[00:00.000] 作词 : J. Rhodes/L. Griffin Jr./R. Montgomery
[00:00.017] 作曲 : J. Rhodes/S1/L. Griffin Jr./R. Montgomery
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[00:04.77]Yeah
[00:12.68]I wanna share some **** with y’all
[00:17.29]All truth, all truth
[00:23.27]Like I’m standing inside a Tabernacle
[00:25.66]I promised not to lie in not one of these verses
[00:28.77]I started out as a battle rapper
[00:30.32]All I knew was Maxells, ADATs, DATs and gats
[00:33.87]My name is Ryan Daniel Montgomery
[00:36.22]Recovering alcoholic, I grew up on 9 Mile
[00:39.35]I’m not a gangster, drug dealer or thug *****
[00:41.82]Just an MC who made a name with his rhyme style
[00:44.73]Sometime around 95 I found my calling
[00:47.16]And that all coincides with the time that I found my darling
[00:49.92]Now later on in the story I tell you her significance
[00:52.74]But now let’s talk about me, specifically
[00:55.00]Three brothers and one sister see
[00:56.36]My daddy taught me consistency with his ******* patterns
[00:59.12]Hallelujah I’m the son of a addict
[01:01.15]My addiction was music
[01:02.37]All I would do is go to the studio and The Shelter
[01:04.88]Listening to Redman and Heltah Skeltah
[01:08.20]Aye y’all remember that one joint from the Heltah Skeltah album called
[01:10.77]Sean Price be like, I’m not sure any yeah…that was my ****
[01:15.70]I used to bump that **** all day
[01:19.03]By this time I knew I wanted to be an artist
[01:20.84]I didn’t want to be anything else
[01:22.92]You know, but my mom had plans for me, she wanted me to go to school, so you know
[01:29.13]To make mom’s happy
[01:30.16]I took some general courses in college
[01:32.12]Took the bus until I got hella bored with that
[01:34.39]Because the bus stop I had to walk to
[01:36.66]Was right across from the first studio I ever recorded at
[01:39.80]Now I would have to assume that
[01:41.57]It was either meant for me to be rapping
[01:43.68]Or meant for me to be laughing at God’s Geographical humor
[01:47.04]As soon as I stepped foot in the open-mic it was like a reunion
[01:50.22]I was a shoe-in
[01:51.33]I met Kino there too
[01:52.73]And he asked me to manage me
[01:54.01]And that was back in like, let me see
[01:56.13]97, my girl was pregnant
[01:57.98]Hurdles was prevalent
[01:58.98]And it was therapeutic for me to breathe into my mic
[02:01.86]Started learning why the lord put certain people in my life
[02:04.49]And the way he started blessing me, uh
[02:06.55]I guess before my inner-demons got the best of me
[02:08.89]Like sneezing was my vice
[02:10.26]Needless to say that December 29th was the day I became a believer in fate
[02:14.83]Okay now it’s December 28th, my day has gone great
[02:17.69]Kino booked me a show under contract to do that night.
[02:20.92]I got a call from my girl’s people saying she’s in labor in the hospital right now, 9th floor
[02:26.05]I get on the elevator
[02:27.58]Elevator stops on the 5th floor, elevator opens up, my uncle’s standing there crying
[02:32.36]Now I’m caught off guard, I’m like, what the ****?
[02:35.70]My uncle standing there like Ryan, they that way
[02:38.06]I walk out, I see my momma and that entire side of my family
[02:41.52]Looking like there’s some kind of drama happening
[02:43.44]I said what happened
[02:44.66]They like Granny’s been in a bad accident, and it ain’t looking good
[02:47.89]I’m like man, what?
[02:48.97]I’m having a baby four floors up
[02:50.56]Before I froze up
[02:51.52]I’m trying to figure out why the Lord chose us
[02:53.55]Or maybe chose me
[02:55.31]To ride in this emotionally roller coaster
[02:57.16]My momma said the baby here yet?
[02:58.92]I’m said maybe
[02:59.88]She like maybe? Baby, go see
[03:01.19]I walk away feeling like a good father, the same time as a terrible son
[03:05.23]Get to my girl she 5 centimetres dilated so I waited
[03:08.65]She got to get to nine before it’s that time
[03:10.82]And meanwhile I’m more popular in this hospital than the doctors
[03:14.08]Nurses watching, whispering like that’s the one right there
[03:17.52]Who got a lady in labor 9 and another lady dying on 5
[03:21.83]By this time I don’t even ******* remember that I got a show
[03:24.85]Somebody had to remind me. The doors was already open at the venue
[03:28.88]I got emotions running every which way
[03:31.80]All the nurses and stuff is like, We’ll keep you posted about the baby
[03:34.92]We’ll keep you posted about your granny
[03:37.08]I didn’t like seeing my mama like that, so I had to get out of there
[03:41.51]Yeah, I hit the stage at 11:50, killed it
[03:44.17]I got off at about midnight
[03:46.21]With about six types of different emotions floating around inside me
[03:50.02]Hopeless, tryna find me
[03:51.43]Hoping in time God’ll guide me
[03:53.27]In the future, just as I was about to leave out
[03:55.90]I saw Kino talking to Marshall and then he introduced us
[03:58.57]We talked about collaborating and how chasing this rap thing is aggravating
[04:02.80]But I’ll get back, I got the family waiting
[04:04.76]I get to skating
[04:06.01]As soon as I get to the hospital they tell me that my granny didn’t make it
[04:09.64]She just died, I’m feeling helpless, it hurt me
[04:12.16]On the flip side, my little boy is healthy in the nursery
[04:15.12]I picked him up, looked in his eyes for the first time and just cried
[04:18.29]Ain’t no denying this is the power of God
[04:20.80]I said, I love you, Granny and looked to the sky
[04:23.06]Like even though he just got here, goodbye
[04:27.68]This is how the story goes
[04:30.45]Powerful day
[04:33.49]Powerful day
[04:35.52]Most significant day in my life
[04:38.58]I mean aside from meeting my man Marshall, my son being born and my granny dying on the same day
[04:45.82]My grandma didn’t live anywhere near that hospital
[04:49.11]I learned a lot this day
[04:50.61]I learned that the universe has this way of balancing itself out
[04:54.14]For me to lose such a beautiful soul in my granny
[04:57.20]And gain such a beautiful soul with my first born son little Royce
[05:01.33]It showed me that God is real
[05:03.43]God is real. And you know what they say God giveth, God taketh away
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