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"Benediction"
(feat. Rick Ross)
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse 1 - August Alsina:]
We are gathered here today
Paying our respects to bein' broke, hope he's in a
better place
Cause life out here ain't sweet, oh no
I would close my eyes to sleep but didn't dream no
more
So I had to make a way for my home, you know
Now I'm in a place where I ain't gotta scheme no
more
The good life, done with the hood life
I did what I could didn't always do what I should and
I was misunderstood
So many nights I tried
To hide how I felt, I would cry inside
And I ran through the streets till my feet got tired
Cause I ain't wanna have my shoes on them power
lines
[Bridge - August Alsina:]
But I made it, and it didn't made me
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me
Cause I made it, and it didn't kill me
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel
me, that you feel me...
[Hook]
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse 2 - August Alsina:]
Our father who art in heaven
I pray you free me from my demons and keep me
level
I know you kept me out of prison where I was headin'
When I heard somebody killed my brother, one-
eighty-seven
I hope he made it to your presence, for me he was a
blessin'
At least I know he's restin' and he ain't out here
stressin'
Tryna get to the good life, and out of this hood life
I pray that my step-pops stay off of that crack pipe
So Mama could sleep nights, I know it's been hard on
her
I was ripping through the streets, it was hard for her
Now I'm up in hotels on the ocean shore
When I was sleepin' on the floor at the corner store
[Bridge - August Alsina:]
But I made it, and it made me
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he would save me
Cause I made it, it didn't kill me
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel
me, do you feel me...
[Hook]
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse 3 - Rick Ross:]
Bottle after bottle, snatching Belaire out the bucket
Rightin' all my wrongs for these homies out here
thuggin'
Pray for benediction, pretty women on my premise
Condo out in Cabo, screaming "GABOS" to my
nemesis
Gold around my neck I'm ballin' for these final
minutes
Nothing lasts forever, for these sins I seek
repentance
Shots fired, another gone, I feel that man's pain
Daddy sat me down and said: "that came with the
game"
Shake my head, roll up the window, turnin' up the
music
So much anger in these songs for these soldiers that
we losin'
A mastermind is one who's feedin' others off his
talent
I owe it to my city but it's time I pay my balance
I'm in Holyfield's estate, I started with a pallet
I made my first tape, I gave that shit to Khaled
Thankful for my supporters, everyone that ever
bought us
Grateful for every lesson these Miami streets taught
us
[Hook]
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
"Benediction"
(feat. Rick Ross)
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse 1 - August Alsina:]
We are gathered here today
Paying our respects to bein' broke, hope he's in a
better place
Cause life out here ain't sweet, oh no
I would close my eyes to sleep but didn't dream no
more
So I had to make a way for my home, you know
Now I'm in a place where I ain't gotta scheme no
more
The good life, done with the hood life
I did what I could didn't always do what I should and
I was misunderstood
So many nights I tried
To hide how I felt, I would cry inside
And I ran through the streets till my feet got tired
Cause I ain't wanna have my shoes on them power
lines
[Bridge - August Alsina:]
But I made it, and it didn't made me
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me
Cause I made it, and it didn't kill me
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel
me, that you feel me...
[Hook]
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse 2 - August Alsina:]
Our father who art in heaven
I pray you free me from my demons and keep me
level
I know you kept me out of prison where I was headin'
When I heard somebody killed my brother, one-
eighty-seven
I hope he made it to your presence, for me he was a
blessin'
At least I know he's restin' and he ain't out here
stressin'
Tryna get to the good life, and out of this hood life
I pray that my step-pops stay off of that crack pipe
So Mama could sleep nights, I know it's been hard on
her
I was ripping through the streets, it was hard for her
Now I'm up in hotels on the ocean shore
When I was sleepin' on the floor at the corner store
[Bridge - August Alsina:]
But I made it, and it made me
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he would save me
Cause I made it, it didn't kill me
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel
me, do you feel me...
[Hook]
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
[Verse 3 - Rick Ross:]
Bottle after bottle, snatching Belaire out the bucket
Rightin' all my wrongs for these homies out here
thuggin'
Pray for benediction, pretty women on my premise
Condo out in Cabo, screaming "GABOS" to my
nemesis
Gold around my neck I'm ballin' for these final
minutes
Nothing lasts forever, for these sins I seek
repentance
Shots fired, another gone, I feel that man's pain
Daddy sat me down and said: "that came with the
game"
Shake my head, roll up the window, turnin' up the
music
So much anger in these songs for these soldiers that
we losin'
A mastermind is one who's feedin' others off his
talent
I owe it to my city but it's time I pay my balance
I'm in Holyfield's estate, I started with a pallet
I made my first tape, I gave that shit to Khaled
Thankful for my supporters, everyone that ever
bought us
Grateful for every lesson these Miami streets taught
us
[Hook]
[Hook - August Alsina:]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dyin' all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginnin'
When the world wasn't listenin'
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction
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