T-Bone - Once Upon A Time Lyrics

Once upon a time in that ghetto yo, I used to make the chetta
When I was lounging with the playa and the hustlers yo
And rydin' on 'em haters just pimpin' with them playas from the 415
Hustling everyday just to stay alive huh, once upon a time in
The ghetto yo o, I used to make that cheddar

Used to be a slave to sin smoking indo smoke
Like the homie Mista Grimm now who a thought
That years ago I'd be the one reachin' him
Prayin' in the late night hour crying

Askin' that lord to come on in
Of a broken heart filled with all this hurt and pain
Askin' that lord to clear that overcast and all the rain
'Cuz there ain't no sunshine in the ghetto

Unless ya got Christ in ya life not the Devil
That's what I had though demons in my system dogg
Now I'm intoxicated wit the Holy Spirit y'all

No more chronic, bionic and gin and tonic
Chocolate tye, or sticky icky, icky
'Cuz the Holy Goly gets me high

See I was, thugged out West Cali livin'
Straight sinnin' in boss hog Cali pimpin'
Straight sippin' gin and juice, tangarae and rum
Steady spittin' pimp game from this play tongue

Brim tilted to the left leaning in my ride
Wit that rims glistering while I'm whistling
Picture me and chicks kissin' in the back of a 64
Devil had me trippin' like a wineo' in a liquor store

Thank God bro Jesus broke the Devils chains
Now I'm addicted, shooting this gospel all up in my veins
Can't get enough of the way that he makes me feel
I wanna holla, holla Ready to die in ya honor

I'm a changed man from the feet up
But stay G'd up From the street up
So I can reach rydas smoking the weed up

I just don't know why these rydas wanna ryde
When they know that they very well could die
From the bullets of a gage or nine
When ya living in the fast lane commitin' 'em crimes

I said, I just don't know why these plays wanna play
When they know that the world is filled wit AIDS and disease
Baby mamma wit dads who be flossing while they
Kids are broke and dressin' in rags