Scandal - Wake Up Call lyrics

[Jake Lefco] Way back, when I had that red and black lumberjack Stocking cap, jeans hangin off my a** Thought I was bad, had a shaved up fade 10 karat gold bracelet with the matchin gold chain Smokin blunts all day, frontin like I'm somethin so great Y'all ain't got NUTTIN on me~! My rhymes were tight, the time was right to rock I thought I had to hide that I was white Cause my black friends laughed when I told 'em I rapped And my white friends asked why I wanna be black But it wasn't that, I just didn't wanna be whack so I copied off tracks, played the gangster rap role It didn't last though Cause my man caught a blast to the a** and he never came back home Real life it's time to do that (yup) Be an upper middle cla** private school grad (yup) Be a true artist and speak from the heart Cause even a blind man can see through a fraud I was lost, tryin hard to be hard Got a wake up call, said you are who you are [Chorus] Got it locked in a safe, you're wrong What'chu think this is a game you can play? Come on If you make it through the summer can't avoid the fall Bet you think you know it all, here's your wake up call If you think you got it locked in a safe, you're wrong What'chu think this is a game you can play? Come on If you make it through the summer can't avoid the fall Bet you think you know it all, here's your wake up call [Reef the Lost Cauze] Rememberin back when Reef was bugged Bandana on, hammer in my pants, shorty wanna be a thug Wasn't no love spread, all I seen was blood Started dealin fiends the dubs, inhalin cheeba buds Guzzlin 40 ounce, my brain leakin suds Even tweakin dust, cops tryin to speak to us We ain't give a f**, thought we was invincible What can a teacher tell you when you make more than the principal Change came eventual, short-lived is the life of a criminal Dawg I lost more than a friend or two Took a clearer, look at the man in the mirror Got wise in time not to f** senior year up Many of my peers didn't hear the - call It's like the devil clogged they ears up I was there once without sh** to lose But when the alarm went off, I didn't hit snooze [Chorus] [Scandal] I set my alarm for six but didn't wake up Had a ball the night before, more like an 8 but Settin for a session at 7 and I was late cause I was busy messin with chickens that wanna take d** And livin the high life is full of fake love Strung out and frayed up, like my shoelace was Was gettin paid but I wasn't no dealer Accuse another rapper of frontin, I wasn't no realer My reflection wasn't clear but I was lovin the mirror For choppin and slicin lines up instead of writin rhymes up I had a visit from my n***as, saw me stuck in the spot If it didn't stop they wasn't f**in with doc And I'm glad that they spoke up, cause that's when I woke up Dropped the coke, picked up the mic pad pen then I smoked up This part of my life was a b**h that we broke up A scar with no sign of a stitch but it's sewn up I shoulda been dead or, caught a bid But instead I'm gonna live cause of somethin they said Hit a n***a like one in the head you done changed Got caught by the strays like hay in a gun range Now I'm back down to earth like planes on runways Cause the sun even shines on a dog's a** some days [Chorus]