Back In The Hood ........... By: Scarecrow76

I got the rent covered for the coming year
That's the kind of blessing that needs to stick around here.
But there are other fights and I'll hold my ground.
Because the Lord gave us blessings to save.
I am only praying when I am on my knees.
Giving thanks for the now and the used to be's.
There's still work to be done because nothing is free.
Except for any love that been gave.
My eyes are glued upon the sky.
Let's all give a word of praise for the good and bad in our lives.
We could all get along just the way we should.
Back in Papi Mike, Mike's neighborhood.

I don't give up but I will compromise.
Just face your truth and turn your back on the lies.
If you can't keep it all real then just say "goodbye"
Everybody matters as much as me and you.
I'm gonna get myself a hot shower tonight.
I am gonna eat until I'm full as I was the stars shine.
Pick on my guitar and everyone can sing along.
Yeah, that gotta be the thing to do.
I'll keep looking up into the sky.
Give thanks for all of the joys of my life.
Sometimes my luck feels bad but it's always for the good.
Back in Papi Mike, Mike's neighborhood.
A pretty calico cat moved her kids up in here.
They bring me a lot of joy so I'll be here for another year.
I'm blessed to feed them and to calm their fears.
And they do the same for me.
Someone up there is looking out for me.
Now I don't feel guilty every time I eat.
My self-respect is growing like it oughta be.
If I help you, help someone else you see.

Sometimes my family just seems so far away.
Sometimes I'm lonely knowing we all move on someday.
But I will just take this smile on my face.
And live my life like today is that day.

I want every day to be so right.
God is taking care of all of us children just fine.
I've been blessed, I'm not too proud to pray.
And I've got another song to write.
It's all perspective when it comes to bad or good.
Here in Papi Mike, Mike's neighborhood.



(( We all have a microcosm in the back of our mind, a utopia of sorts. Papi Mike, Mike's neighborhood is that for me. My utopia however is open to the real problems of the here and now both as far as my arms will stretch to as far abroad as to the rest of the world. It is sometimes a literal place as well on better days and seems to always turn out to be all of the things I am grateful for.>

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