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Three Sides to a Story
Joe Budden

My name's Derrick, I'm from Queens right there on Merrick nRaised off honesty, loyalty, good merits nGot a lil sister and my pops just perished nAnd I just came home so my freedom I really cherish nYoung when they bagged me, seven in the can is torture nAnd I just did that for manslaughter nOdds was against me, murder in the second degree nMade it less cuz I gave 'em a plea nThat's the past, now a dude home tryna clean up his past nBut all niggaz know me for is the past nAnd my minds always thinking how to pocket some cash nThey know if something ever sparked it'll cock it and blast nNow I'm tryna live straight and get my act together nBut my moms struggling, she putting scraps together nLong time ago, when I wasn't home she was cleaning my room nCried when she found a gat in the dresser nSaid no child of her's woulda had that, never!nBut with all the dirt I was doing nI felt like I had to protect her, I had to protect us nStead of me sellin crack forever nShe rather be in a shop right, getting bags together nPassing endeavors, wont allow me to get work nForced me to get work nOn apps they ask if you ever been to jail, nLike if I say yes you'll hire me nNigga, don't lie to me!!nI gotta lil sister that's nine nPlus moms is chillin, with some new dude I think she feeling nBut he don't help with the bills and I'm back on the stripnSo we don't go broke, I'm back to this hammer that I hafta tote nStash ya know, I'm killin em, only nigga on the Ave. with coke nOnly man in the house, I gotta bring in cash nAnd those two chicks a month that mom get don't last nLil Sally still young she developing fast nOh, you thinking the same thing, it's a hell of a task nThen it clicked me, plain close, cops came to get me nBut knew that I had mine on threaten to hit me nAnd I moved swiftly, said they had a warrant nThey knew about it all they said they had an informant nI'm back in this caged up cell nWith the apes in jail, now I'm back in this eight by twelve nSee I tried to live right nBut society ain't made for niggaz to live right nMommy just write nMommy make sure Sally keep her shit tight nAnd I'll be home real soon, don't cry, it's iight nn[Chorus] nI know it might seem like it's all good nBut this is what it's like in the hood nI rep my set like you should nBut this is what it's like in the hood n[repeat]nnMy name's Sally, and I'm from Queens I'm not happy nDad passed away, mom's remarried nI gotta big bro, but he's in jail nMom said for some things that he used to sell nAnd I'm always with step-dad, his name's Beau nAnd there's some things about him that my mom don't know nAnd he says if I tell that it won't be pretty nAnd I'm really scared of him, he's already hit me nHe touches me places I don't like it nAnd I ain't talking bout a hug or goodbye kiss nI mean touch me places that's private nAnd he don't just touch he put something inside it nHe says the more he does that, I'll start to like it nHand over my mouth so I'm quiet nMoms only wit 'em cuz our money is low nI'm sixteen but I'm shaped like a twenty year old nAnd my moms in love so she makes excuses nBut she looks at me and sees scrapes and bruises nWhy step daddy gotta take me thru this nHelp, somebody, I'm getting raped I can't do this nNobody understands I'm weary nGet goosebumps anytime a man come near me nKnow how it feel to have a man use you for a cushion nAll the while moaning and pushin nYou try to push him, he's getting bothered nYou yell and you scream but he starts going harder nTrust me, it's something you don't wanna be apart of nCuz even when it's over, your life, it'll scar ya nVisit my bro, he can tell I'm sad nStaring hard at my stomach he can tell I'm fat nHe can tell I'm mad nBut step daddy touched me, fucked me, you think that I can tell him that? nBeau called the cops on him, could I tell him that? nYep, thought you'd agree so I keep it all to me nBaby on the way, and I'm not working nAnd I know it's his cause I used to be a virgin nDerrick says he'll handle it, wipe my tears nHe don't know, this is what it's like for years nAnd it falls on deaf ears nDamn mommy please come home, please mommy don't leave us alone nSome secrets are hard to keep nSome secrets make it hard to sleep nAnd sleep is the only time I feel safe nStill the act haunts me, and I know that I'ma wake up with step daddy on me… nn[Chorus]nI know it might seem like it's all good nBut this is what it's like in the hood nI rep my set like you should nBut this is what it's like in the hood n[repeat]nnMy name's Beau, gotta chick named Pam that I live with nBut she's always in church, real religious nI hadda son he was young he was gifted nTil a nigga killed him a week before Christmas nThree shots close range with a handgun nI knew before I met Pam that it was Pam's son nI knew when I pulled the Mill out harder nAnd went on a manhunt just to kill they father nDerrick and my boy had a mutual friend nThat put me on doing what I gotta do for revenge nDerrick's coming home now, and he's gonna get it nAnd I know he'll be lookin for me with a biscuit nNot hard to find, got them teks in handy, and nI'm in his house having sex with his family nI got his mom on the bed and the canopy nAnd I'm with his sister molesting her candy nNow he know it all nHis friend prolly told em, and you can't hide nothing in a hood so small nBut then it came Sunday, Beau ain't hafta work nJust humped on Sally, Pam's in church nDerrick bust in, Beau just froze nWhite shit on his nose, Sally getting her clothes nScreams, Get ready for your funeral Beau nAnd then he reach to his hip and let a few of 'em go nCause he's packin but Sally starts gaspin nHoldin her stomach, I guess she started having contractions nBeau grabbed his, now they both got heat nJust gunnin, both ignoring the seed that's coming nNow Sally's in the crossfire, screams out stop nHoles in the wall, now the scenes getting hot nNext 30 seconds on the scene is the cops nYellow tape up, now the scenes getting blocked nBarricades up, yep, you already know y'all nAmbulance there, streets full of patrol cars nCops on the mega phone, Come down now nBut it all calmed down somehow nBeau comes out, hands showing, carrying his arms nDerrick comes down, little Sally in his arms nYep, nuttin to say, she was hit by a stray nNope! Shots done ric-o-shade, cops take him away nAnd now some niggaz miss em nBut it wasn't the guns that killed Sally, nNah it was the dumb niggaz wit em nWhen we gonna learn to treat our people sacred? nThere's some type of way kid, we're all related nWhen we gonna grow and get rid of the hatred? nCuz this shit happens on a regular basis, nThis shit happens on a regular basis nThis type of shit happens everyday kid nn[Chorus]nI know it might seem like it's all good nBut this is what it's like in the hood nI rep my set like you should nBut this is what it's like in the hood n[repeat]


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