Daniel Payne

I smoked my first blunt off Daniel Payne At 16, the good ole days My nigga C had rolled it tight It was mid wasn't no dank mane Never did I think man that I'd grow up to be a king Smokin' on the best weed in Cali under palm trees With the baddest women Remember when they never checked for me Then I ran my check up, they won't let up to get next to me Out in Las Vegas smoked big blunts with my nigga Eight Passed out from the heat I bussed my head Them hoes still came my way My nigga Ham smoke the best weed and keep some pints of lean Pour it in lemonade, jolly ranchers no we dont need Smokin, drinkin' helped me through them days when I ain't have no cheese Breakin' down a QP to slang it getcha through the week Just to eat, God forgive me let my niggas rest in peace The ones that never made it to the penthouse to light up with me Do that just for anybody who done ever felt pain I don came a long way from smoking blunts off Daniel Payne Let me take you to Ensley 1991 Some of my first recollections of life, where I begun To show the first signs of music and love Daddy played all kinds of records watch the lil boy cut up No it wasnt Jackson Street in Gary 1032 48th street where my memories are buried Years later it got scary, dope had killed the neighborhood Realizing that my folks did as much as they could To take me away I did for the most but sometimes I strayed Sports and music saved my life in a way Could still be trapping locked in jail or dead caught by a stray Thankful that the most high had made another way Cuz I really don't know where I would be without the things The people around me, my drive and my family No matter where I go or how many things I see Them days back in Ensley mean the world to me