Bedtime Story-AZ

[00:01.64]Amar, Amar, c'mon [00:02.47]Yeah Dad, what? [00:03.32]Hope you did your homework already [00:05.29]I did that already, c'mon Dad [00:07.20]Nah, it's time to go to.. [00:08.37]C'mon listen.. [00:09.06]What happened? [00:10.44]I was at school today I said AZ's my daddy, they said, "Jay-Z? Nas?" [00:13.60]What, what? [00:15.50]Tell me the story again? [00:16.85]Ok, ok [00:19.79]Aight, this is how it went down, here we go.. [00:23.81]We talkin' a few years before you even appeared [00:25.96]I was into my little gear [00:27.45]Yeah - weed and my beer [00:28.92]Hustlin' out of fear, fear of bein' a square [00:31.72]Like them cowards with no gear [00:33.41]They just breathin' the air [00:34.70]Son, clear, but didn't realize life ain't fair [00:37.68]With one drive-by, it could end your life right there [00:40.44]Though I'm a fly guy, from then, tied my Nikes, like chea [00:43.50]**** the world we can fight right here, I don't scare [00:46.48]From beer, no more nightmares here, not a tear [00:50.17]I was straighter than the white man's hair [00:52.31]Met Nasir, had that hype that year [00:54.98]Like a kite, threw me a mic [00:56.51]I took flight right there, chea [00:58.53]Rap wise I was nice I swear [01:00.86]Went fool with the jewels, even iced my ears [01:03.83]New school, I was cool, wore righteous wears [01:06.60]But from the door they didn't like that there, I ain't care [01:10.05]As long as I left the china white right there [01:12.51]And understood that you could change a life through prayer [01:15.34]But it's all good, police even politely stared [01:18.17]It was unreal, but still now it feels slightly weird [01:21.30]I was spared, gave love, taught my peers [01:24.18]Though it was rough, never gave up, fought my fears [01:27.05]Now it's like "what?" [01:28.19]I'm G'ed up, awesome glare [01:30.20]Entertainer from the streets with a sportsman's flair [01:32.70]There, that's good enough for you? [01:36.44]Dad, Dad, what's "G'ed up?" [01:38.46]Listen man, don't worry about that now, just go to sleep [01:41.50]Ok, ok [01:42.40]I'll tell you that later on.. but you know what? [01:45.29]What, what what? [01:46.55]I got one more quick story to tell you [01:48.13]Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah [01:49.31]Maybe you could take this story, and tell your friends at school this one: [01:53.86]Heeeeere we go! [01:56.54]Out the gate, he who hate - himself ain't straight [01:59.04]He a snake, he the type who send himself upstate [02:01.87]Catch a case for a plate [02:03.61]He ain't have to take, he coulda [02:05.53]Played it safe, said his grace and ate [02:08.04]But it's fate, when a person makes certain mistakes [02:10.67]What a waste, how the world.. [02:12.74]