Venture

Family visitation on a sunny summer day

My cousin stuck in juvie tryin' to pray away a case

I'm tryin' to get my girl to cave and give away the cake

My father never taught me not to make the same mistakes

We barely made with a belly full of bait

So sedated I can barely feel my pain

Trapped inside the ghetto fallin' victim to my fate

Watching as my fellow adolescents stumble into heaven's gates

Love my chicken with some fries

Split the bucket by the piece

Grandma's pockets powder-dry

We still found a way to feast

Making gravy out of grease

We struggled long as forever

For as long as I remember, we weathered the weather

I'm so comfy with goodbyes, lost too many to the streets

Know a couple in disguise, run-and-ducking from police

Couldn't wash this black with bleach

We struggled long as forever

For as long as I remember, we weathered the weather

Ooo life of the young and reckless

I was only about 13 in the scene, seeking some vengeance

Circling the block like we got no sense of direction

Nearly in a celly, serving a paragraph of a sentence

Ooo pour one out for my bredren

I done been to 14 funerals 'fore I went to a wedding

Way too many time I seen parents bury their blessings

Mama's only hope 'til he lost his life for a necklace

Love my chicken with some fries

Split the bucket by the piece

Grandma's pockets powder-dry

We still found a way to feast

Making gravy out of grease

We struggled long as forever

For as long as I remember, we weathered the weather

I'm so comfy with goodbyes, lost too many to the streets

Know a couple in disguise, run-and-ducking from police

Couldn't wash this black with bleach

We struggled long as forever

For as long as I remember, we weathered the weather