Benediction August Alsina (Ft. Rick Ross)

[Chorus: August Alsina]
Started off in the streets
We would take collection from the fiends
People dying all around me
So I gave you my testimony
We were down from the beginning
When the world wasn't listening
Now that I got your attention
Let us end with the benediction

[Verse 1: August Alsina]
We are gathered here today
Paying our respects to being broke, hope he's in a better place
'Cause life out here ain't sweet, oh no
I would close my eyes to sleep, but didn't dream no more
So I had to make a way for my home, you know
Now I'm in a place where I ain't gotta scheme no more
The good life, I'm done with the hood life
I did what I could, didn't always do what I should and I was misunderstood
So many nights I tried
To hide how I felt, I would cry inside
And I ran through the streets 'til my feet got tired
'Cause I ain't wanna have my shoes on them power lines

[Pre-Chorus: August Alsina]
But I made it, and it made me
I know I did wrong, I pray to God he forgave me
'Cause I made it, it didn't kill me
So it made me stronger, I pray to God that you feel me, that you feel me