13.God Has Smiled On Me
(Yeah, I be actin' crazy, rappin' nasty, but don't get me wrong,
I got sense. I'm gonna thank God on this song, man. This song is
dedicated to all the homeboys that almost died, but for some
strange, coincidental, ironic reason, you lived through it,
homeboy. But I'm here to tell you, man, it's not a coincidence,
and it's not ironic. God got a plan and purpose for your life,
man. The Quarter Piece Quartet gonna help me sing it right about
now. Bucccooocc!)
God has (C'mon, y'all.) smiled on me. (Yeah.) He has set me
free.
(Like when them bullets just fly past you.)
God has smiled on me and He's been good to me.
Before I was a wild juvenile, I used to me a mild, Christian
young child.
I used to seek and seek, search and search, analyze everybody in
my church.
I seen a lot of hypocrites, religious fakers, Deacon
whore-mongers, and offering takers.
When I turned 13, I thought church was fake. I took all I could
take, so I took a little break.
I went to the world, bought a Geri curl, and some crack to
sling, so I could do my own thing.
The street life, I didn't understand good, so I started gang
bangin' to prove my manhood.
Had fun, packin' a gun. The badest kid on the block was the
Christian's son.
When to the County Jail not once, but twice; gamblin' with my
life like I did with dice.
Buccccoooc!
God has smiled on me. He has set me free.
God has smiled on me, and He's been good to me.
I got released in '94. Told my mamma, I don't wanna get in
trouble no more.
I wanna find a job, obtain some wealth, be independent like you
and take care of myself.
Buccooc!
I stopped bangin'. I really quit, but not the people that I got
into it with.
Back in the day, from Palmdale to LA, they got beef with me,
homey, up until this day.
To make a long story short, I stepped out the tub. Walked around
the corner to the local nightclub.
Sittin' at a table just doin' my thing, that's when I got
approached by this rival gang.
His gang and my gang just got into it. I tried to explain, I
didn't do it.
I told you, bro, since '94, I been straight, man, I don't mess
around no more.
Buccooocc!
God has smiled on me. He has set me free. (Can't you sing it
again？)
God has smiled on me, and He's been good to me.
(You know what he said, man？ He got smart with me.)
He said, Call the mortuary, order some flowers. You quit your
gang, but we ain't never quit ours.
I got exciting. We started fist-fightin'. Like Mike Tyson, I was
scratchin' and bitin'.
A bunch of them started mobbin' me. Threw me on the floor and
started robbin' me.
The things that they took from me wasn't nothin' major： wallet,
walkman, cheap little pager.
They took my foodstamps, took my knife, took me and tried to
take my life.
Buccooocc!
I tried to fight back, but my efforts was useless. Ain't no need
makin' up excuses.
Hey, man, I was on the ground, gettin' beat down, 8 different
people kickin' me around.
I thought about all the bad things I did, when I ran from God as
a little bitty kid.
No sign, no reason, no clue, no warning. No fair; nobody cares 2
o'clock in the morning.
Heavy licks they was layin' on me, but at the same time, my
mamma, she was prayin' for me.
Lights from the helicopter filled the air, and the police cars
came everywhere.
I told Jesus, I don't deserve you, but let me live, and I'll
serve you.
God has (C'mon, y'all.) smiled on me. He has set me free. (Can
you sing it again？)
God has smiled on me, and He's been good to me.
(Sometimes when I'm drinking, man, I think about my close calls,
you know what I'm sayin？ Times I almost got shot. Times I was
committin' crimes and almost got caught by the police. Man, I
think about car accidents that never happened. I think about
homeboys I speak to one day, next day they catch 50, 60 years,
maybe even rest in peace, you know what I'm sayin'？ So check
this out, man. We still alive, right？ God ain't through with us,
so lets put it down, man. Stop all this madness, you know what
I'm sayin'？ Go on and take care of some situations that we need
to take care of. And to all the homeboys that robbed me, hey
man, I'm still alive, so if y'all will be so kind, go down there
and buy my tape, man. That'll make up for them food stamps y'all
took from me, right？ Buccoooc!)
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found; was blind, but now I see.
(I'm tellin' you.)
God has (He done smiled on me.) smiled on me. (He done smiled on
me.) He has set me free.
(Can you sing it again？)
God has smiled on me, and He's been good to me.
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound, that saved a wretch like me.
I once was lost, but now I'm found; was blind, but now I see.
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