Good, Bad, Ugly

Album: Anomaly (2014)
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  • Come on everybody sit down
    People wanna act like they are in the know
    Well I'm here to wipe off your smile
    And tell you what's the word around town
    I know you don't wanna hear the truth
    I know you hate the fact that I actually have the proof
    But I just need you to believe
    I'm talking the good, the bad, the ugly

    Remember back in '02
    When I was in school and actin' a fool
    My soul got saved
    My debt had been paid
    But still I kept running off with my crew
    Sex on my brain and death in my veins
    Had a main thang we stayed up til 2
    Smokin'
    Waking and bakin' we naked
    My body was lovin' it
    Soul was hatin' it
    Time and time after time
    Our bodies grew close the girl was so fine
    Heard a heart beat that wasn't hers or mine
    The miracle of life had started inside
    My God
    Ignored the warning signs
    Supressed that truth I felt inside
    I was just havin' fun with this
    I'm too young for this
    I'm thinkin' me myself and I
    Should I sacrifice this life
    To keep my vanity and live nice
    And she love and trust me so much
    That whatever I say she'll probably oblige
    But I was too selfish with my time
    Scared my dreams were not gone serve
    So I dropped her off at that clinic
    That day a part of us died

    Come on everybody sit down
    People wanna act like they are in the know
    Well I'm here to wipe off your smile
    And tell you what's the word around town
    I know you don't wanna hear the truth
    I know you hate the fact that I actually have the proof
    But I just need you to believe
    I'm talking the good, the bad, the ugly

    I remember back in the day
    I was barely in the first grade
    Got teeth mission'
    Watchin' Tom & Jerry
    Tryna go outside so I can play
    I was told to watch out for strangers
    Keep my eyes peeled for danger
    Folks workin' late I had a baby sitter
    I ain't 'bout to sit here and name her
    I was almost 8 when she came in late
    Woke me up with a game to play
    Did a few things that's hard to say
    And told me to keep that secret safe
    Now how a young boy supposed to deal
    I'm tryna act like it ain't real
    Had my innocence just stripped from me
    And I still don't know how to feel
    And I wonder how to address it
    Can't tell my family too messy
    So I just embrace it it's hard to face it
    I'm too ashamed to confess it
    So I kept it in and ain't speak
    Didn't think it hit me so deep
    So into it I got promiscuous
    And only God could help me get free
    But I been forgiven
    My Savior risen
    I'm out the prison
    I know that
    I got the power to say to no to all of my struggles
    God will control that
    Every time we slip and we fall
    Gotta get back up and fight on
    We are not defined by our past
    The future look bright
    I see the light on

    Come on everybody sit down
    People wanna act like they are in the know
    Well I'm here to wipe off your smile
    And tell you what's the word around town
    I know you don't wanna hear the truth
    I know you hate the fact that I actually have the proof
    But I just need you to believe
    I'm talking the good, the bad, the ugly Writer/s: Jhan Downer, Kasey Sims, Le Crae Devaughn Moore
    Publisher: Kobalt Music Publishing Ltd., Songtrust Ave, Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 1

  • Monora from Ugandawhat i can say is am proud of Lecrae. I mean its not something small to come out and speak out. buh the best thing is he changed.
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