
Date of issue: 26.11.2017
Record label: Vinyl
Song language: English
Son Of Yvonne |
Yeah, I was born, son of Yvonne |
Brownsville kid that wanna be on |
Hit the streets run an be gone |
Outside with a curfew |
Got lessons on honesty and virtue |
And the people that’ll hurt you |
Drug addicts, ex-convicts |
Living in a world surrounded by these conflicts |
So many too many to mention |
You can feel all the tension |
A mom’s intervention |
Tryn’na save her son from the worse fate |
Getting home after 8 when she works late |
Thank god for nana, I was in her control |
In the lobby, sitting on tenant patrol |
Cause folks getting robbed on a regular |
By chain snatching dudes, just in it for gold |
Son of Yvonne had a fight up the street |
He’s a nice kid, but ain’t nothing sweet |
All I do, I do it for you |
It’s for all you did, when I was a kid |
Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born |
But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne |
Son of Yvonne, better get the best grades |
Couple of B’s, a C and the rest A’s |
Not top of the class, but not nearly last |
I beat your ass if you think you gon' barely pass |
But all my best friends, they be ditching school |
Every week is like a Friday ritual |
You got a mind of your own, so let it be known |
Son of Yvonne, sharp as a kitchen tool |
All I do, I do it for you |
It’s for all you did, when I was a kid |
Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born |
But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne |
All I do, I do it for you |
It’s for all you did, when I was a kid |
Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born |
But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne |
I was born, son of Yvonne |
Grand son of Ethie Claire |
Heard you rap now |
Duval, let me hear |
I get pissed and leave |
Nana upstairs, making sweet potato pie |
Cause it’s Christmas Eve |
Under the tree, afx racing track |
Pick up a gift, shake it, then place it back |
I wonder what it is, instead of taking a guess |
Next morning, open gifts, making a mess |
Nana always sits in the same chair |
Jackson 5, singing Rudolf the reindeer |
In the background, I go upstairs |
To see what Mike got |
Then I come back down, to enjoy all |
Nana good cooking |
Life in the hood Brooklyn good looking |
Son of Yvonne, Brownsville born and bread |
And like that quilt, nana got on the bed |
I’m a bunch of things, all sown together |
To make one man, that’ll be known forever |
All I do, I do it for you |
It’s for all you did, when I was a kid |
Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born |
But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne |
All I do, I do it for you |
It’s for all you did, when I was a kid |
Cause there’s mad friends ain’t wanna be born |
But I’m glad to be the son of Yvonne |
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