Cla**ified - A Good Name lyrics

[Hook] (Shadrach, Shadrach) (Say what you like, just spell my name right) I've got a good name (Say what you like, just spell my name right) Yeah (Say what you like, just spell my name right) I represent more than my rap (Say what you like, just spell my name right) [Verse 1] I got a good name My first name came from a slave in Babylon Back in the day, rat in a cage Raised in chains he trained like Rocky But I mean his brain, not boxing So he got sly like Stallone, got game like 50 Cent posse Up first to work, on his coffee grind In no time promoted to the king's right hand But no hype man, had to take the right stand When the king made a statue of gold And told the whole nation that they had to bow down to it That or get tossed in a furnace Shad and his boys said, "Boss, you can burn us We can't serve this statue, it's worthless" The king was mad but Shadrach wasn't nervous It must've been some strange phenomenon They walked straight through the fire: Chaka Khan Saved by a faith stronger than flames If I'm half as brave then I'll honour my name I got a good name [Hook x2] [Verse 2] My last name's come down some generations Came down from an elevation high in the hills of a great nation With a bright future and a dark past That won't overshadow the hope cause the night's pa**ed Down from my grandfather who held down a village Feel it when I touch down there And now spilling in the same veins As a good dad with a good name You see, Shad's pop always played bad cop He had no badge though, we didn't give him mad props But now I respect it, I guess it's perspective In hindsight seeing it's corrective So when I get kids, if they get arrested They gon' get licks like breath mints, check it He held a tough job down, held my mother's hand Handed down proud roots from my motherland To my hometown People say my name sound dope, no doubt But that's not why I'm most proud I got a good name