Abuelo Was A Painter Lyrics

Mi Abuelo was a painter

He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous

But just as beautiful

You got a dream you chase it

So f**k a cubicle

I found a scene and laced it

And now I'm doin' good

Abuelo was a painter

He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous

But just as beautiful

You got a dream you chase it

So f**k a cubicle

I found a scene and laced it

And now I'm doin' good

Mi Abuelo was a painter, Oye Como Va

Tito Puente in the background, he had me play the drums

It was later in the streets I heard that "Ran Kan Kan"

Bodies hit the floor all I could do was run, run, run

L train tracks rumblin, I started to get numb

Not to say I wasn't scared but all violence had become

Something natural in the habitat, misguided youth with guns

It was f**k the academics, we was into gettin funds

Used to rock the Rosary, and now it's 14 karat nugs

Ya' best friends become ya enemies

like dammit where's the love

Mi Abuelo was a painter

Mi Abuelo was a painter

He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous

But just as beautiful

You got a dream you chase it

So f**k a cubicle

I found a scene and laced it

And now I'm doin good

Mi Abuelo was a painter

And a musician

Santana in the background, it's something different

Used the tell me not to waste my talent caught up in façades

I was running with the wrong people caught up pickin sides

Gifts in the gutter, candle stick and a stutter

Pops slipped into a bottle

And my Mama was dismissive

I had the words of mi Abuelo, uh

That's what made me different

See that man was well respected

He was wise and so I'd listen

Can't imagine where I would my life would be if I ain't have his vision

Probably dead or in a cage, fightin demons burning sage/

Now it's Neimans in The Bay, coppin' Prada kicks wit Skyyler

Flippin beats and gettin paid

Sunny seasons every day

Mi Abuelo was a painter

He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous

But just as beautiful

You got a dream you chase it

So f**k a cubicle

I found a scene and laced it

And now I'm doin' good