Second Chance – Da Brat – letras

This is a, So So Def, world premierA world, premierSo So Def, world premierNow I lay me down to sleepI pray the Lord my soul to keepIf I should die before I wakeI pray the Lord my soul to takeDamn it feels good to see people up on itI was sittin in my cell, worried for a momentAin’t nuttin inspire me to write one rhymeWhen the pen and pad was callin, I declinedI ain’t give two shits about a passion I hadWish I had a semi-auto, spray All they assI couldn’t eat, sleep, shit in peaceDepression had me second-guessin myself in the belly of the beastThey wasn’t tryin to put a bitch on before I was goneSo how the Fuckam I gon’ ever make it when I get home?I was cookin ramen noodles with no heat, and warm waterFightin the gnats and flies off with no swatterI got bit by spiders got sickGot shipped to the hospital accompanied by a dickNo lie, Lord why I gotta go through this?From a Sealy Posturpedic, to a two inch thickNo cleaners, no washing machine to do clothesI stole, bleach with a mop bucket and blues soGranny panties, all I was allowed to wearVictoria Was a Secret, shit, she wasn’t thereI couldn’t pull that off, cause I had to squat and coughGet butt naked, pull the cheeks open so they could check itI was subjected to not havin pretty panties and brasNone of my different J’s from Reggie to Jay WalkMost of the C.O.’s already pre-judgedThe crooked officers made it a point not to show me loveAnd heat up, my spot by harassin meTold me to turn around and cuff up, and grabbin meA young dumb lil’ frail nigga, tryin to be tough, a clownA fool for the system, but he a victim nowKarma a bitch nigga, and he was tooBid’ness wasn’t mine though, see how God do heh?I kept my composure; all I had to do was holla »Get Him » on the yard, and it woulda been overBut I done learned a lot, earned a lotI been solidified my spot, from the bottom to the bottomTo the top to the top, and I don’t give a fuckAbout the clock cause it don’t stop, won’t stopIn a recent article with Jamie Foster BrownShe asked, what I was thankin before the shit went downAnd I ain’t know what to tell her, but my adrenaline was hinderinAny positive image there could’ve beenHelpful in preventin this incidentI don’t know where my setence wentI blacked out …Did the crime did the time now I’m wonderin ’boutDis light of mine, will it shine or is it burned out?Told J.D. I was nervous, he said that’s eagernessServe your purpose, I’m ’bout to send you these verses[repeat 2x]Now I lay me down to sleepI pray to the Lord, for a second chance he grants meSee most don’t get one, but I did, sheeitI promise to do things much differently