Thank God

[Intro: T.I.]

(Hitmaka)

Yeah

Came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

[Chorus: T.I.]

Have a good time, the whole town show up

Money coming fast, hope it never slow up

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up

Stood solid, never let niggas ho us

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

[Verse 1: T.I.]

Show your credentials, who you akin to? (That's it)

Boy, who you done beat up? What you done been through? (Uh-huh)

Hit you on your records, you sounding very high (Uh-huh)

But what you done did the nigga can verify (Uh)

No corroboration, ain't no conversation

Just a bunch of a cap mixed with a lot of hating

Went from hand to hand at the serving station

To making a hundred and fifty grand just off day training

And man, we know you ain't did the shit you said there

Where I come from, you end up a dead man

Playing 'round, where a nigga die for staying down

The neighborhood we can't build it faster than they tear it down

Black man fire, and homie, I hear sirens

White police firing, homie, and they silent

Then they expect me not to be violent, it's a lose-lose

Tryna unlearn what I been taught since elementary school, damn

[Chorus: T.I.]

Have a good time, the whole town show up

Money coming fast, hope it never slow up

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up

Stood solid, never let niggas ho us

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

[Verse 2: 21 Savage]

Body took a minute but we got it in (21)

Lost a couple M's, lost a couple friends (On God)

Gotta take some losses if you wanna win

Disrespect, it's damn near mandatory that we gotta spin (Brrt)

Tryna hibernate, we give his nest the kin (21)

Encore, **** it, hit they block again (On God)

I embrace the struggle 'cause I understand

Fell in love with hard times, they turned me to a ****ing man (21)

Living by the code, I don't talk to police (Never)

Stand up when I'm pissing, can't no nigga ho me (Pussy)

Rapping like I'm preaching, all my bars holy

You flexing for the 'Gram, that is not your Rollie (21)

Pockets overweight and all my opps bony (Facts)

Sucker shit or hater shit, I'm not condoning (Never)

See it in your eyes, all your love phony (21)

Stabbed me in my back and then he tried to bro me (21)

[Chorus: T.I.]

Have a good time, the whole town show up

Money coming fast, hope it never slow up

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up

Stood solid, never let niggas ho us

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

[Verse 3: T.I.]

Research information [?] (I am)

I'm bending knees searching for my life's purpose (Amen)

Think you can pray your way up out of misfortune? (No)

You're mistaken and most churches is exortion

What the Bible say 'bout faith without work? Huh (Damn)

You can still do everything right and get murked, huh

Think to support education they ain't learn (Uh-huh)

Still hate, got 'em killing and they turnt (Go)

Seen so many futures and families set on the mantle (Like who?)

Like Bankroll Fresh and the king [?] Doe B

[?]

Dead soul summer, camouflage back in the day

Then there was Dolla, Lil Snupe, triple X, and Mac Dre

Man, every day a blessing, learned that shit from hustle

Don't take that shit for granted, do yourself some damage

In a mansion with expensive granite tryna understand it

[Chorus: T.I.]

Have a good time, the whole town show up

Money coming fast, hope it never slow up

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

Respected by every hood, nigga, throw up

Stood solid, never let niggas ho us

I done came a long way to make it here

Gotta thank God that I made it here

[Outro:Ms.Pat]

I did the prayer'fore Sierra ever did that prayer

I said,"Lord, send me a n**** that don't hit me in

the eye on Friday,and got a job,and can read"

And I got one

I met my husband

And he wasn't gon'let me, he wasn't gon'let me

****in' sell dope

And at the time I was a check forger for the rest of

the league got on the check forgin'game

And he was just a Christian n****, he wanted

everything to go right

****ed around and,I fell in love with him and got

a job at McDonald's

[?] Road for four dollars and

twenty-seven cents an hour

I'm like,"Who the **** do this shit?"

This is whacker than a mother****er

"Is this what Jesus told you n****s to do,to work

for four dollars and twenty-five cents an hour and

y'all ain't stealin'shit?"

So you know me,I started stealin'from

McDonald's,n****

As I ring you up,I rung you out

**** y'all laughing at?