Master P, Lil Romeo - Let The Kids Grow lyrics

Aye, y’all know I'm not perfect I
Did a lot of wrong
Man spared me and I've been changing my life
I’m telling you you could do the same thing
But don’t do it for me do it for yourself
And do it for ya kids, Cuz they the future

Let the kids grow, let the kids dream
I was lost I used to
Hustle in the same street
Let the kids win, let the kids play
If we change for tomorrow it’ll
Be a brighter day

They call the girls freaks
And the boys geeks
Cuz they in school and you
Running from the police
Oh you a tough guy, you got a phat ride
Cried like a baby when the
Judge gave you five oh you a gangsta ya son
Wanna be just like you
Bet he change his mind when the
Feds came and indict you
Oh you a oldhead, and you talk fast
A real gangsta and ya hide
Behind that ski mask
I heard you flipped stacks, yeah I did that
A brother dead
A dozen friends can't get them back
And since I changed I guess
They think I got soft
I guess you hard when you
Dead or locked behind bars
I'm a real OG, ain't got nothing to prove
Put down the guns pick up the
Pens let the kids choose
Let 'em be doctors, let 'em be lawyers
Let 'em make it out the
Hood let 'em see tomorrow

Let the kids grow, let the kids dream
I was lost I used to
Hustle in the same street
Let the kids win, let the kids play
If we change for tomorrow it’ll
Be a brighter day

First I'd like to thank momma for
The life that was given
Got the heart of a lion never needed a prison
Lost my cousin, now Dante gone
Had Jay like Brayden and that’s Moses Malone
Got kids in the pen, why they do that crime
Black Queens just standing in welfare lines
So much peer pressure, kids smoking weed
I was taught to never follow
Be the one to lead
What it Ben Franklin died at the age 15
And we never felt the presence of, ML King
Life would be a whole lot
Different no civil rights
Will we still be fighting
Over black and white
What if, Baron Davis never went to school
Or Noah never built the ark
Or followed the rules see, life's given
We don’t choose how we live it
I thank the Lord every night
I'm still here living

Let the kids grow, let the kids dream
I was lost I used to
Hustle in the same street
Let the kids win, let the kids play
If we change for tomorrow it’ll
Be a brighter day

Ain't nothing wrong with change
Just think about it
Put the guns down and pick up a pen
You could be killing the next Michael Jordan
The next Oprah Winfrey, The next Bill Cosby
The next Will Smith, The next young child
They could be the next president
Don't hate me, Cuz I'm taking a stand
We’ll be alright, If you play your role
You feel me
And Before ya judge and condemn somebody else
Just look in the mirror
And ask yourself, what u doing