Yesterday & Today

Yesterday I and today I

Yesterday I and today I

Alright, alright I ain't getting out of bed today

9 to 5 to survive, there's gotta be a better way

Waking up early to punch in the clock

How I'm lookin' grown man with my lunch in a box

But my kids need socks and shoes,

I'm walking through the office (boss yelling)

Who you talking to don't you know on the streets I would've

Never mind, the past is the past I gotta leave it behind

But man back on the block I was a bonafide hustler

Spot popping off until the police rushed us

Handcuffed us I though I was gone

Could've cried thinking now I'd miss my son being born

But I was blessed, beat the case now I'm trying to reform

But this white folks make it so hard to move on

You gotta jump through hoops, anger management groups

But the fact I'm still standin' here today is proof that

Yesterday I felt the most hated, I thought I couldn't take it, they said I couldn't make it

And today I feelin brand new, I got nothing to lose, I'm bout to make moves

Yesterday I felt the most hated, I thought I couldn't take it, I fought until I made it

And today I feelin brand new, I got nothing to lose, get out my way move

On to the next, it was all about sex

When I first met my little baby girl annette

She was standing at the bus stop, sucking on a lollipop

Eyes collard green lean thicker than a pork chop

(stop) cause I don't eat swine

But this girl was so divine, that I had to make her mine

Called upon her a few times, she thought I was funny

Fell for it like a dummy, it was all for the money

(j-eah) growing up in the hood,

You would think I'd understand, but I never understood

Why she rarely came around when my dough wasn't good

Now you can call it puppy love, cause I got dogged out

Now in all my notebooks, I got her name crossed out

But she lost out, I just lost profit

When she left me in the cold, heart broke like my pockets and

Yesterday I felt the most hated, I thought I couldn't take it, they said I couldn't make it

And today I feelin' brand new, I got nothing to lose, I'm bout to make moves

Yesterday I felt the most hated, I thought I couldn't take it, I fought until I made it

And today I feelin' brand new, I got nothing to lose, get out my way move

You know the days when you just got the blues

All stressed and depressed from just watching the news

No matter what good you do, it seems you always get screwed

Got you caught up in your feelings, now you off in a mood

Shake that attitude and do what you can

Set a couple goals, follow through with your plans

Time wait for no man, and tomorrows not promised

So if she's still alive shoot a call to your momma

Cause the fighting and the drama, its just not worth it

Nobodies perfect ain't none of us worthless

We all got a place and we all got a purpose

Now I'm not taking y?all to Sunday service

But you clap your hands as you stand up and work it

Like you grand momma used to do that fan down at worship

Spread it, pop it, and wave it in my face

Put your hands around your waist,

Let me rock it to the bass like

Yesterday I felt the most hated, I thought I couldn't take it, they said I couldn't make it

And today I feelin' brand new, I got nothing to lose, I'm bout to make moves

Yesterday I felt the most hated, I thought I couldn't take it, I fought until I made it

And today I feelin' brand new, I got nothing to lose, get out my way move