[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com [00:00.29]One we know [00:13.09]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [00:23.39]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [00:26.11]He was the oldest of 3 [00:27.74]Lil' sis and a little brother [00:29.63]Same old song raised by a single mother [00:32.21]His schoolin' is third rate [00:33.62]Only in second but he should be in 3rd grade [00:36.10]Or was it 4th can't remember it escapes me [00:38.62]Didn't have a clue that his little life was crazy [00:41.30]All I knew was in class [00:42.84]He would spaz [00:43.67]Could sit for a minute [00:44.92]Throw a fit before ya' finish [00:46.46]Wanted the best for him [00:47.47]And I was tough on him [00:48.99]Until my boss told me the deal [00:50.67]His momma worked hard [00:52.01]Scooped the kids straight from her job [00:53.87]And would black out soon as they got home [00:56.23]No spouse [00:57.02]He was the little man of the house [00:58.99]Fixem dinner and put 'em to bed on his own [01:01.32]How [01:01.85]So in school when he would act wild [01:03.53]It's because it's the only he had to be a child [01:06.81]Wow [01:14.28]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [01:24.37]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [01:27.39]He was a lil' playa [01:28.34]Some say a trouble maker [01:29.87]'Cause he would act a fool [01:31.07]Came to see me after school [01:32.82]Said he wanna change [01:33.97]Told him that it's never out of range [01:35.69]Long as you ain't scared to work for it [01:37.53]Fast forward [01:38.50]He was in a gang fight [01:39.84]Over something petty it ain't right [01:41.71]But he came clean when he came to me [01:43.93]So I tried to get his folks [01:45.25]To let him stay with me [01:46.53]At the center [01:47.49]Said I could work with 'em help to prevent a [01:50.01]Situation like this from happening again but [01:52.51]His step-dad wasn't trying to hear me at all [01:54.95]He was fed up and said that it was the last straw [01:57.39]Tried to check up on 'em they wouldn't return my call [02:00.09]What's that about [02:01.22]When we spoke man we had it out [02:03.03]'Cause they told me that they him committed [02:05.36]Hurt me to my soul man I have to admit it d**n [02:15.55]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [02:26.10]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [02:28.28]It feels like the world's against you [02:30.17]And I can't imagine the hell you been through [02:32.42]When they put you down [02:34.08]Don't give up [02:35.02]If they knock you down [02:36.46]Then you gotta get up get up [02:38.50]I struggle to remember your name [02:40.41]But just know I never will forget your pain [02:42.83]When they put you down [02:44.28]Don't give up [02:45.28]If they knock you down [02:46.55]Then you gotta get up get up get up [02:49.54]Ain't too many days I meet [02:51.29]A young man that's born with HIV [02:53.49]I was there speaking on diversity and poetry [02:56.88]But you seemed to be more into art [02:59.02]Asked you to write what you felt didn't know where to start [03:02.07]So you chose to draw from the heart [03:03.99]You were a young man in the body of a child [03:06.63]Who wouldn't let a disease rob you of your smile [03:09.25]Nowadays that type of courage is rare [03:11.44]The words that you hear [03:12.35]Can never compare [03:13.42]To the struggle you face day in and day out [03:16.31]Every single day prayin' for a way out [03:19.08]See there's one too many youth like the 3 I spoke on [03:21.76]No one cuttin' slack but fightin' to hold on [03:24.49]Maintain youngin's in these troublin' times [03:26.71]And I care because your struggle is mine one love [03:37.50]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was [03:47.70]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
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[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com[00:00.29]One we know
[00:13.09]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[00:23.39]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[00:26.11]He was the oldest of 3
[00:27.74]Lil' sis and a little brother
[00:29.63]Same old song raised by a single mother
[00:32.21]His schoolin' is third rate
[00:33.62]Only in second but he should be in 3rd grade
[00:36.10]Or was it 4th can't remember it escapes me
[00:38.62]Didn't have a clue that his little life was crazy
[00:41.30]All I knew was in class
[00:42.84]He would spaz
[00:43.67]Could sit for a minute
[00:44.92]Throw a fit before ya' finish
[00:46.46]Wanted the best for him
[00:47.47]And I was tough on him
[00:48.99]Until my boss told me the deal
[00:50.67]His momma worked hard
[00:52.01]Scooped the kids straight from her job
[00:53.87]And would black out soon as they got home
[00:56.23]No spouse
[00:57.02]He was the little man of the house
[00:58.99]Fixem dinner and put 'em to bed on his own
[01:01.32]How
[01:01.85]So in school when he would act wild
[01:03.53]It's because it's the only he had to be a child
[01:06.81]Wow
[01:14.28]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[01:24.37]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[01:27.39]He was a lil' playa
[01:28.34]Some say a trouble maker
[01:29.87]'Cause he would act a fool
[01:31.07]Came to see me after school
[01:32.82]Said he wanna change
[01:33.97]Told him that it's never out of range
[01:35.69]Long as you ain't scared to work for it
[01:37.53]Fast forward
[01:38.50]He was in a gang fight
[01:39.84]Over something petty it ain't right
[01:41.71]But he came clean when he came to me
[01:43.93]So I tried to get his folks
[01:45.25]To let him stay with me
[01:46.53]At the center
[01:47.49]Said I could work with 'em help to prevent a
[01:50.01]Situation like this from happening again but
[01:52.51]His step-dad wasn't trying to hear me at all
[01:54.95]He was fed up and said that it was the last straw
[01:57.39]Tried to check up on 'em they wouldn't return my call
[02:00.09]What's that about
[02:01.22]When we spoke man we had it out
[02:03.03]'Cause they told me that they him committed
[02:05.36]Hurt me to my soul man I have to admit it d**n
[02:15.55]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[02:26.10]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[02:28.28]It feels like the world's against you
[02:30.17]And I can't imagine the hell you been through
[02:32.42]When they put you down
[02:34.08]Don't give up
[02:35.02]If they knock you down
[02:36.46]Then you gotta get up get up
[02:38.50]I struggle to remember your name
[02:40.41]But just know I never will forget your pain
[02:42.83]When they put you down
[02:44.28]Don't give up
[02:45.28]If they knock you down
[02:46.55]Then you gotta get up get up get up
[02:49.54]Ain't too many days I meet
[02:51.29]A young man that's born with HIV
[02:53.49]I was there speaking on diversity and poetry
[02:56.88]But you seemed to be more into art
[02:59.02]Asked you to write what you felt didn't know where to start
[03:02.07]So you chose to draw from the heart
[03:03.99]You were a young man in the body of a child
[03:06.63]Who wouldn't let a disease rob you of your smile
[03:09.25]Nowadays that type of courage is rare
[03:11.44]The words that you hear
[03:12.35]Can never compare
[03:13.42]To the struggle you face day in and day out
[03:16.31]Every single day prayin' for a way out
[03:19.08]See there's one too many youth like the 3 I spoke on
[03:21.76]No one cuttin' slack but fightin' to hold on
[03:24.49]Maintain youngin's in these troublin' times
[03:26.71]And I care because your struggle is mine one love
[03:37.50]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was
[03:47.70]I once knew this youngin I forget was his name was