Dom Kennedy

It Was Beautiful
YeahI just need a minute of your time (just a minute of your time)Can I please have a minute of your time?YeahGet a minute of your timeEver since we was 12 I've been wanting you to holdYou never was around when I wanted you to rollNow I see you once, if I'm lucky couple monthsI be with this music and you always coupled upDuffled up or backpacked, the show must continueI got a couple beats right now I want to send youI got a empty heart right now I want to lend youBut love don't buy shit so right now I love this pencilWhen the mic I record with, nights I get bored withSo I be tryna write some shit that I can hit the stores withSpit it a cappella and have a nigga on some floor shitSo you can see me at a Laker game on some floor shitI wanna explore her, that's some fore' shitThese hos don't pay attention cause they probably can't afford itHahaBut I told you she was beautifulI told you she was beautifulAnd now it's like 2 and I'm tryna make goodThem promises I made that I was gon get us out the hoodNever come back, probably get us out for goodSongtexteIf this was '94, I'd probably get us out through SugeLike yeah nigga I'm on, posing like I made itI had a couple cuts but them niggas wouldn't fade itSo I kept writing, booked time and I laid itNow I couldn't tell you all the girls that I done laid withMan I couldn't tell you all the places that I played inShit I couldn't tell you all the places that I stayed inClothes that you rap about, shit that I stayed inYou niggas get love but that's the shit that I was made inWell, they told me I was beautifulI told you I was beautifulI told you I was beautifulI told you I was beautifulLike Stevie on the keys, Isley on the stringEvery time I see it, it reminds me of them thingsEvery time I see you it reminds me of my dreamsEverything is fine, hope I find you when I leaveJust because I style they think I ain't brokenAnd just because I smile, they be thinking I be jokinI pass on the blunt and niggas think that I be smokinBust my Raids hat and people think that I'm from OaklandBut I'm just athletic, just as readyAnd when I say you fine I'm talking just aestheticsCause it's kinda a façade, you steady goin outChest be poking out, when you know you got a jobAnd you barely got benefits, talking what you finna getIt's all cool now but I want you to remember thisMatter fact don't remember shitEspecially old girl that you caught me out at dinner withSend a ? pray more, thank you for this day LordI only answer to you so I shouldn't have to say more.UhAnd I told you life was beautifulI told you it was beautifulI told you it was beautifulI told you it was beautifulI told you it was beautifulI told you it was beautifulAs women on the stretch poleWhy we so disrespectful?Why Jesus resurrect for?Some things you never get toldHow beautiful this sound beI'm just happy that it found meKarma comes around, niggasI'm just glad I'm already down with herThis from my side of town with it That rest in peace James Brown with itBut I don't wanna get to loud with itI just hope I make you proud with itAnd I told you we was beautiful (J. Skillz)I told you we was beautiful (Yeah)I told you we was beautifulI told you we was beautiful (Look at us now)I told you we was beautifulI told you we was beautiful (Haha, second time around)I told you we was beautiful (Do work)I told you we was beautiful Aus Songtexte Mania