Lupe Fiasco - Hood Now (outro) lyrics

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Hood Now (outro) / Lupe Fiasco[Lupe Fiasco]This one's for the hood!What do you do when it's so unequal?Wear Michael Jordan's with your tuxedos, it's hood now, it's hood nowYea, yea, it's "hood" nowPublic school system only teaching partsSo the school of hard knocks is what make you street smartYou're hood now, hood nowYeah, yeah, hood nowOpen fire hydrant 'front the liquor storeCoolin perm ads all on the billboardsYou in the hood now, you in the hood nowThat's rightYou in the hood nowRamen noodle soups, you make the bestWater in the milk to make it stretchThat's the hood now, that's the hood nowThat's the hood now, that's the hood nowIvy League was running really well thenThey slipped up and let Cornel in, it's hood now, it's hood nowYes it is, it's hood nowIn Miami Beach, it's rich white folksBut Memorial Day, "you know who" do the most, it's hood now, it's hood now, it's hood nowYea, it's hood nowAnd house shoes is for the house foolThe homies wear 'em out, how cool, it's hood now, it's hood nowThat's hood nowOh yea, that's hood nowAnd that Mercedes Benz, on them giant rimsOpen up the trunk and see 'bout twenty ten'sThat's hood now, it's hood nowThat's hood nowOh yea, that's hood nowAnd diamond chains was for kings and queensBut since we got to 'em they'll never be the sameThey hood nowThey hood nowBling, Bling, it's hood nowYou pissed her off, you broke the rulesHer earrings out, she taking off her shoes, it's hood now, it's hood nowIt's about to be...Really hood nowChop up Jazz, loop up the RockSample the Blues, call it Hip-Hop, it's hood now, it's hood nowYea mayne, it's hood now[Chorus]We took that hurt, made it into songsGod bless the child that's got his ownSayin it's hood nowSayin it's hood now[Lupe Fiasco]Pants saggin right off my assI sit it down, right in first class, it's hood now, it's hood nowYes sir, it's hood nowFancy restaurant, dress codeT-shirt, gym shorts, it's hood now, it's hood nowHallelujah, it's hood nowFashion shows, with fancy clothesYou see Mr. West right in the front row, it's hood now, it's hood nowThat's what it means, it's hood nowAt the Oscar's, P on the sticksAnd the winner is ... Three-6, it's hood now, it's hood nowUh oh... it's hood now[Chorus]We took that hurt, made it into songsGod bless the child that's got his ownSayin it's hood nowSayin it's hood now[Verse 3]You had Elvis Presley and he was crackin'But guess what? Here comes Michael Jackson, it's hood now, it's hood nowThat's right, it's hood nowPro sports, them was yo' courtsBut you let us in, so on and so forth, it's hood now, it's hood nowUh huh, it's hood nowThey gave us scraps, some of it oldWe cooked it up and called it "soul"It's good nowIt's good nowYou like that?, it's hood nowAnd you know me, I don't voteBut the White House, you already know, it's hood now, it's hood nowYes sir, it's hood now[Chorus]We took that hurt, made it into songsGod bless the child that's got his ownSayin it's hood nowSayin it's hood nowYea[Outro]You know I had to do itCan't forget where you came fromOne for the ghettoTwo for the hoodThree for the allFour for the goodYeahAnd we outThis the greatI mean, God is GreatAmerican RapFood and Liquor 2...Through