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but dont don't get me wrong i
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this song this
This song is dedcated dedicated to all theenter deleted
homeboys that almost died but
But for some strangeenter deleted
coincidental ironic reason u you lived through it
homeboyHomeboy but im I'm here to tell u you man its it's not a coincidence
coincidence and itsAnd it's not ironic gods Gods got a plan andenter deleted
purpose for your life man the
The quarter pieceenter deleted
quartet gonna help us sing it right about now
(chicken sound)

(chorus)God has (come on) smiled on me he has setenter deleted
me free (like
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
you)OOOOH godOoh God has smiled on me and hes He's been goodenter deleted
to me
(rapping) before iBefore I was a wild juvenille i juvenile I used toenter deleted
be a mild christian Christian young child i
I used to seek andenter deleted
seek search and search analyze everybody in
In my
church church, a 1 2 ive I've seen a lot of hypocrits religous hypocrites religious fakers
fakers deacon hormungersDeacon hungers and often takers when i
I turned 13 i

I thought church was fake i I took all i
I could take so i I took a lil lil' brake i
I went to theenter deleted
world and bought a jerry curl and some crack to slice
slice so iSo I can do my own thing the street life i
didnt I didn't understand good so i
So I started gangbanging gang banging toenter deleted
prove my man hood manhood, yeah have

Have fun baggin baggin' the gun theenter deleted
baddest kid on the block was
Was a christian Christian son wententer deleted
to the county jail not
Not once but twice gamblingenter deleted
with my life with
With the dealing dice buucoooc
(chorus)God has smiled on me he has set me free
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
iI got released in 94 '94 told my mamma i dont mama I don't wannaenter deleted
get in trouble no mo' i
I wanna find a job obtainenter deleted
some wealth be independant independent like u and you
And take care of my self, I stopped bangin' I really quit
my self (chicken sound) i stopped bangin i really
quit but But not the people that i I got into it wit
wit' back in the day from pompale

From Pompale to LA la they got beef
wit wit' me homie up until this day to
To make a longenter deleted
story short i I stepped out the tub walked
Walked aroundenter deleted
the corner to the local night club sittin
Sittin' at aenter deleted
table just doin doin' my thang just

Just when i I gotenter deleted
approached by this rival gang his
His gang and my gangenter deleted
just got into it i I tried to explain i didnt
I didn't do it
i I told ya bro since 94 i '94 I been straight man i dont
I don'tmess around no more (chicken sound)
(chorus) uGod has smiled on me he has set me free
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me

You know what he said said, man he got smart wit
wit' me he said call
Call the mortuary order some flowers u you quit you're game
quit ur game butBut we never quit ours he

He got exitedenter deleted
we started fist fightin fightin' like mike tyson i Mike Tyson I was scratchin'
scratchin and bitinAnd bitin' a bunch of them started mobing
mobbing me threw me on the floor and
And started robbing meenter deleted
the things that they took from me wasnt
Wasn't nothing major, wallet, Walkman cheap lil' pager
major wallet walkman cheap lil pager they
They took my
foodstamps food stamps, took my knife took
Took me and tried to takeenter deleted
my life (chicken sound) i
I tried to fight back butenter deleted
my efforts was useless aint
Ain't no need to make enough excuses
excuses amen i
Amen I was on the ground getting beat down
8 different people kicking me around i around, I thoughtenter deleted
about all the bad things i
I did when i I ran from god
God as a little bitty kid no sign
No reason, no reason clue, no clue no
warning warning, no fare nobody cared (blank line inserted) 2 o clock o'clock in theenter deleted
morning heavy licks they was layin layin' on me but
But atenter deleted
the same time my momma she was prayin 4 prayin' for me lights
Lightsfrom the helicopter filled the air and the policeenter deleted
cars came every
Every were i I told jesus i dont Jesus I don't deserve
you You but let me live and ill
And I'll serve you god You, God hasenter deleted
smiled
(chorus)God has smiled on me he has set me free
(Come on, like when them bullets just fly past you)
Ooh God has smiled on me and He's been good to me
sometimesSometimes when im I'm drinking man i I think about allenter deleted
my close calls ya know
Ya know, what im I'm saying the times i
I almost got shot the
The times i I was comiting committing crimesenter deleted
almost got caught by the police man i
Man I think
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I thinkenter deleted
about home boys i I speak to one day next
Next day theyenter deleted
catch 50 60 years mabye maybe even rest in peace u
You knowenter deleted
what im I'm saying but check this out man we stillenter deleted
alive right? god aint
God ain't through wit wit' us so lets let's putenter deleted
it down man stop

Stop all this madness know what im I'm sayin'
sayin goGo on take care of some situations we needenter deleted
to take care of and
And to all the homeboys who robbed me
me heyHey man im I'm still alive so if yall y'all be so kind go
Godown there and buy my tape man that will make up
themThem food stamps yall y'all took from me right (chicken
sound)

Amazing Grace grace how sweet the sound! sound
That saved aenter deleted
wretch like me! me
I once was lost but now im I'm found
wasWas blind but now i I see god

God has smiled on me he
He has set me free god
God has smilled smiled on me and hes He's beenenter deleted
good to me (blank line inserted) Amazing Grace grace how sweet the sound! sound
Thatenter deleted
saved a wretch like me! me
I once was lost but now im I'm found
found wasWas blind but now i I see god

God has smiled on me
he He has set me free god
God has smilled smiled on me and hes
He's been good to me