Christmas In The Hood - Sy Ari Da Kid

What you know about Christmas in the hood?

Yeah

Mama still sweating by the stove, got the kitchen smelling good

And don’t tell me that my parents ain’t the real Santa

I wish a nigga would

And if your dad was present, that was a present by itself

Ain’t no reindeers round here, ain’t gon' never find no elf

Merry, merry Christmas, no, yeah

Oh yeah, yeah yeah

Merry, merry Christmas, girl

Back when I was just a kid, wasn’t famous

Christmas Eve, couldn’t sleep, I was anxious

Wide awake past midnight

I used to walk past the Christmas tree

Picking up gifts, tryna guess what was inside

Seen a lot of folks rob for this

My daddy worked two jobs for this

My mama sacrificed her time for this

Tears falling down my eyes for this, yeah

Dead broke but we feeling like we up one

Everything I had, spent my last on a loved one, yeah, yeah

It get real where I come from

Used to think my area code was nine one one, yeah

Nine one one, yeah yeah yeah

Ain’t no slay bells ringing, milk and cookies

Outside I see kids in hoodies

What you know about Christmas in the hood?

Yeah

Mama still sweating by the stove, got the kitchen smelling good

And don’t tell me that my parents ain’t the real Santa

I wish a nigga would

And if your dad was present, that was a present by itself

Ain’t no reindeers round here, ain’t gon' never find no elf

Merry, merry Christmas, no, yeah

Oh yeah, yeah yeah

Merry, merry Christmas, girl

Ain’t had no rest

My parents was surviving check to check, yeah

I remember them times I’m feeling blessed

My Christmas was more like Friday after next

Even through them dark days it felt the brightest

What you know about opening up a gift you ain’t want

But you grateful so you pretend that you like it (that's facts)

Mighta never got them Jordans

But them shoes that they bought still fit me

And all the fam that I grew up with still with me

That’s why I love they house

Never got the new game system

Till the next one came out, facts

'Cause it was cheaper by then

Still can’t believe I got it, yeah

This for them ones without no family and missed it (they missed)

This for them ones who got no gifts, you still gifted (you gifted)

This for them ones who ever had a ghetto Christmas (Christmas)

Yeah, yeah

What you know about Christmas in the hood?

Yeah

Mama still sweating by the stove, got the kitchen smelling good

And don’t tell me that my parents ain’t the real Santa

I wish a nigga would

And if your dad was present, that was a present by itself

Ain’t no reindeers round here, ain’t gon' never find no elf

Merry, merry Christmas, no, yeah

Oh yeah, yeah yeah

Merry, merry Christmas

Yeah, yeah, Christmas, ay

Jingle bells, Batman smells, and Robin laid a egg, yeah

The Batmobile lost a wheel and the Joker got away, yeah, yeah