| What you know about Christmas in the hood? |
| Yeah
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| Mama still sweating by the stove, got the kitchen smelling good
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| And don’t tell me that my parents ain’t the real Santa
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| I wish a nigga would
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| And if your dad was present, that was a present by itself
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| Ain’t no reindeers round here, ain’t gon' never find no elf
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| Merry, merry Christmas, no, yeah
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| Oh yeah, yeah yeah
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| Merry, merry Christmas, girl
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| Back when I was just a kid, wasn’t famous
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| Christmas Eve, couldn’t sleep, I was anxious
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| Wide awake past midnight
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| I used to walk past the Christmas tree
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| Picking up gifts, tryna guess what was inside
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| Seen a lot of folks rob for this
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| My daddy worked two jobs for this
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| My mama sacrificed her time for this
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| Tears falling down my eyes for this, yeah
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| Dead broke but we feeling like we up one
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| Everything I had, spent my last on a loved one, yeah, yeah
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| It get real where I come from
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| Used to think my area code was nine one one, yeah
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| Nine one one, yeah yeah yeah
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| Ain’t no slay bells ringing, milk and cookies
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| Outside I see kids in hoodies
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| What you know about Christmas in the hood? |
| Yeah
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| Mama still sweating by the stove, got the kitchen smelling good
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| And don’t tell me that my parents ain’t the real Santa
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| I wish a nigga would
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| And if your dad was present, that was a present by itself
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| Ain’t no reindeers round here, ain’t gon' never find no elf
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| Merry, merry Christmas, no, yeah
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| Oh yeah, yeah yeah
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| Merry, merry Christmas, girl
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| Ain’t had no rest
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| My parents was surviving check to check, yeah
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| I remember them times I’m feeling blessed
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| My Christmas was more like Friday after next
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| Even through them dark days it felt the brightest
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| What you know about opening up a gift you ain’t want
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| But you grateful so you pretend that you like it (that's facts)
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| Mighta never got them Jordans
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| But them shoes that they bought still fit me
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| And all the fam that I grew up with still with me
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| That’s why I love they house
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| Never got the new game system
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| Till the next one came out, facts
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| 'Cause it was cheaper by then
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| Still can’t believe I got it, yeah
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| This for them ones without no family and missed it (they missed)
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| This for them ones who got no gifts, you still gifted (you gifted)
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| This for them ones who ever had a ghetto Christmas (Christmas)
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| Yeah, yeah
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| What you know about Christmas in the hood? |
| Yeah
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| Mama still sweating by the stove, got the kitchen smelling good
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| And don’t tell me that my parents ain’t the real Santa
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| I wish a nigga would
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| And if your dad was present, that was a present by itself
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| Ain’t no reindeers round here, ain’t gon' never find no elf
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| Merry, merry Christmas, no, yeah
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| Oh yeah, yeah yeah
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| Merry, merry Christmas
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| Yeah, yeah, Christmas, ay
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| Jingle bells, Batman smells, and Robin laid a egg, yeah
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| The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away, yeah, yeah |