Community Center
(专辑: Harbor City Season One - 2022)
One two one two You think you could turn my voice up in the
headphones a
little bit? Yeah I
gotta go there I
gotta be there See it Ah Some days in the
summer, everyday in the
winter You'd found me in that community center Sign your name on that sheet And get a
dap from Mister Barnes when you entered Head to the
gym and shoot around, get your squadron together This the
one place we can hoop, regardless the
weather Plus OG's controlled the
outside courts or whatever, so this was our place Chalk on a
pool stick fronting I
had that bank shot down pat like Tim Duncan Learned how to play pool from Mister Turner He took the
time to teach a
young boy how to shoot something That ain't a
burner My eight ball carried a
different aura Hitting them corner pockets stopped my broke pockets from Hitting that corner, least for a
little while That little smile from a
little woman in the
kitchen cooking just lit up a
mile Poverty had our stomachs rumbling heavy We dropped everything when she came out that back screaming Lunch is ready Hope it's that pepperoni pizza, maybe it's burgers That look on miss Munez face made it all worth it She was just happy she could be of service I
snatched the
extra chocolate milk but I
ain't outside snatching purses That community center gave me a
sense of purpose Showed me I
could be good at something even when I'm nervous Taught me life ain't perfect but everyone ain't out to hurt us In there I
was safe, outside it was murder (Murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder) What do you expect a
young kid to do if he goes outside And they don't see nothing but dope dealers you know Big gold chains, a
lot of money and girls you know They want to grow up to be just like him but the
problem is you know Kids in the
ghettos and things they don't have no place to go after school So they just hang on their lives you know So that's what they see that's their role models So that's what they want to be like I
feel like the
community has to band together Because that's that's what a
solution is Outside it was murder, bangers throwing their turf up Crossing they enemies out, even hitting the
curb up This is circa eighty-nine, drug dealers would swerve up Selling that Curtis Blow, chemicals with the
perm up Didn't disturb us, even though them dudes shoot to kill Drug moving skills got them knowing how wearing Gucci feels The
cars super ill, Caddy on stupid wheels Hand us a
couple dollars out the
window of his Coupé de ville Mama say, stay away from them negus The
preacher used to pray for them niggas I
developed traits from them niggas But not today cause today I'm on my way to the
center Before the
street lights come on don't be late for your dinner Okay mama, I
hugged her and left She said hallelujah right under her breath We've been getting on her nerves all day Take some of that energy outside go play Ay y'all remember at the
community center playing Bingo, Uno Connect Four, Monopoly? And Mister Brown gave us lots of love, he gave us food, gave us clothes And when'd we argue he gave us boxing gloves Keep your guards up and watch the
right, damn now that I
think about it He was teaching us 'bout life yeah At the
community center It was beautiful when a
Young nigga was safe Outside it was murder (Murder, murder, murder, murder, murder, murder)