[00:00.000] 作词 : MC JIN [00:01.000] 作曲 : UNKNOWN, COMPOSER [00:02.84]My live have been like [00:03.80]One long journey filled with a lot of ups [00:06.18]And definitely a lot of downs [00:08.23]Check it [00:10.01]I dedicate this verse here to my grandfather [00:13.85]Who passed away earlier this year [00:16.35]At his funeral I ran threw a box full of tissues [00:18.68]My tears are dry but I still miss you [00:22.05]And I promise I will never forget you [00:24.74]These last six bars just made it offical [00:27.48]Yeah I know he can hear me [00:29.56]Even though he don't speak English [00:31.46]He can understand clearly [00:33.36]What his grandson is trying to express [00:35.77]It's tough but I'm trying my best [00:38.53]I remember as a kid just running with him [00:41.42]Every year I'll spend a whole summer with him [00:44.25]Visited him in the projects [00:46.18]And he knew I was interred by them [00:48.36]Shiny objects cutting a Rolex [00:50.34]Out of magazine ads tell me [00:52.65]When I grow up I could buy one for my dad [00:54.89]So much energy like me quite clever [00:57.68]These are memories I will treasure forever [01:00.17]Every now and then I still sheld a tear [01:02.75]Walking through Chinatown [01:04.31]I feel his spirit in the air [01:05.86]For your legacy I go harder [01:07.49]Tell my kids that your great grandfather was a great grandfather [01:11.37]But let me walk you to this timeline take you back to my pops [01:15.46]And moms grind they both immaganted to this country as teenagers [01:19.63]You know tropical American dream chasers [01:22.73]Immagrating blew up like disco [01:25.31]As we moving to New York then to Frisco [01:27.99]My pops said NY let's go [01:30.43]This was in the 70's when he used too rock a fro [01:33.19]Bell bottoms pimp hat with the tilted brim [01:36.19]I seen the pictures and I still don't think it's him [01:39.12]Fast forward 82 that [01:40.56]When he met my moms got married and had a baby too [01:44.36]That baby's who [01:45.68]That baby's me Jin Au Yeung [01:48.38]My moms was whoa young [01:50.31]Only eighteen a senior in high school [01:52.87]When I was eighteen that's was my school [01:55.66]I'm in charge of her life [01:57.94]I put that in every single bar that I write [02:00.64]Picture a young couple trying to get on track [02:03.34]What are the options a resturant or laundry mat [02:06.45]So they plan A [02:08.22]For that plan [02:09.25]I was at the resturant every damn day [02:11.84]But I was only twelve [02:13.06]I justed wanted to play [02:14.48]When my friends would come I gave the food away [02:17.02]I know it that bad for business [02:19.05]So I appogize now [02:20.72]If it still make a differences [02:22.83]I guess deep down I just hated the fact I felt trapped [02:26.24]And that was my way of getting you back [02:28.22]I can't go back in time and I hate it [02:30.46]But I can't tell you [02:31.83]Your hard work was appreciated [02:34.02]See to the coustomer [02:35.64]That just a plate of rice [02:37.12]But to my family that **** can save a life [02:39.61]And this's more than Chinese food [02:41.93]It's a life story of a Chinese dude [02:44.72]And I ain't come here to tell you what to eat [02:47.58]Can't just serve food for thought over a beat [02:50.23]And I to tell you what to eat [02:53.12]It just food for thought over a beat