Ogden Payne - Better You Than Me lyrics

VERSE 1: [Ogden Payne] Momma momma momma momma momma look at me I done made a couple hundred dollars off of my CD Lordy be, Lordy be, I know they wanted me I'm trying to get up out my momma's house and see the seven seas So I'm out here what's up with ya, what's good with it, what's happening I heard you bout that cashing so I'm all about that action Look at this another black man rapping But they don't take you seriously until you make it happen This that we ain't think that Oggy had it in him not at all But I like to do it for the money and to prove them wrong If you know better, then do better, want more, go get more I can't help them all but I can maybe help the most HOOK: [Ogden Payne] It's that Better You Than Me right, right It's that Better You Than Me right, right It's that Better You Than Me right, right It's that Better You Than Me right, right VERSE 2: [Ogden Payne] Now if the good Lord willing and the creek don't rise You can catch me in the streets with the whip baptized Just dripping, and I got my own music I just listen They used to ask me why I'm different This that momma raised us right rap Don't like that get out my house If you ain't putting in then I don't want to hear you out I don't like what you're about, I don't like it one bit But I'm so bout it bout it, had to bring it back again Ok now let me break it down one time for y'all I can do it all like I was born to do it, went to school in the burbs But I went to my grandmama's house in the hood, I was so influenced By both cultures, I'm the only child, there's no older there's no younger It's just me, there's no other, want to live in a world with no color There's no race, there's no hate, there's no snakes and no corruption Damn, this is one hell of an introduction for that HOOK: [Ogden Payne] It's that Better You Than Me right, right It's that Better You Than Me right, right It's that Better You Than Me right, right It's that Better You Than Me right, right I love this beat man VERSE 3: [Ogden Payne] As I look at the pictures of the Grammys I hope they understand me Ok now Better You Than Me came to fruition Cause I felt like people in positions to help all the children went missing We've been wishing for someone to come and change our views But if someone else won't do it, well then why not You Why not move mountains and let the youth drink from the fountains Because they need it more than I do I hope my kids do and don't grow up like I do I hope they know the truth and that's there's no one on this earth that they should ever lie to Especially themselves, I hope they know what sends them to hell and never do it, that the Lord gets them through it Cause I was young, I was dumb, I was selfish and foolish I needed so much prayer and my grandmama knew it So if I could provide half of what my parents did for me Well then I might be alright Cause I'll never know about their dreams, I'll never know what they gave up I'll never know how much they saved up, but then spent it on me Because I know the voice of sacrifice, I've know the pain of struggle I know it and I know it well, it's cause they say I love you So I hope they know their demonstration hasn't gone unseen Cause now I'd rather see you get the things you need Better You Than Me Better You Than Me Better You Than Me Better You Than Me