Shad - A Good Name lyrics

(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 I've got a good name, my first name came from 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 he told the whole nation that they had to bow down to it That or get tossed in the 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 have been some strange phenomenon They walked straight through the fire Chaka Khan Saved by faith stronger than flames, If I'm half as brave then I honour my name I've got a good name [chorus] And my last name, come down some generations Came down from the 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 the village Feel it when I touch down there Now it's 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 Guess it's perspective In hindsight seeing it's corrective So when I get kids if they get arrested They going to get licks like breath mints Check it He held a tough job down Held my mothers hand Handed down proud roots from my motherland To my hometown people say my name sounds dope no doubt but that's not why I'm most proud I've got a good name