:13.54] [01:15.91]God bless because the streets is hard [01:17.48] [01:18.29]We living in a world we only see facades [01:20.02] [01:21.13]But check the stats you won't believe the odds [01:23.29] [01:24.05]From who make it out to who see the bars [01:25.94] [01:26.75]Only a few make out the two seated cars [01:28.40] [01:29.36]I hope my crew make it out and don't see the bars [01:31.66] [01:32.43]When Wyclef was on tour with the Fugees [01:34.11] [01:35.00]I was with Boyz n the Hood you can't pause the movie [01:37.79]Thought I was hot sh*t when I bought the coopy [01:40.00] [01:40.86]I was down in the tunnel when I wore the goofy [01:42.98] [01:43.80]I was the ice berg sh*t 400 sweater [01:45.73] [01:46.60]I put ten up in the bank bet I form better [01:48.66] [01:49.73]It was love in the b**ch way before I met her [01:52.47]Just was spending all my chips on the softest leathers [01:54.45] [01:55.30]I told my niggas meet them at the crossroads [01:57.08] [01:58.03]Until then I'mma see how fast this Porsche go [01:59.92] [02:01.62]More money well them more foes [02:02.93] [02:03.91]But sh*t I ain’t scared of you mofos [02:05.88] [02:07.06]You funny niggas like Bernie mac [02:08.29] [02:09.29]I do something til you same niggas turn a rat [02:11.97]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:13.70] [02:15.06]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:16.84] [02:17.94]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:19.54] [02:20.65]God bless the child that can hold his own [02:22.33] [02:24.37]It’s much deeper than a rap song [02:26.59]Think it’s sweet until this beef is getting clapped on [02:29.07]I’ve seen sweet dreams turn in nightmares [02:31.20] [02:32.43]I watch street dreams turn to life years [02:33.94] [02:35.18]You can hear the loud screams when they cry tears [02:36.96] [02:37.96]Now I take my whole team and we fly Leers [02:39.85] [02:40.87]If it’s New York then we’re up town [02:43.25] [02:43.99]California sport when we touchdown [02:45.26] [02:46.59]I’m getting money wouldn't call it fame [02:48.63] [02:49.38]It was right before she nutted when she called my name [02:51.46] [02:52.49]Backing out the telly wheels in reverse [02:54.11] [02:54.87]She had the telly slippers on heels in her purse [02:56.84] [02:58.15]I put her in a cab you dealing with a jerk [03:00.30] [03:00.86]It's atleast a quarter mil when a ni**a murk [03:02.89] [03:03.80]Sh*t they follow me like I’m racketeering [03:05.87] [03:06.62]They must have got fed with the black McLaren [03:08.48] [03:09.61]And yea they racial profile my black appearance [03:11.38] [03:12.24]And I always ran the streets I had absent parents [03:14.30] [03:15.61]And every night we pray to the sky [03:17.30] [03:18.02]In the hood where is 9 million ways to die [03:20.09] [03:32.09]God bless the child that can hold his own [03:34.00] [03:34.92]God bless the child that can hold his own [03:36.50] [03:37.79]God bless the child that can hold his own [03:39.90]God Bless The Child (Feat Wyclef) - Jim Jones