Eightball & MJG - Thank God Lyrics
f/ Swizz Beatz[Swizz Beatz]Comin hard for yaWe doin this right here manGivin it backAlotta thugs in the street,can't even do this right here manBut you know how we doHold it down, get it right, keep it tightAnd most of all..We thank God[Eightball]For my three sons, for my momFor waking me up and breathing air into my lungsFor health and wealth and lots of love for myselfThe chances in life to take the right stepsI done popped that thang, and I done been popped atStole, cheated, and liedSurvived when I could have diedOr somewhere locked up, my niggas locked upThat's why I pray to you, say what I say to youThank you for Swizz Beatz, to him you bring the heatHe brought the heat to us, we burn the streets upThank you for family and everyone that stuck with usGettin it crunk, and layin it down, and gettin to buck with usThank you for not lettin material things make meThank you for givin me the talent that my peoples seeThank you for lettin my niggas live after gunplayThanks for forgiving me, cuz I don't do this every day[Chorus][SB] I thank God![EB] For lettin me make it out the clubThat night all that fightin and shootin jumped off[SB] We thank God![EB] For lettin me make my money on the blockAnd get away when it get hot, uh[SB] We thank God![EB] For them babies with them mommas who don't love 'emand they have to grow up, fast[SB] We thank God![EB] For everything, all them little thingsFor givin me my dreams, know what I mean?[MJG]I thank God for havin a mother and a fatherTo rely on for guidance when circumstances got harderI'm a part of a whole race who thank GodFor being able to be free and leave the plantation yardAnd, I thank God for givin me the understandin to acknowledge himNotice his footsteps and follow himI'm walkin today, I'm talkin todayI'm feelin today, but on top of that I'm livin todayAnd, I thank God because he gave his only childWould you give your only child? Think about that for awhileAnd, I thank God for givin me my baby daughterA roof over her head, and fresh clean drinkin waterAnd, I thank God for not being afraid to loveSo all the love I give, I get back major loveAnd, I thank God for givin me all the blessingsTo put a little piece of what we all think into this message[Chorus] w/ MJG instead of Eightball[MJG]For all the times I thought I was in the worst situationthat I could be inGod helped me see in, them cloudy timesThem, "I wanna get rowdy" timesOne of them, "They tried to bring the devil out of me" timesI thank God, for keepin my mind solidAnd I respect my elders, if or if not they went to collegeAnd, thank you Lord, for makin my bin and I sworedAnd I'm glad I don't feel like I have to kill to pay the bill[Eightball]I was blessed to be a story teller, CD sellerMy niggas be them shady fellas, chasin yellaGreedy with they eyes beady, lives easyDispise those who rise easy, talkin freelyThank you for them tricks who be, talkin downHatin me and think that I don't, get aroundThe rumors and the talkin all it do is bore meTrick I done been through a true Holly-wood story[Chorus] w/ Eightball[Eightball talking]Yea, Eightball, MJGSwizz BeatzKnow wha'm sayinJust wanna thank GodSimply, with the talentsThat he blessed us withThank him, for the good things we celebrateFor the bad things that make us strongYeah
