ATL DEVIOUS - 1996 Lyrics

Yeah
The gray position
They maybe will mention
Or maybe not
Rest in Peace Daniel monk
RIP Emory Walton
Gone but not forgotten
This for all the fallen dawgs
I'ma send this one up to heaven for y'all
It was 1996
This my year
I was all up in the mix
To be clear
I was working getting ripped
Listen here
I couldn't change the shh
It was weird
I was practicing b-ball with coach Marelle
1 on 1 but look y'all my left calf it would fail me
Hitting the net while dribbling the ball off the backboard
Sent to the deck but didn't know what the heck for
Non-contact when I sat I thought that
It was nothing at first glance in my stance
Pain was left very prevalent what was next
Used to haunt me to death
Sent to a specialist
What they witnessed
No one could've scripted
My blood wasn't getting
To my lower extremity
The pain was different see
An energy, that feeling leaves
A memory, not forgotten easily
To this day, believe me
Because of this incident
I felt like a victim of circumstance
I didn't get it
What did I do
Just wanted to play for my school
Back in high school
Now they telling me that I'm through
So I got High you would to
If you thought you might die
They told me not to sneeze
Blood clot lower than the thigh
Right behind my knee
They could see the disease
On the Angio screen
This wasn't a dream
A real life Popliteal artery
Entrapped, no liquid seeping
Could've moved to my lungs that evening
Stopped my breathing
I had to be believing
So I stayed still
Didn't know the deal
It gives me chills
Man, I could've been killed
My external problems
Left my internals throbbing
Doctors scrambling to un-clot 'em
Yep, They got 'em
Cut the muscle off
To stop thrombosis
A serious prognosis
Schlegel, stapled up the opening
When I got back to normal
Started writing raps recording
I was an OutKast of course then
An ATLien knowing
Every portion of every song
Way Back then it wasn't as cool
I was scorched fending for myself in school
And I Missed a whole month but you
Bet I did the work and got to play ball again
My first steps were to a party at the Faiia's
And that's when it all began
I knew right then that I was made for this ish
My boys back when know everyday was a hit
Fridays took the Z34 up to the quarter coke
Peachtree Liquor store to get some So Co
We were crazy but look what it made me
And I wouldn't change a thing cause on the daily
I am thanking god he gave me another shot
And I'm not wasting another minute
I'm chasing greatness brothers
Cause of something I will say can save another
Then I'll take the plunder
And waste a sucker mother ulcer in his stomach
'Til he's under like we did back in those summers