I Come From (the Hood)
I come from the Hood
Where all dumb s*** go on at
I come from the Hood
Where people do not make it out some time
but where you’re from is not a good place
Where you should come from is your mother
and not from a hood
I can say I come from a Hood
But if you know what I know
You come from your mother
So f*** the Hood s*** because….
I come out of my mother
So that is the Hood I’m from
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