Artist: Rapper Big Pooh Album: Dirty Pretty Things Song: Legendary Lullaby Typed by: kirenamloh@msn.com [Rapper Big Pooh] They don't care what the problem is They just wanna hear the music, you can keep the biz Niggaz don't understand how we hurtin kids All this bullshit we feedin 'em through the years Radio and fast food fuckin up they brain I used to chase that same links in that crooked chain Now the way they bring 'em up though is not the same I was raised by my momma, not a picture frame Older brother in the streets hit me to the game Knowledge equals power, when them niggaz go dumb give 'em thought for showers Gettin lost for hours, never leavin home A prisoner in my own mind terrordome I never carry chrome, I never sold crack I dropped out of college, had plans of goin back Had plans of quittin rap, but I'm neccessary I'm tryna teach the kids something - be legendary [Chorus] "Never settle in life to be ordinary Gotta push to be legendary" "Gotta push to be legendary" (LOUDER) "Gotta push to be legendary" "Never settle in life to be ordinary Gotta push to be legendary" [Rapper Big Pooh] I'm tryin to live humble, seen countries crumble Watch the war reduce lands to a pile of rubble And because you skatin by, you never had a chance While you out there on the grind, they gon' switch stance Gotta stand for something, not a new dance Cause when the weed is all gone and the cup is empty You are simply unhappy in your own skin I bet depression ain't concerned what type of home you in I need somebody to blame, somebody to name As the source of my pain and frustration Then it's my name that you hear, my name that you cheer When I gain momentum chasing aspirations Go to work, damn my reparations You're all witnesses to one nation, in this formation Bein great, that's hereditary I get it from my granddaddy - be legendary [Chorus] [Rapper Big Pooh] Now as I lay me down to sleep I pray to the Lord as my soul You'll keep And if I should die, before I wake I pray to God it's my soul You'll take Go to work, damn my reparations You're all witnesses to one nation, in this formation Bein great, that's hereditary I get it from my granddaddy - be legendary [Barack Obama] "The only reason that I'm standing here today is because somebody, somewhere stood up for me when it was risky. Stood up when it was hard. Stood up when it wasn't popular. And because that somebody stood up, a few more stood up. And then a few thousand stood up. And then a few million stood up. And standing up, with courage and clear purpose, they somehow managed to change the world."