From the recording Look at me Now
It is simple. I wrote a letter to my estranged father and this is what came out.
releases December 15, 2023
SINGLE PRODUCED BY: Mista Woosaa
ARTIST: Hood Rawlz / G Sleep
WRITER: Omar D. "Amaru" Lewis, Sr. (all of Hood Rawlz' verses) / Eugene Batson (all of G-Sleep verses)
MUSIC/BEATS: Mista Woosaa
Lyrics
CHORUS
From the ground in the dirt
to the penthouse
mama we made it!
To everyone who carried me on
I know ya sorry ya hate it!
And all those backhanded complements
And now congratulations.
Look at me now!
Look at me now!
FIRST VERSE
I did it!
I made it to the mountain top!
I hit it!
Goals I set
I never miss a shot!
I’m a winner!
As long as
I can check a box!
New friends
celebratin’
like they made it pop!
I raise my fist!
I’m proud
Cause I never stop!
Although broken,
I was damn sho
goin show my pops
He was wrong
unfortunately,
about a lot!
And I became a man
even though
he chose to walk.
CHORUS
From the ground in the dirt
to the penthouse
mama we made it!
To everyone who carried me on
I know ya sorry ya hate it!
And all those backhanded complements
And now congratulations.
Look at me now!
Look at me now!
2ND VERSE
That’s Cap!
I did it!
but I had many stops.
The mountain top wasn’t
as close
as I thought
I set goals
and often
missed the mark.
A winner!
it’d be a couple weeks
then I’d fall off.
New friends?
Them just some ho’s
that I bought.
Still pumping my fist
My dreams
I never lost!
Grew up without you
never knew
final loss.
Have kids myself
history repeats
is the cost.
CHORUS
From the ground in the dirt
to the penthouse
mama we made it!
To everyone who carried me on
I know ya sorry ya hate it!
And all those backhanded complements
And now congratulations.
Look at me now!
Look at me now!
3RD VERSE
My father chose to walk like it was the walk of shame, I even got his first and last name ain't that a blip.
Suppose to be a preacher preaching behind the pulpit, but never spoke into my life to lead me right that's hypocritical.
And critical to my mind til' this day, I often wonder to myself why did God give me him.
We spoke before he passed, we talked and laughed, the last thing I heard say I'm sorry, and then he passed.