Mi Abuelo was a painter
He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous
But just as beautiful
You got a dream you chase it
So fuck a cubicle
I found a scene and laced it
And now I’m doin good

Mi Abuelo was a painter, Oye Como Va
Tito Puente in the background, he had me play the drums
It was later in the streets I heard that Ran Kan Kan
Bodies hit the floor all I could do was run, run, run

L train tracks rumblin, I started to get numb
Not to say I wasn’t scared but all violence had become
Something natural in the habitat, misguided youth with guns
It was fuck the academics, we was into gettin funds
Used to rock the Rosary, and now it’s 14karat nugs
Ya’ best friends become ya enemies
like dammit where’s the love

Mi Abuelo was a painter

Mi Abuelo was a painter
He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous
But just as beautiful
You got a dream you chase it
So fuck a cubicle
I found a scene and laced it
And now I’m doin good

Mi Abuelo was a painter
And a musician
Santana in the background, it’s something different
Used the tell me not to waste my talent caught up in façades
I was running with the wrong people caught up pickin sides
Gifts in the gutter, candle stick and a stutter

Pops slipped into a bottle
And my Mama was dismissive
I had the words of mi Abuelo, uh
That’s what made me different
See that man was well respected
He was wise and so I’d listen
Can’t imagine where I would my life would be if I ain’t have his vision
Probably dead or in a cage, fightin demons burning sage/
Now it’s Neimans in bay, coppin Prada kicks wit Skyyler
Flippin beats and gettin paid
Sunny seasons every day

Mi Abuelo was a painter
He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous
But just as beautiful
You got a dream you chase it
So fuck a cubicle
I found a scene and laced it
And now I’m doin good

Mi Abuelo was a painter
He paint a picture let me know that life was dangerous
But just as beautiful
You got a dream you chase it
So fuck a cubicle
I found a scene and laced it
And now I’m doin good