J-Kwon - They Ask Me Lyrics
"They Ask Me"[J-Kwon talkin' over music]Ya know, right now, whatever you smoke,Right now cuz they ask me, and they ask me,And they ask me, they ask me[Verse 1]Now they ask meHow you know so much at 17What you mean?You never seen a disfuctional teenMama cared for mePapa wasnt their for meOlder brother sold dope and murph blurr for meTimes got hard I had to get harderLet me take that back I had to get smarter16, I had me a daughterHold up J-Kwon lets get shit in orderBaby mama thats a whole nother storyBoth too young both too horneyCell phone rung, but I didnt anwserCheck my voice mail, my grandma got cancerNow she layin up in a old folks homeWhen it seamed like yesterday she was homeA month later stroke poped upHer brain cells goneThe last thing she said was let no one steer you wrong, I'm grown[Chorus]They ask me, do I believe in GodSo I ask them, did I defeat the odds[2x][Verse 2]Shit *****ed up but I can't turn away nowSold dope around the town, self esteem way downJessie made me tougher, he boxed me upMy mama put me in the system, she locked me upNow this around the time that we lived on HaleyWhen I think about it I don't know none of my familyExcept, for the immediate onesThats why I run to the streets and the gennies hand gunsHe don't talk much so everybody wanna fight himEvery school I went to nobody liked himNever could it be rightI'd try sometimesSo I chilled by myself and cry sometimesAnd all I ask from Gods to buy sometimeWould I bring his name in it If I was lyin'Now look at what the ***** I done, doneTerry Jones last son, this is a blessingI'm grown[Chorus][Bridge]La, la, la, la, la, la, laNow they ask me how you know so much at 17What you meanYou never seen a disfuctional teenLa, la, la, la, la, la, la, woahTimes got har I had to get harderLet me take that back I had to get smarter[Chorus]
