26 Years, 17 Days

Lyrics

[Intro] Yo, what's up? Haha No, my brother, not today, I'm on my way somewhere Huh? Well, lemme-lemme tell you a lil' story, man, what happened to me not that long ago, y'all Check this out [Verse 1] See I was lookin' for God at my grandmama's house Underneath the cushions on the couch I looked all around, side to side, up and down That man was nowhere to be found So I called my grandmama on the phone Said, "Old lady, you best get home 'Cause God ain't where you said he would be And there's somethin' that I really need to speak with him about immediately" She said, "Boy, tell granny what's wrong, is there somethin' I can do?" I said, "Big mama, now it's a sensitive issue And Lord knows I don't wanna worry you But I need somebody to talk to" [Chorus] It done been twenty-six years and seventeen days Been to five different prisons, got two babies on the way And they say it'll be a waste of time to pray Seein' that I'm goin' to Hell anyway It done been twenty-six years and seventeen days Been to five different prisons, got two babies on the way And they say it'll be a waste of time to pray Seein' that I'm goin' to Hell anyway [Verse 2] See I done smoked weed with the best of y'all Shot at all the rest of y'all My heart hurts like an old man with high cholesterol The preacher said that I'm the dirtiest dude he ever saw Shouldn't even be livin', haha And he a Christian (Haha) Shoulda been dead like seventeen times for seventeen crimes I committed Took 'em all to trial and got acquitted Left wavin' my middle finger in the air whispered in the prosecutor's ear ("Yeah I did it") I done stole everything from dreams to weddin' rings Auctioned off my soul for material things But lately, it's been kinda botherin' me I guess that turtle always catches up with the rabbit eventually [Chorus] It done been twenty-six years and seventeen days Been to five different prisons, got two babies on the way And they say it'll be a waste of time to pray Seein' that I'm goin' to Hell anyway It done been twenty-six years and seventeen days Been to five different prisons, got two babies on the way And they say it'll be a waste of time to pray Seein' that I'm goin' to Hell anyway, mmm, hmm [Bridge] Somebody loves you, baby (Somebody loves you, girl, loves you, girl) Woah, woah, woah Somebody loves you, baby (When you think no ones does, somebody does, baby) Somebody loves you, baby (Oh, somebody) Woah, woah, woah Somebody loves you, baby (Somebody loves you, somebody cares for you, sombody does, yo) Somebody loves you, baby (Ooh-woo-ooh, I promise you) Woah, woah, woah Somebody loves you, baby (Oh, 'cause it ain't over, there's still a chance, still a way) Somebody loves you, baby (That somebody loves you, somebody cares for you) Woah, woah, woah (Ohh) Somebody loves you, baby [Outro] That's my jam, that's my jam right right there Patti is amazin' But what's even more amazin' is that Four years later, still in prison, I was still on the road to becomin' a better person A better father, a better son, a better-individual, all-around individual But I saw a lotta fake things goin' on in the church People, you know, fakin' like, you know Uh, everybody else is bad and they-and ain't nobody holier than thou and all of that other stuff And so, I just came to a point to where I had made up my mind