Forty Ounces Lyrics

Drinking forty ounces

Facing the Sun

Trying to get drunk

Had to tap the shoulder of a bum

Under 21 way too young for liquor

Lectured on that by dad and mom

Cuz they found things in my school bag

They should have never found

My life wasn’t too sound, juvenile

Hung around with the wrong crowd

Nothing to be proud off

Those lectures got loud

Erased that look at me now

I made them proud

My little brother was talented more smarter

He’s now a father; about to have another

I remembered that time me and my friends

Cut school just to watch Jackson 5

Five of us influenced by tools

We ended up in truancy school

Friends fiend on ba-2

Tried to get me hooked

And I was like fuck you dudes; ugh

Suspended for insubordination

This became a trend we were young men

Arrested in public; intoxicated

Teenagers; disorderly conduct

They said it took a strong man to wear pink too

I think Pink looked nice on you

I used to think Pink did look nice on you

All influenced like fools

That was the only life we knew

Kalihi, that’s where I grew up

I don’t want to tell you too much

Loved drinking forties and liquor

Didn’t know when to stop, I threw up

Went home past my curfew

I skipped dinners some nights went straight to bed

Faced down on my stomach, and could sense my mom behind my head

Trying to sniff my breath; the next morning she would stop asking me where I went

I was never trying to cross the sunz we both children of the sun

Choose one; should have been one pride; one love; no hugs

Surrounded by drugs, killings, stabbings, shootings all of the above

Enjoy the view of paradise; don’t believe those post cards

O triple C, K-P-T had corrupt cops and security guards

No bloods and I hated those homeruns

Avoided getting mobbed; going home wasn’t fun

B-K’s was at the bridge; waiting to used their fists

I was just hoping to get home safely

This was insane I lived in Hawaii, shit I had to do just to get home to Richard lane

Fights and riots, at night, near Mayor Rights

Teenagers having sex and doing shit in alleys

Have you seen the news lately? Nothing new going on in Kalihi

Teens still getting high on school grounds

Off intermediate narcotics

Between classes

Before the period bell sounded

Did so much stupid shit

I almost became arrogant

I was grounded by my parents

Never had perfect attendance; I just gotta be honest

School is not where I learned most my life lessons

It was through adversity I learned all of my blessings

I hated being chased by cops; I seldom did anything wrong

But it was who I hung out with and the backgrounds they came from

Celebrating a Friend's Birthday; down the street

Drive-by shootings, but they wasn't shooting directly at me

Forty-ounce bottles crushed on skulls blood spurting out

And hearing them cry in pain and agony

Before it was too late, I’m grateful the lord took that type of life away from me