Thank You (feat. KIRBY)

Uh, thanks for the memories

For first and third of the month check deliveries

Agencies in the early 80s for giving cheese

To families with parents who had drug dependancies

Last chance and store-front ministries

Dinner from the chicken lady, Miss Genevieve

For every lesson I received as I live and breathe

And all the blessings I believed in and then achieved

Thanks to my moms for never getting rid of me

And to my lady, baby, thank you for forgiving me

I climb from the lower level to the mezzanine

Honestly I really wanna say thanks for everything

Images of strange fruits hanging from the trees

Laces on my gym shoes, skating from police

Kids playing on the stoops wearing Dungarees

Unbeknownst to them, they living in the city under siege

Two Sierra Leoneans and a Senegalese

Honey and lemon teas, sincere sympathies

The power of positive energy as opposed

To hatred as a motivative, thank you to my enemies

From Memphis, Tennessee and kitchen chemistry

Atop a centipede, Heineken and Hennessy

The barbershop that used to be at Sixth and Emily

For all the history and all you did for me, thank you

It's such a blessing, blessing, blessing to know you

Blessing to know you

I learned my lesson, lesson, why would I hurt you?

Don't wanna hurt you

I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you for giving me

Thank you for giving me love

I wanna thank you, thank you, thank you for giving me

Thank you for giving me love

Places that I've known

Many of which I've outgrown, thanks for the ride home

Some motherfuckers tried to make me give what's mine to 'em

Thank goodness for my decent aim with one eye closed

Gangsters and fly hoes, freaks and side shows

Mistakes I've made in the past that only God knows

Usually my preference would be to travel the high roads

Sometimes I stray from the path, that's no surprise though

I had to use this expression of my gratitude

That my attitude didn't limit my latitude

In cases when I had to do what I had to do

Even though I was spazzing, boo, I wasn't mad at you

This unbroken token of appreciation

For frequencies and stations, not keeping the people waiting

For players who support it, remaining completely patient

And each and every record in the basement, listen, thank you