Ludacris - Child Of The Night lyrics

It's gonna get in ya, child of the night

.. and the hood rolls on

How do I begin to, do this shit right

.. get my hustle on

Look here!

Now I'm a man of many talents and a man of my word

But on my path to see the light sometimes my vision gets blurred

It's all a part of growin up and seein life at it's worst

Then tryin to iron out my wrinkles, puttin family first

It seems like the whole world is out for sinkin my boat

But with God as my navigator I'll be stayin afloat

And I admit to bein caught by many foolish distractions

Then I'm forced to pay the price as the result of my actions

I'm battlin with MYSELF and every DAY it's a war

Curiosity killed the cat, why am I Curious George?

Gotta keep my nose up outta thangs that ain't none of my biz

And just cause somethin looks don't really mean that it is

Get through the agony and anger, the pain and strife

And take the necessary steps to try to change my life

I got some questions for you Lord cause my mentality's hood

So why is everything that's bad for me feel so good?

Now I'm a only child, so excuse some of my selfish ways

I got spoiled when I was young, spoil myself today

Oh but I feed at least a thousand stomachs and how I've done it

is from the ground up a hundred miles and runnin

Dodgin and duckin everybody tryin to hammer me down

A self-made millionaire, baby look at me now

Can't tell me nothin still hungry as the day I began

Cause all I ever really needed was a pen in my hand

And a, pad in my lap, didn't matter in fact

Me and my momma lived in one room, and what's badder than that

was a young man forced to grow up at the age of 12

Tryin to get in where I fit, streets givin me hell

But yet I give it right - back, so how you like - that

Continue doin wrong 'til I was on the right - track

Tell me 'bout heavy money I might give it a PUSH

But a, bird in the hand is worth two in the bush

Come on

No matter how much older we get man, we all still children at heart

We all make mistakes, it's all good

Now I've tried plenty of times to get rid of my bad habits

Livin life on the cuttin edge, takin a stab at it

And learnin from my mistakes, try not to make 'em twice

Just admittin when I'm wrong, tryin hard to make it right

And baby, nobody's perfect in this world of ours

There's plenty people gettin stitches in this world of scars

But over time, pray to God that he can heal your wounds

Try to love and love again until they seal your tomb

Cause life is short if you don't know this it'll pass you by

That's why my head is in the clouds tryin to pass the sky

Never blinkin for a minute, keep my eyes on my foes

They wanna catch me in the open, bring my life to a close

Meanwhile that's why I'm bringin so much life to my shows

I've seen smiles I'm makin changes turnin glitter to gold

Don't let these devils play you down or belittle your soul

Just be happy with yo'self and it's so simple to grow

Come on