Ludacris, Nate Dogg - Child of the Night lyrics

It's gonna get in ya, child of the night
(baby I got) and the hood rolls on
How do I begin to, do this shit right
(baby I got) get my hustle on

Look here! Now I'm a man of many talents
And a man of my word
But on my path to see the
Light sometimes my vision gets blurred
It's all a part of growin up
And seein life at it's worst
Then tryin to iron out my wrinkles
Puttin family first
It seems like the whole world is
Out for sinkin my boat
But with God as my navigator
I'll be stayin afloat
And I admit to bein caught
By many foolish distractions
Then I'm forced to pay the price
As the result of my actions
I'm battlin with MYSELF and every
DAY it's a war curiosity killed the cat
Why I'm Curious George?
Gotta keep my nose up outta thangs
That ain't none of my biz
And just cause somethin looks good don't
Really mean that it is
Get through the agony and anger
The pain and strife
And take the necessary steps to
Try to change my life
I got some questions for you
Lord cause my mentality's hood
So why is everything that's bad
For me feel so good?

It's gonna get in ya, child of the night
(baby I got) and the hood rolls on
How do I begin to, do this shit right
(baby I got) get my hustle on
It's gonna get in ya, child of the night
(baby I got) and the hood rolls on
How do I begin to, do this shit right
(baby I got) get my hustle on

Now I'm a only child
So excuse some of my selfish ways
I got spoiled when I was young
Spoil myself today
Oh but I feed at least a thousand
Stomachs and how I've done it
Is from the ground up a
Hundred miles and runnin
Dodgin and duckin everybody tryin
To hammer me down
A self made millionaire, baby look at me now
Can't tell me nothin still hungry
As the day I began
Cause all I ever really needed was
A pen in my hand
And a, pad in my lap, didn't matter in fact
Me and my momma lived in one room
And what's badder than that
Was a young man forced to grow
Up at the age of 12
Tryin to get in where I fit
Streets givin me hell
But yet I give it right - back
So how you like - that
Continue doin wrong 'til I was
On the right - track
Tell me 'bout heavy money I
Might give it a PUSH but a
Bird in the hand is worth two in the bush
Come on

It's gonna get in ya, child of the night
(baby I got) and the hood rolls on
How do I begin to, do this shit right
(baby I got) get my hustle on
It's gonna get in ya, child of the night
(baby I got) and the hood rolls on
How do I begin to, do this shit right
(baby I got) get my hustle on

No matter how much older we get man
We all still children at heart
We all make mistakes, it's all good

Now I've tried plenty of times to
Get rid of my bad habit's
Livin life on the cuttin edge
Takin a stab at it
And learnin from my mistakes
Try not to make 'em twice
Just admittin when I'm wrong
Tryin hard to make it right and baby
Nobody's perfect in this world of ours
There's plenty people gettin stitches in
This world of scars but over time
Pray to God that he can heal your wounds
Try to love and love again
Until they seal your tomb
Cause life is short if you don't
Know this it'll pass you by
That's why my head is in the
Clouds tryin to pass the sky
Never blinkin for a minute
Keep my eyes on my foes
They wanna catch me in the open
Bring my life to a close
Meanwhile that's why I'm bringin so
Much life to my shows
I've seen smiles I'm makin changes
Turnin glitter to gold
Don't let these devils play you
Down or belittle your soul
Just be happy with yo'self and
It's so simple to grow come on

It's gonna get in ya, child of the night
(baby I got) and the hood rolls on
How do I begin to, do this shit right
(baby I got) get my hustle on