Slow Down - Funky DL

I remember you you were the one whos said you knew it all

Young kid many prospects until you blew it all

You studied hard to get your academics

You earned merits and many certified credits

Until you got involved with the neighborhood dropouts

The ones who’d stop out the one’s who always brought the cops out

Troublemakers with no great future

Who’d show you about guns and wouldn’t hesitate to shoot ya

In the back they showed how to make quick cash

Selling a stash of trash to them cats who’s in your class

You learned fast thought you was going to the top

With your gold stitched socks and ya iced out socks for real

Your living good making cash off ya hood

But you a small town crook so I’m thinking you should

Turn around keep your feet on the ground

Check the sound that I bring and slow down

Everyday you wanna race your life and live fast

You wanna learn to take your time and take every chance

So slow down

And take your time

So now your living in your own place

With cash to waste your mother say’s you are a disgrace

To the rest of your family who’s doing things the right way

Your making money nine to five I’m talking nightly

There was a murder just the other day and ever since

You’ve been a suspect cus the cops found all your fingerprints

All over the neck of the shirt the kid was wearing

He couldn’t pay you cash for his drugs you took his earrings

Twenty four carat till he paid you cash

Some witnesses heard you say you’d kick his ass yo

And even though you didn’t do it you a nervous wreck

But you told us that you knew it all now wait a sec

Kid your life’s took a turn for the worst

Living a sugar coated dream when reality’s first yo

Tell me how you gonna turn it around

You should of listened to my words when I told you slow down

Everyday you wanna race your life and live fast

You wanna learn to take your time and take every chance

So slow down

And take your time

Now you on the run from the cops because your missin

You didn’t listen and can’t face going to prison

You shook now wish you ain’t a crook now

And look now you gonna face the book now

The cops catch you up and they hold you for a while

A few months fly then they put you on trial

For a crime you didn’t commit now how is it

The same back in the hood won’t even visit

in a ceil thinking about how it got to this

Knowing you can’t cope cus you no optimist

Getting in brawls and scuffles and fights

And when they switch off the lights you having sleepless nights right

Your moms don’t show you no love

There’s more important things in life that she got to think of yo

Like your little brother fooling around

He better listen to her words when she tells him slow down

Everyday you wanna race your life and live fast

You wanna learn to take your time and take every chance

So slow down

And take your time