(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
Homeboy but I'm here to tell you man it's not a coincidence
I got released in '94 told my mama I don't wanna get in trouble no mo'
Deacon hungers and often takers when I turned 13
Took me and tried to take my life
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
Sittin' at a table just doin' my thang
So I can do my own thing the street life I didn't understand good
I once was lost but now I'm found
Man I think about car accidents that never happened
The quarter piece quartet gonna help us sing it right about now
You know what he said, man he got smart wit' me he said
Them food stamps y'all took from me right
And started robbing me the things that they took from me
But we never quit ours
2 o'clock in the morning heavy licks they was layin' on me
No reason, no clue, no warning, no fare nobody cared
Wasn't nothing major, wallet, Walkman cheap lil' pager
Walked around the corner to the local night club
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
But for some strange coincidental ironic reason you lived through it
I wanna find a job obtain some wealth be independent like you
God has smiled on me he has set me free
I used to seek and seek search and search analyze everybody
I don't mess around no more
Call the mortuary order some flowers you quit you're game
Just when I got approached by this rival gang
God has smiled on me He has set me free
But not the people that I got into it wit' back in the day
Go down there and buy my tape man that will make up
Amen I was on the ground getting beat down
Was blind but now I see
Lights from the helicopter filled the air and the police cars came
God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
Ya know, what I'm saying the times I almost got shot
The times I was committing crimes almost got caught by the police
Ain't no need to make enough excuses
I did when I ran from God as a little bitty kid no sign
He got exited we started fist fightin' like Mike Tyson I was scratchin'
And bitin' a bunch of them started mobbing me threw me on the floor
From Pompale to la they got beef wit' me homie up until this day
You know what I'm saying but check this out man we still alive right?
But at the same time my momma she was prayin' for me
God ain't through wit' us so let's put it down man
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
Amazing grace how sweet the sound
Next day they catch 50 60 years maybe even rest in peace
So I started gang banging to prove my manhood, yeah
This song is dedicated to all the homeboys that almost died
And to all the homeboys who robbed me
I tried to fight back but my efforts was useless
Not once but twice gambling with my life
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
And take care of my self, I stopped bangin' I really quit
I once was lost but now I'm found
Was blind but now I see
8 different people kicking me around, I thought about all the bad things
Stop all this madness know what I'm sayin'
Sometimes when I'm drinking man I think about all my close calls
In my church, a 1 2 I've seen a lot of hypocrites religious fakers
Before I was a wild juvenile I used to be a mild Christian young child
I thought church was fake I took all I could take so I took a lil' brake
God has smiled on me he has set me free
I think about home boys I speak to one day
Go on take care of some situations we need to take care of
His gang and my gang just got into it I tried to explain
God has smiled on me he has set me free
Every were I told Jesus I don't deserve You but let me live
With the dealing dice buucoooc
And it's not ironic Gods got a plan and purpose for your life man
Have fun baggin' the gun the baddest kid on the block
That saved a wretch like me
And I'll serve You, God has smiled
They took my food stamps, took my knife
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
I went to the world and bought a jerry curl and some crack to slice
God has smiled on me He has set me free
I didn't do it I told ya bro since '94 I been straight man
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
That saved a wretch like me
Hey man I'm still alive so if y'all be so kind
To make a long story short I stepped out the tub
Was a Christian son went to the county jail
God has smiled on me he has set me free
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
