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Bad accounts break you (D​.​A​.​M​.​N​.​) produced by Eric G, feat. Wes Restless and DJ Abilities

from Baby (Being a black youth) by One Be Lo

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D.A.M.N. = Divisions Add Multiple Negatives

In this picture is my uncle holding me as a baby. It’s the only picture I have seen of him and I together in the free world. Soon after, he was arrested and sentenced to life in prison. I grew up visiting him behind bars.

lyrics

Verse 1

Way before the science exam
My man knew an ounce weighed around
Twenty eight grams

Sixteen of those a pound
had to weigh it himself

Homework everyday
he kept the scale on the shelf

Peers wonder how he’s acing the test
He aint a damn fool

Barely came to school
teacher saving her breath

Though he never heard her teach it before
If she asked the class clown "What’s a thou?"
He could tell her "Thats a kilo!”

Zero's in math class
he got all E's

But knew more about numbers
than brothers working at Wall Street

Only kid to flunk Phys Ed

Playing hookie
Running game with the bookie
at the gym instead

Never carried backpacks, books or pencil lead
He pack
in the small of his back
gats wit lead

He point it at your head
No more food fights
That's blood stains
not ketchup
You might lose your life

He ditched his English class
to run with some Mexicans

Now he’s writing essays/Ese’s
Police just arrested them

No College doe for he
lawyer fees

But he earned a full scholarship at D.O.C.
He earned a full scholarship at D.O.C.
He earned a full scholarship at D.O.C.



verse 2

She was a Tomboy
not really cute

Really tall
really skinny
really popular
cool

Tenth grader
varsity player
and props on the hoop

had another older brother
say he taught her to shoot

Scholarships she was offered a few

All she gotta do is get that diploma
then a College recruit

She’s intelligent
talented
and confident too

Her boyfriend love and support her
he’s proud of his boo

Everything sound sweet
kinda hard to be true

You aint gotta get the pudding
but you gotta get proof

Here it is
there he is when she’s down with the Flu

Outta the blue
for two days
she’s not in the school

Vomit her food
she need to get a doctor’s excuse

Approximately
Two o'clock
in his office 'll do

But the note didn’t say she had a stomach virus

But she did have something in her stomach hiding

She missed her class period
her last period
a new life could end her life
it's that serious

She don't wanna let her coach and her team down

She don't wanna lose her hopes and her dreams now

The children are the future
I do believe

but if this child has a future
She lose degrees
(she could lose degrees)

And she could lose prestige
(she could lost prestige)

And she could lose the league

(The league, out of the question. Everybody trynna get her to do the right thing. Do what’s best for her.)


Wo wo woOoooo

I rise up each day

Thinking all those problems that surround my way

Some hide away

But I don’t wait for nothing

Immo find my way

credits

from Baby (Being a black youth), released November 7, 2020
BEAT PRODUCTION: Eric G (Soul Council)
ADDITIONAL INSTRUMENTATION: Jonas Siegel
ADDITIONAL SAMPLES: OneManArmy
LYRICS: One Be Lo
CHORUS PERFORMED BY: Wes Restless
SCRATCHES: DJ Abilities
RECORDED/MIXED by: Aaron Angus
MASTERING by: D Sane

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One Be Lo is a HipHop writer/emcee/producer from Pontiac Michigan, currently living in Cairo, Egypt.

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