From Compton with Love (Extended Mix)

From Compton With Love

(Intro)
I can tell you about a story of a rose that grow from Concrete
The chip cracks on the buildings &
Pavement represent the chip I had on my shoulder

I rather be a bad friend
Than a bad father
You see friends come and go
But yet my son he forever
Conversations with my own father
On the value of life
Built my own tribe
Rip Phife
Found Bonita Applebum
And made her my wife
People hold us to a standard
That they cannot hold themselves
Jealously is just a disease
A form of Mental Health
When I was just a young lad
They said
I wasn't Black enough
Cuz I like Nirvana
And that old school Madonna
Found God in Botswana
Became relatives in the village
Strangers in the city
No time for your pity
Prayer is just a phone call
But we don't dial enough
My black Identity
Is the story of Gargoyles
Strip from our homeland
Looked upon with fear
They treat us like monsters
Why the hell they bring us here
We stoners by day
But we come alive at night
Right

From Compton With Love

This is my time
My ancestors on my mind
Call dirty cops pigs
Don't cast pearls before swine
My auntie she gave me my 1st sip of wine
Mama findin' out years later
When your flavor full of flavor you get seasoned like Cut
Wanted to play High-school ball
But ended up not making the cut
NixChecks Cashing
Told me I'm somebody special
Went from Payday loans
To buying & owning Homes
Living life on LAX
I'll use my passport next
Things you can't find on a map
That's the Garden Of Eden
That's the Slauson Swap Meet
Mama what's for dinner?
Hot rice or Frosted Flakes
We ain't never bought Jordon
Buy Stock in Nike
Stories of the Wild Wild West
Compton Cowboys at they best
Two C's tatted on Daddy's chest
Baby, it's La Vida Loca
My humble beginnings
Right

From Compton With Love
La, da, da, da
La, da, da, da
La, da, da, da, da
From Compton With Love

Written Quincey:
I know Papa
It's gone' be hard, I know
It's hard already
But the reality is one day I'll be gone
So everything I show you right now
Is to prepare you for the time that it all makes sense
You my boy
You my son
You know how I get down
So you ain't here just to sit around
You dream big, because the world big
And you got big million of people to impact

You here right now, alive right now
'Cuz ain't nobody 'posed to do what you 'posed to do
Everyday is new and the only time you guaranteed is right now
You will never get another right now, ever, again, ever
Yea, it's uncomfortable in the light, I know
But it's even more uncomfortable to be the light
So get comfortable
Make sure they remember you Papa
Make sure...
Hear me? Hear me, you listening?
Come one, run with me to the store real quick...