Lloyd - Appreciation Day lyrics

[Verse 1: Lloyd] I wanna say thank you to my mama and my daddy For making love the night that you had me Wanna thank my friends, my sister and my brother Mercedes for my peers, damn I love you like no other (I) wanna thank my teachers, (I) shout out to my preachers (I) wanna thank my speakers, for giving me something to reach for (I) wanna thank my fans from the Cali or the Compton They know in this time I get this motherf**er popping I wanna say to my cousin thanks for showing love When I really needed guidance, but selling dope or thugging Seventeen with a gun, a day I got arrested Saved by Irv Gotti, he told me drop my blessing [Chorus: Lloyd] So many lessons I'd been learned the hard way Just look how far we came from hanging in the hallways Now I dedicated my life to what the song say There for me, here for you, yeah that’s what I’ll do I wanna be there for you, will you be there for me, yeah, baby [Verse 2: Lloyd] I send the letter to the eastside of heaven In reason, miss your dollar, nobody need it better My best friend Bonnie was [?] at twenty Until you have your freedom, I keep [?] money Seems I’ve been getting older, from a two seater to a Rover Needed more room for brandy, lil’ Henny and a stroller Gotta live stronger since I went vegetarian I hope I live longer, dying ain’t that scary [Chorus: Lloyd] So much love I’ve been giving in my lifetime Without this music, damn I swear, I’d probably lose my mind She’s there for me, and I’m here for you, yeah that's what I’ll do For me [Outro: Khujo Goodie & Lloyd] Ah yeah Shh, quiet, Khujo’s coming, ok ok Blessing, well, what is a blessing? Well, blessing is a gift from the creator of heaven and earth to see in all and [?] Well, in order to receive a gift from the father You must have favor Well how do I have favor man? By being obedient to his word which are instructions from heaven Well, what is his word man? Well, you can hear him talking man, in genesis all the way to Malachi Man, that’s the law and the prophecy, you know what they called the Old Testament Like, yeah, might heard of that man That’s what’s up So study this all yourself, approve man And get that blessing Open your hand wide So you can receive your blessing Don’t close your hands, open them wide Not gonna receive your blessings when you got your hands close Yeah Amen, thank you God for this life Thank you God, I’m so thankful Thank you God