C'Mon

When he was a kid, he was the joker

Low potential, straight mediocre

Class clown, sneak off out the back door

Long hair, leave a grease spot on the black board

C'mon honey, take off the bra

He's tryna hit a home run in your mom's garage

He loved graffiti, it opened him

Creeped down an alley with a can of Rust-Oleum

Canvas, that flat surface

He learned quick to control the nervousness

If it ain't building, he burnt the bridge

And no, he don't give a damn what the curfew is

Chased away all the saving grace

While them old folks bitch about the way he's raised

Southside Minne-Atmosphere

Get you running from the cops just for practice here

Well, what do you know? He got older

Trying to apply what childhood showed him

Everybody left out in that cold

And try to learn how to manage all the weight on his shoulders

We all want the easy life

Just a piece of the pie that'll keep us high

So turn it up till the speakers cry

And don't quit till you reach the sky

C'mon (c'mon)

C'mon (c'mon)

C'mon (c'mon)

C'mon (c'mon)

And as an adult, he took a good look

Stayed away from the gangs and the crooks

Even though he came from the same neighborhood

So he fully understood that game textbook

Stay original, be individual

Push the pedal and never settle for the typical

Feed your children, look out for your people

Live and let live, and each one teach those

Good luck and get a tight defense

And I hope you can depend on your higher sense

Plant them seeds, let 'em grow for it

The follower's felons are fallen soldiers

Hey rapper, we know it don't stop

But don't forget about the folks on your block

Hey dope man, what you doing with the cash crop?

Getting fat, fucking up fellow have-nots?

Hey preacher, politician

Is that the house that you live in? How's the kitchen?

Hey policeman, don't bother

Even as a kid I only played robbers and robbers

Headphone activists, aggressive pacifists

I ain't saying that you gotta kill cops

Just look at your life, check what it's built off

C'mon (c'mon)

C'mon (c'mon)

C'mon (c'mon)

C'mon (c'mon)