[Intro: Kent Jamz] Hands on the table, oooh yeah You k**ed my uncle back in '83 Guns on the table, oooh yeah They k**ed my daddy back in '93 [Verse 1: Isaiah Rashad] I seen too much and I'm just 23 I know some k**az born in '96 I'll take you back, I'll teach you how to swim I reminisce, I remi- I reminisce like I was 85 Beyond your dollar sign and your skin I reminisce, I remi-, I reminisce, I- I know ya, I know ya hurt I know ya love me, I know the pain, it breaks my heart I know you love me, I know you hurt some I know what love is, I know ya [Hook: Isaiah Rashad & Kent Jamz] I know the black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto Black love, keep the sunshine, on your face, I know Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto Black love, black love Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto (I know) Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto (I know) Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto Black blood (black blood), I know (I know) [Verse 2: King Los] They k**ed my pop when I was just sixteen (Oh no no) They took my innocence away from me (No no no) In my hood I done did some crazy things (Oh no no) But that's all the sh** that made me a king (No no no) Cause I still see the sun rise, and the moon shine I look in my son's eyes, and I'm grateful two times And two types of n***as where I'm from, and they both the same
Know yourself, know the streets, know the game, know the pain Novocain make me numb, know the chains make me dumb Chain me to my brother, hate each other 'til we eighty something Make me run from myself, this like my own flesh So we on bullsh**, just like I'm on jets Oh yes, time's hard, you all stressed, your mind's gone Going through a large test, hard-pressed to find God, define God Look in the mirror, you might find God Even though we full of sin we full of him, defy odds My scars match his as long as I've been beat down I should have nails through my hands and my feet now He was on the cross said speak, now I'm hearin' you Saved by the blood, he might leak down a miracle Gotta be the- [Hook: Isaiah Rashad & Kent Jamz] Black blood make the gra** grow in the ghetto Black blood keep the sunshine on your face, I know Black blood make the gra** grow in the ghetto Black blood, black blood Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto (I know) Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto (I know) Black blood, make the gra** grow, in the ghetto Black blood (black blood), I know (I know) [Outro] In the ghetto (Ghetto) Black blood, make the gra** grow Ohhh, ohhh (Ohhh) Ohhh, black blood (In the ghetto) (Ghetto) Black blood, ohhh Jump Jump Jump Jump