Stoop Kid

It was crazy like, livin' on 10th because Like when my grandma came from the Philippines That was the first place she was at, and she never left I'm just thinkin' about all the shit that had happened When a nigga was like, on that porch Walkin' from my uncle's real slow, I was fucked up off an edible Playin' Tekken with the pressure's terrible But I looked up and was like damn, there she go I used to fuck yo' homie now I can't You gave me that pussy from the gate They always say you shouldn't fuck on first dates But I could hate you afterwards so why wait? I seen my first love on this porch I seen the weapon draw blood from this porch Hoes gave me money from a trick on this porch Shootin' dice, lost a brick on this porch, uh-oh I was drawin' cartoons on this porch Stealin' buckets but it zoom like a sport I seen my mama go to jail from this porch Sometimes the hood felt like hell on that porch, oh-no I seen niggas I grew up with on the pavement I seen hoes I never fucked with yellin', "Save me" Bitches lyin' to my brothers 'bout some babies I seen my brothers lie to me and they betrayed me Stoop kid won't leave his stool I couldn't believe it too I just know that I could never see this through In the outside, gotta go outside I seen graffiti spray on this porch .223's make him lay on this porch My daddy asked if I was gay on this porch 'Cause I was fuckin' hoes when he had court Then that nigga went to jail, he left the porch Sendin' me drawings from his cell to the porch It seemed like he was nailed to the floor I seen my auntie high as hell at the door Askin' for money, she was high she want some more Her son is like my lil' brother, we not poor So when Sonny come around he secure I had my lil' brother back on this porch Can't talk to chance, you ain't comin' through this door Shoutout my titi's April dyin' and support (yeah) Shoutout fuckin' Jigga Juice, I love you more R.I.P Greg, your porch was my porch Pardon me amor, yeah, pardon me amor If stoop kid won't leave this stool (yeah) I couldn't believe it too I just know that I could never see this through In the outside, gotta go outside Ayy, first of all shout out to all the YB's Like every single one, Darian, Skyler, Von, Otis, Juice, me, Tay More importantly, uh, Jason, love you dawg, yeah If we talkin' 'bout music Me and my niggas was the first niggas in Oakland We was the only group, after "Go Dave" that popped We started throwin' parties, niggas thought we was rappin' It was crazy 'cause nobody had more bitches than us The only niggas that was competin' us, was the Otherside niggas They would then grow up to be different things And then one of them niggas was a star, so shoutout to ALLBLACK I would then go to San Jose, and see my big cousin Kwame And my brothers Christian and Cole Puttin' it together the real way 'Cause if it's one thing me and them niggas gon' do It's put it together, for real Shout out to niggas that came before me that put me on Shout out Su for bringin' me to the studio Shout out Kool John for tellin' niggas that I was tight And I had bitches, so they would let me in the studio Shout out, shout out 'Lani I remember 'Lani was, nigga, crashin' on my couch I remember I picked up her And this dude in Berkeley, she was like Let's go pick up my cousin and we, we just talkin' in Berkeley And her cousin, this nigga named Benji End up livin' with me bein' my day to day That was like eight years ago That's what, that's what the whole focus of the album was Was eight years ago, uh, to not, I mean At the recordin' of this, but whenever you hear this, whatever year you in I just hope you feel the authenticity 'Cause this the first song that I really cried on Since I recorded the outro to my last album "Dior Deposits" But now we, we past "Dior Deposits" Dior Deposits was about the work that a nigga put in Like literally the deposits I made in the bank to afford Dior We didn't have Dior, we done lost it, we done sold it We done put it on Depop, !llmind mighta put it on eBay You know what I'm sayin? We, we past that now it's about It's about the maintenance, so I'm reflectin' on Before I had anythin' to maintain Because, in the world where we got pandemics And quarantines and niggas can't even go to roll Or even make money how we used to I needed to make this album for myself So I could get past it, I was thinkin' about you know My ex Asia, everythin' was a muse, for me, especially her My baby Chi and my mama, you know what I'm sayin'? Shout out Town shit, shout out Sam Lancaster That nigga changed my life, and it just so happen that he white 'Cause that nigga subscribed to more black magazines than everythin' Shout out James Delgado, you barely produced anythin' on here But you my main producer, and I got a lot of love for you 'Cause you finesse me, they can watch the interviews for that explanation Shout out Paul Middleton, you right here next to me, we recordin' the video More importantly, 1176 Is the address of the house I grew up in, in West Oakland So shout out West Oakland, shout out to my grandpa Douglas, that's my, that's my ugly ass middle name Akeem Ali Douglas Hayes Shout out to Douglas for meetin' my fine ass grandma In the Philippines in the middle of Subic Bay 'Cause he was in the Marines and, uh He seen her and said, "Ayy, baby, I need I need somethin', somethin' in my pocket Can you do that for me?" And you know what she said? "Ooh-ooh," hella Filipino, no English And then he end up marryin' her ass, and moved to California They would have a baby, three babies And the youngest of them three babies End up makin' the Guapdad, so if you enjoyed this Guapdad album That's the Guapdad backstory, peace out