What happened to the soul food
What happened to the soul food
I’m talkin' good eatin' good seasonin'
Out here in this world
just tryna make it
Everything I see
sometimes I can't take it
But damn I really miss those times
That soul food's on my mind
Mind mind mind
Grandma's hands used to usher
Sunday mornings
Now before Sunday school
I hustle and I'm on it
I can't slow down nah
a dollar and a dream
In this life you live you're either
the dealer or the fiend
Leanin' horizontal
The acrobats on the corner they flip
So when them white vans
pull up shawty we dip
Out of view could've been
a track star at the school
But it took the police
just to get that 44 out of you
Dash sprint hurdle over
those steel gates
They keep us in and keep folk out
but we don't feel safe
As we used to back
when we was in a booster
Watchin' our uncles drink coolers
talkin' pound for pound bruisers
Over rib bones
Now I sideways tote
How did Bobby Johnson hold it
Pull the trigger 'til the clip gone
Potato tip no potato salad
That American pie
ain't even snappin'
Out here in this world
just tryna make it
Everything I see
sometimes I can't take it
But damn I really miss those times
That soul food's on my mind
Mind mind mind
Aromas on the corner
these the soul they say
Some greens just can't be cleaned
and you can't wash out the taste
Of rotten roots
Salted looks and herbs
If it ain't made with love
then it ain't fit to serve I heard
Some get bruised and battered
Thrown away half eaten
as if their seeds
never ever mattered
It ain't ripe it ain't right
That's why most people
don't make love no more
They just fuck and they fight
What happened
to the stay togethers
Die with you and that means forever
Grandparents had that kind of bond
But now we on some other shit
Nah we ain't got no rubbers here
I know she creepin'
so that ain't my son
Apples fall off of trees
and roll down hills
We can't play games
no more cause we got bills
Back in the day the yard
was oh so filled
Now nobody comes around here
Out here in this world
just tryna make it
Everything I see
sometimes I can't take it
But damn I really miss those times
That soul food's on my mind
Mind mind mind
Never thought it'd be
no soul food on my plate
We gather 'round and lie bow
our heads and pray
And I
I still remember the family parties
The happy faces no broken hearts
Nobody starvin'
but all that there is old news
What happened to the soul food
Out here in this world
just tryna make it
Everything I see
sometimes I can't take it
But damn I really miss those times
That soul food's on my mind
Mind mind mind