Stik Figa - Chicot County Summer lyrics

Huh wrote my uncle a letter and didn't send it yet Know what they say, ain't no sense of me pretending not Married a queen, I promised I'll raise a princess Things ain't that different, the difference is you got out the prison The South East Arkansas described as rich Folks here still surviving off the Bible and grits. Hard work against poverty, the ... Where pride kept me quantified in the dollars and cents Fireflies and night skies light aside of your biz When the stores can't guide you to a life of content I long for the ride, at least I'll be obliged to pretend I got a taste for tomalleys and pies the size of a fish. And that's what I miss, the summer off from school Street endure the cool heat, waiting on a cool breeze Depreciate the simple things, sitting on a couch wing Outside with my daughter counting fireflies with me. sponsored links Hook: And I was raised better than I behave Pants is hanging off my a**, my momma would be ashamed! I watched my daddy work, never heard him complain I watched my daddy work, I never heard him complain But I was raised better than I behave Pants is hanging off my a**, my momma would be ashamed! I watched my daddy work, never heard him complain I watched my daddy work, I never heard him complain Look, back home where slaves came off boats ...corn rose, and master shame they scold. Blessed ... strange food, hangs from ropes Yet, I still say, n***a, it's a shame, I know! You ain't got the answers yet, no clichés, no hopes Or some other catch phrase, just to chase that dough. Pray one day job medicate my soul Break the chains on my wrist, have them appraised in soul. Maybe this won't get played on your radio, Maybe more folks gonna hear, even say this dope The white came off the plain, now we're slaying, we're broke The white came off the boat, we're the new Jim Crow. But I can't play no role, this is game, just soul The brave acknowledge the fear and still stay their course You ain't powerless, that's coward, I been told to challenge it All the truth inside my ... Hook: Know that I was raised better than I behave Pants is hanging off my a**, my momma would be ashamed! I watched my daddy work, never heard him complain I watched my daddy work, I never heard him complain But I was raised better than I behave Pants is hanging off my a**, my momma would be ashamed! I watched my daddy work, never heard him complain I watched my daddy work, I never heard him complain