Blow
[Verse 1]
(N-N-N-N-) Now... This here's the story of one of ya sons
Didn't know where he was goin but tired of where he was from
He knew it so he started writin' his music he had a mama who loved 'im but pops was out on the run
Big brother part of the dope game his sister a dope fiend and all of it makin' him numb
His homie used to be down 'til he was out on the town and lost his life to one shot from a gun
Fam' ly broke
He had to wait to grow into the clothes his brother used wear out back when he was young
He practiced speeches in the mirror for AMA's he'd be gettin' and Grammy's that he knew he had won
Homie was destined for it
He didn't know his life would test him for it
I don't think he knew full extent of how much he'd be investin' for it
Fast lane full speed he did his best to floor it
[Chorus]
Seems clearer today than yesterday
I feel so out of place nuttin' left to say
Got my things and I'm 'bout to run so far away
[Verse 2]
His demo fell in the right hands
Now homie gonna need 'im a right hand to look after the dough
His homies actin' so triflin'
His brother said he could be his hype man when it came to the show
He knew his mother would like that and he went out and bought her a nice pad and a new whip to go
Places she ain't never been to in her life and
Told her she's always gon' be alright, she ain't gotta work hard no mo'
Told her to go find a right man, that she really deserved a new life then he walked outta the do'
His second album had dropped
And he was makin' that money out overseas while on a seven month to' [tour]
Homie was goin n goin
Wasn't sleepin' for nothin'
This was everything he wanted ya know?
And he was pretty well known
Mama cryin' on the phone his sister had overdosed
She died
He was never the same
Now his brother was usin'
Just to cope wit' the pain
It was all so confusin'
He was close to insane
Goin back home he had more to lose and nothin' to gain
His sister was gone
His mama was hurtin'
He knew nothin' else but stayin' on the road and just workin'
Another show
Had no time to rehearse it
He was gonna move forward
Ain't no time to reverse it
[Chorus]
Seems clearer today than yesterday
I feel so out of place nuttin' left to say
Got my things and I'm 'bout to run so far away
[Verse 3]
He's on a wooorld tour wit his brother and friends
And he's covered in tats, and he's smothered with ends
Now he's livin' the life
He don't want it to end
But his mother has dementia and she's usin' Depends
Then his brother fought an officer he up in the pen'
And his label just told 'im they found a new younger him
And his mother died while he was on a stage in Japan
He couldn't cope he was offered some dope
Spent all his dough on some blow