Atmosphere - C’Mon lyrics

When he was a kid, he was the joker
Low potential, straight mediocre
Class clown, sneak off out the back door
Long hair
Leave a grease spot on the black board
C'mon honey, take off the bra
He's tryna hit a home run
In your mom's garage
He loved graffiti, it opened him
Creeped down an alley with
A can of Rust-Oleum

Canvas, that flat surface
He learned quick to control the nervousness
If it ain't building, he burnt the bridge
And no
He don't give a damn what the curfew is
Chased away all the saving grace
While them old folks bitch about
The way he's raised
Southside Minne-Atmosphere
Get you running from the cops
Just for practice here

Well, what do you know? He got older
Trying to apply what childhood showed him
Everybody left out in that cold
And try to learn how to manage
All the weight on his shoulders
We all want the easy life
Just a piece of the pie that'll keep us high
So turn it up till the speakers cry
And don't quit till you reach the sky

C'mon (c'mon) c'mon (c'mon)
C'mon (c'mon) c'mon (c'mon)

And as an adult, he took a good look
Stayed away from the gangs and the crooks
Even though he came from
The same neighborhood
So he fully understood that game textbook
Stay original, be individual
Push the pedal and never
Settle for the typical
Feed your children, look out for your people
Live and let live, and each one teach those

Good luck and get a tight defense
And I hope you can depend
On your higher sense
Plant them seeds, let 'em grow for it
The follower's felons are fallen soldiers
Hey rapper, we know it don't stop
But don't forget about the
Folks on your block hey dope man
What you doing with the cash crop?
Getting fat, fucking up fellow have nots?

Hey preacher, politician
Is that the house that you
Live in? How's the kitchen?
Hey policeman, don't bother
Even as a kid I only
Played robbers and robbers
Headphone activists, aggressive pacifists
I ain't saying that you gotta kill cops
Just look at your life
Check what it's built off

C'mon (c'mon) c'mon (c'mon)
C'mon (c'mon) c'mon (c'mon)