Man, let's go to the park, y'all Don't nobody wanna go to no park, I wanna go to the pool I wanna go to the pool, too. We go to the park every day Y'all wanna pencil break? No, you always tryna break pencils You need to be using them in class I got better grades than you Both of y'all need to stop arguing, first of all Shut up, I'm going home and watch a movie When I was young my favorite movie was Menace Cousin' go to sleep, I'd be takin' off his tennis Fuckin' with the hood girls at the pool swimming When I was half swagging, when I had no rhythm It's the hood, I was born, every night we had suppers Gamble 'til the sun come, I guess we all hustlers Everybody had a flame, mane, we all had crushes Happy if we had mayonaisse, never had mustard Walked to the movies, stop and eat, Louie's Steal a couple bicycles 'fore I make it home Can't let mama see the bikes, so I park 'em 'round the corn' Digging all the gangsters who was ballin' on the corner Know they gon' pop it off 'cause our fuckin' block rolled Daytons and Vogues and Keith Sweat on the speakers Back then we ain't even listen to the fuckin' teachers Mad, mom the only one up in the bleachers, where's dad? Still, we was grateful for the times we never had I say a prayer every night that my cousin' hit up on the dice And get him some cash We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much We coming up and it's gon' be alright Heat the water on the stove, make it hot (Make it hot) Make the water bubble up when we fart (B-b-rb) Police putting handcuffs on my pops So I cried on Holly Road in '93 Long as we had granny seemed like we had peace How y'all smile that happy when y'all got that least How your hair that nappy and it just got hit I remember Jeanie sayin', "Boosie, brush that shit" Walking to the sto' getting granny her tobacco (Ayy) Fuckin' with the youngest they would always bring me laughter (Ayy) Cross a nigga over, step back, hit the three But the ball had lumps, it was hard, but it was sweet Thirteen, fourteen, we shot the two in the three Never used rubbers, we was happy we was fuckin' (Yeah) Used to steal our dealers Polos, I was cuffing (Yeah) I can't afford the Js, but I'm gon' get 'em from my cousin We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much We coming up and it's gon' be alright Ever had to pass Jordans to three friends? Four people fucked up, two shots of Henn? Watching dice games, hoping that your potna win Knowing if he lose, he get mad and he wanna sin We was sleep on the school bus I guess we all had our lessons 'cause the tool tucked Everybody like, "Damn, we done grew up" Get your money, what the OGs schooled us We ain't had nothin' but some dreams And some fuckin' gold chains And some nugget earrings and a slap Today I'm going get some pickle chips and a fifty dollar flip 'Cause right now, shit, that's all a nigga have Ride down the levee, treat my bike like a Chevy Got them rims on it, dustin' pretty as I flipped (Boss) Bronson brought me K-Swiss, bitch, now I'm flexin' I remember when I got my ears pierced, I was eleven Praying every night making sure we go to heaven (Yeah) Watching dad squeezing on his three-five-seven Granny said we got a blessing coming She always said we got a blessing coming But it ain't even 'bout the money Go to church on Sunday, my grandpa was the preacher Died when I was eight and we cried, me and Trina The police killed Pernell and the whole hood cried (Yeah) But the hood got stronger every time somebody died We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much, but we got it We ain't got much We coming up and it's gon' be alright

Talk to me Yeah Ladies and gentleman Come on now See, we got a story that we wanna dedicate to y'all Do we have any lovers in the house tonight? Listen, levitating my soul I wonder why it is sometimes That we don't get along And it really doesn't matter who was right or wrong I'm leaving home sometimes while you're coming in We don't even ask each other where each other's been Oh darling (well) When the loving is right (well well well) We come together as the heat of the night Soon afterwards We close all the doors We forget what surround us And just let the loving flow Ain't nothing like the lovin' we got (hey) It's a man, a broken heart, keeps all the love from falling apart Ain't nothing like the lovin' we got (baby) Honey it's worth it all to me That we keep this love for real Goin' round in circles Staring each other down We're looking for understanding And we both won't come around You're said a clever girl But you're so hard to please We can make each other feel, feel so unease Oh baby, when the lovin' gets right We got a way of coming together And the heat of the night Shuts off the world Close every door There's a little understanding And lets the lovin' flow Ain't nothing like the lovin' we got (hey) It's a man, a broken heart, keep all the love from falling apart Ain't nothing like the lovin' we got

I had another nightmare Go back to sleep, honey Everything will be alright in the end I'm going to LA, mom All the girls love you I'm proud of you, son How does he do it? It's so simple Look, rock is dead, guitars are dead In the Where Are They Now category, The Astronauts with their first big hit "Ain't got nobody" Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody Ain't got no one to really love me Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody Ain't got no one to kiss and hug me I've been so patient, all around the nation There ain't no one in all creation I'm living all alone Nobody at home It's hard to fall asleep I really start to freak My daddy loves me, no one could touch me 'Til he went up and left me lonely That's human nature, we fail each other And keep on searching for another I thought I had a friend But she was just pretend She didn't have a soul Nothing I could hold Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody Ain't got no one to really love me Someone I can greet When I come home from work Someone who would smile And take away the hurt Ain't got nobody (ain't got nobody) Ain't got nobody (ain't got nobody) Could you be the one to really love me? Ain't got nobody, ain't got nobody Ain't got no one to kiss and hug me Do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do-do-do