Thank God I Made It - Benny the Butcher/Queen Naija.mp3

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[00:03.153] [Benny the Butcher:]
[00:03.759] Yeah
[00:05.130] Mic check, one-two
[00:07.929] Uh-huh
[00:09.456] (Hit-Boy)
[00:11.761] Only can talk about this real shit, 'cause that's what I been through
[00:17.495] Yeah
[00:21.084] Yo
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[00:21.638] I was raised by a woman, so shout out to single mothers
[00:24.796] Who had to teach their teenage boys to use rubbers
[00:27.478] Gettin' calls home from school, then wonderin', why she buggin'
[00:30.296] 'Cause that's just more stress to add on top of strugglin'
[00:33.048] Few things I wanna show you, 'cause I feel like owe you
[00:35.843] You made me the man I am today, I never told you
[00:38.577] Dressed me in hand me down 'cause you couldn't afford Polo
[00:41.247] How it feel to see your two oldest boys' names on logos?
[00:44.478] Had to protect my family, so we played with guns
[00:47.265] I can't respect the man who don't raise his son
[00:50.090] Then you blame the white man on what they become
[00:52.618] A gangster, but reality of it is, you made him one
[00:55.627] Real niggas look in the mirror and see each other
[00:58.346] I look in my nephew eyes and I see my brother
[01:01.053] Sometimes I gotta look away 'cause it hurt so much
[01:04.007] How that nigga died so young and he was worth so much? (Damn)
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[01:06.748] [Queen Naija:]
[01:06.750] Put your hands together for the work of the Most High (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[01:11.561] I put my hands together and I pray, all night (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[01:16.356] 'Cause the struggle is real but the hustle is too (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[01:19.287] I'm flippin' my dreams 'til they all come true (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[01:22.062] I thank God I made it, thank God I made it
[01:24.838] And you gon' make it too (Ah-ha)
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[01:27.915] [Benny the Butcher:]
[01:27.920] This what happens when yout take a path they force you to take
[01:30.938] Like of course you gon' break and leave no remorse on your face
[01:33.682] 'Cause somebody just got life in the courtroom today
[01:36.470] When I walk, my chains make the sound my fork used to make
[01:39.251] It remind me daily, all that's sayin' is you gotta pay me
[01:41.951] That kinda crazy, find a new hustle, this not the '80s
[01:44.811] That ain't gangster, how y'all rockin', y'all droppin' babies
[01:47.551] And that ain't fly shit y'all be rockin', y'all mockin' ladies
[01:50.343] With no diplomas, we was soldiers, we got 380s
[01:53.051] Put a hundred mil' in my pocket, it's not gon' change me
[01:55.877] I just signed a deal with the Roc and I got more wavy
[01:58.457] Need a spot to hide the paper, the profit done got so crazy
[02:01.498] Hol' up, just today I swear I felt my brother's spirit
[02:04.649] Writin' all this shit and, damn, I hope my brother hear it
[02:07.180] Niggas scared of the Butcher, I know suckas fear it
[02:09.857] 'Cause niggas like me only come around every other era (Ah)
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[02:12.840] [Queen Naija:]
[02:12.843] Put your hands together for the work of the Most High (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[02:17.707] I put my hands together and I pray, all night (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[02:22.414] 'Cause the struggle is real but the hustle is too (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[02:25.359] I'm flippin' my dreams 'til they all come true (Ah-ha, ah-ha)
[02:28.098] I thank God I made it, thank God I made it
[02:30.936] And you gon' make it too (Ah-ha)
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