My Respect

My respect

Written by Deitrick Haddon & Marcus White & T church

Hook:

These streets raised me

But the church saved me

And God forgave me

And oh I won’t forget

Been through the fire

Been test

I’m still standing

And I’m blessed

And I want my respect

Verse 1

Detroit city is where it all started

Some folk think I forgot about it

I can I forget where I come from

The foundation was Laid in the D son

I remember one night on livernoise

1 o clock in the morning hanging with the boys

Pop pop pop they tried to kill us all

They say pride always comes before a fall..

Hook:

Verse 2

I brought a new sound to gospel music I paved the way.

When it was all going down God sent me

To save the day

What ya’ll doing now I did I way back in the day

20 years later in like lebron James

Still in the game

You gotta give credit where it’s due

Somebody had to pay a price before

And what I’ve been through you have no clue

And I want my respect

Hook:

Bridge

I broke some rules

I paid my dues

And oh I’ve been accused

I Paid the price

Singing the gospel

Sacrificing my whole life

I been through the fire

Been through the flood

And through it all

I still show love

Hook:

Rap:

Invested over 20 years

In this gospel game

Feeling like bird man

Put some respect on my name

They got me feeling like

Coach Prime

I’m out here in the field

While you hating from the sidelines

broke the chains…

Tried to save a billion people…

Been out here winning souls

Since Atari and Coleco

No one was in the gym

When I working on my free throw

To become the Steph Curry of gospel

Only he know!

Born in the D

And I made it out alive

Where the average black man

Won’t make it past 25

In my city it’s too real

That’s why nothing about me phony

This is more than just a song

This is my testimony