Against the Grain - Big Hoodoo, ICP

I hadn’t seen the sunshine, I hadn’t seen the rain

With the many good times that pain

Too many of my homies died, wish that I could say

For every one that crossed me, it’ll never be the same

They know who they are, I’ll never drop a name

Just know that what you did got me where I’m at today

Learned a lot of lessons, a lot of game

Now they all respectin' how I moved against the grain

Even through the hate and the despise, we still hittin'

Not sur how we made it, but like Nas, it was writtn

Overcame the odds stacked against me from the beginning

So many homies died in this trap we call the mitten

Kept faith in my path, and y’all laughed at my vision

Not knowing that my destiny was gassed by my ambition

Not showing cast the prophecies, an everlasting mission

Not going off of what y’all see, but take a chance to listen

That someone built a legacy that ain’t no one forgettin' (Tell them)

Kept growin' off my clarity and made it a religion (Clear)

So these devils, ain’t no scarin' me, they only competition (Yeah)

All these levels just preparing me, I learn through repetition (Yeah)

Holdin' my position, representin' friends that’s missin' (For you)

I do it for my kids and all my hustlers in the kitchen ()

And homies doin' life in prison, names I can’t mention (Who?)

Just know I love you all for helpin' (Woo) dreams come to fruition

I hadn’t seen the sunshine, I hadn’t seen the rain

With the many good times that pain

Too many of my homies died, wish that I could say

For every one that crossed me, it’ll never be the same

They know who they are, I’ll never drop a name

Just know that what you did got me where I’m at today

Learned a lot of lessons, a lot of game

Now they all respectin' how I moved against the grain

Shit on, spit on, same old song (Yup)

Kicked in the ass, told to get on (Oh)

Been wrong (Uh huh), Kurt Russel (Whoa), Goldie Hawn (What)

Been pushed overboard, I know what’s goin' on (Uh)

You afraid of what you do, now no one understands (Yeah)

Shit keep comin' out your mouth, you taste the back of my hand

Kablam (Ooh), can’t stand, I’m here, you ran (Bitch)

Your program, simple, all bitch, no man (Nope)

But yet, you still busy looking down your nose on us (Uh)

But yet, I get get busy looking down this barrel and bust (Bam)

Splinters, rough edges, against the grain (Yup)

We killin' the game while remainin' the same (Now)

Sell out (No), never (No), for no thing (No), no cheddar (No)

Fuck Jeremy, Shaggy spoken, Eddie Vedder

You a simp, a lame, a square charity case

You got a dick in your booty (Look), I got the sun in my face (Yeah)

I hadn’t seen the sunshine, I hadn’t seen the rain

With the many good times that pain

Too many of my homies died, wish that I could say

For every one that crossed me, it’ll never be the same

They know who they are, I’ll never drop a name

Just know that what you did got me where I’m at today

Learned a lot of lessons, a lot of game

Now they all respectin' how I moved against the grain

I’m pushin' nine-O, wrong side of the expressway

In a blindfold, bumping Hell’s Pit on press play

When I go, I’ll be free, fuck what the rest say

My life cold, I stay freezing on my best day

Fuck class, next day, bust ass, less pay

Brushed pass, check’s day, dust fast, head’s gray

Nest egg, nonexistent at this instant

'Cause every cent tooken and your income been spent

Like me, you been sent against the grain

Enhance the rain, hence the pain (Damn)

And since you’re lame, that shows you couldn’t do it (No?)

But like a face to a train, I blows right through it, puddin'

If it’s cold, then get used to it (Uh huh)

Get that triple fat goose, hit the juice, and put the boots to it (Ah)

It takes a real one to shine the same

While runnin' with the Hatchet, against the grain

I hadn’t seen the sunshine, I hadn’t seen the rain

With the many good times that pain

Too many of my homies died, wish that I could say

For every one that crossed me, it’ll never be the same

They know who they are, I’ll never drop a name

Just know that what you did got me where I’m at today

Learned a lot of lessons, a lot of game

Now they all respectin' how I moved against the grain

I hadn’t seen the sunshine, I hadn’t seen the rain

With the many good times that pain

Too many of my homies died, wish that I could say

For every one that crossed me, it’ll never be the same

They know who they are, I’ll never drop a name

Just know that what you did got me where I’m at today

Learned a lot of lessons, a lot of game

Now they all respectin' how I moved against the grain