Genesis Renji - In The Garden lyrics

[Intro: Nahjee] Gen, when you coming back? So, when you coming back home? Why? Why you leave? I ain't trying to hear none of that sh** You got life f**ed up [Hook: Genesis Renji] At 12 years old I had my first job Venice had me outside in that garden Wasn't Gethsemane Pretty sure that I found a god in that garden Fornicated with the Devil and some demons I found my way out that garden [Verse 1: Genesis Renji] A rose out of concrete I came up out the bottom of this motherf**er All eyes on me I'm feeling like 2Pac up in this motherf**er It's me against the world Or it's me against a girl Or it's me against a god I ain't understand the odds All I know is that everyone was against me A couple devils to tempt me I thought the garden was empty Who the f** sowing seeds around here Blasphemers and all these non-believers around here People sold they soul Gave up dreams around here Having yo sh** together ain't what it seem around here I ain't understand the absence of pa**ion Or ambition this whole city was lacking Venice told me Beauty comes with patience There's a pain that comes with growth And sometime every seed doesn't make it Don't be mistaken These weeds can hide snakes By 14 I was walking around with a blade A box cutter Cut it short Like stop bu*tons Usually tremble in trouble But with this I'm not budging Left it home one day And they tried to jump me Put my heel to the soil And my soul started running From 19th and Brown To 29th and Center I remember hating the summer and wishing it was winter My n***a [Hook: Genesis Renji] At 12 years old I had my first job Venice had me outside in that garden Wasn't Gethsemane Pretty sure that I found a god in that garden Fornicated with the Devil and some demons I found my way out that garden [Verse 2: Genesis Renji] He who born in June like a summer bloom Been marooned on an island full of maroon And indigo Individuals Uprooted and planted to be criminals Picture perspective of adolescent Victim of culture shock Who developed hidden aggressions Surrounded by victims of oppression Carry regrets like weapons And wilting over depression Unkempt gardens become jungles This little Eden turned Jumanji There's more Cains than Abels No Eve is faithful It's so disgraceful We losing Angels Where all the saints go Blood flood the arc But there's no rainbows When you this used to Hell You can't picture Heaven No matter the angle Brim and firestone in my backyard Pillars of salt in the alley Romans knocking on my front door I heard there's blood in the valley Something like floors of a colosseum We inscribe names Like mausoleums I seen it all like a museum But I continued to grow From this world that's misleading [Bridge: Genesis Renji] At 12 years old Venice had me outside in that garden Pretty sure that I found a god in that garden I found my way out that garden Found my way out that