Twenty-five bucks
momma braid your hair
Sit on the porch
she'll do it
on the stairs
Grew your hair out
and you wanna
get it twisted
fed us many nights
nigga that's how
we was livin'
Twenty-five bucks
momma braid your hair
Sit on the porch
she'll do it
on the stairs
Grew your hair out
and you wanna
get it twisted
fed us many nights
##### that's how
we was livin'
I'll not get old
if I dig with my knees
if I grind down my teeth
I know
from the attic of me
from
the bottoms
of pleas
From the waywarded
seas
Arthritis in her fingers
carpal tunnel
in her wrists
'bout to feed
her kids at night
sit between her legs
and twist
While she listen
to the oldies
soap operas
smokin' bogies
On the phone
gossipin'
tellin' homegirls
stories
Girlfriend worried
'cause her son's
in a hurry
to see the state pen'
or a cemetery buried
Ma replied do her best
but it's still rough
keep your kids
off the street
and away from drugs
Doin' hair in the house
ain't puttin' on Daniel
Daddy in and out
ayy who turned
that channel
Sneakers turn
to house shoes
steppin' on the back
ashin' her cigarette
in a brown paper bag
Smokin' joints laughin'
tryna get
the part straight
for ten put your
perm in
don't scratch all day
Hot cocoa stove
put the food in the bowl
Say that's how many nights
it was hard to keep goin'
Now I'm trapped
in the trap
and the devil
ain't forgettin'
Wanna see me dead
or locked in a prison
In the system
with division
only thing that add up
fucked up 'cause a #####
tryna get a couple bucks
Now I'm trapped
in the trap
and the devil
ain't forgettin'
Wanna see me dead
or locked in a prison
In the system
with division
only thing add up
fucked-up ##### tryna
get a couple bucks
Twenty-five bucks
momma braid your hair
Sit on the porch
she'll do it
on the stairs
Grew your hair out
and you wanna
get it twisted
fed us many nights
##### that's how
we was livin'
Twenty-five bucks
momma braid your hair
Sit on the porch
she'll do it
on the stairs
Grew your hair out
and you wanna
get it twisted
fed us many nights
##### that's how
we was livin'
I'll not get old
if I dig with my knees
if I grind down my teeth
I
know
from the attic
of me
From the bottoms
of pleas
From the waywarded seas
Iverson Zig Zags
good night fast food
if you really ballin'
mommy cop Chinese food
If you really wonder why
these people got issues
'cause the rent owed
and the fuckin'
lights due
On her knees at night
pray a miracle
come through
Daddy shootin' Craps
tryna win a pair of shoes
I been growin' my hair
'bout to let
mommy twist it
out wildin'
with my friends
even got myself a biscuit
Homie mommy smokin'
with nothin' to lose
Now he stashin' cracks
in some hundred-dollar
shoes
Sittin' at his crib
smokin' Swishers
gettin' faded
Told me hit my mommy up
'cause he tryna
get braided
What we gon' do
see the local dope man
See if he can
put some money
in our hand
Same one jump me
the same one front me
'cause I'm tired of
seein' my family
fucked up and hungry
Now I'm in the trap
and the devil
ain't forgettin'
Wanna see a ##### dead
or locked in a prison
In the system
with division
only thing that add up
Fucked-up #####
tryna get a couple bucks
Now I'm trapped
in the trap
and the devil
ain't forgettin'
Wanna see a ##### dead
or locked in a prison
In the system
with division
only thing add up
Fucked up
'cause a ##### tryna
get a couple bucks
Twenty-five bucks
momma braid your hair
Sit on the porch
she'll do it
on the stairs
Grew your hair out
and you wanna
get it twisted
fed us many nights
##### that's how
we was livin'
Twenty-five bucks
momma braid your hair
Sit on the porch
she'll do it
on the stairs
Grew your hair out
and you wanna
get it twisted
fed us many nights
##### that's how
we was livin'