Child Of The Night

Child of the Night
by Ludacris & Nate Dogg

chorus x2

Its gonna get in you, child of the night.
And the hood rolls on.
How do I begin to do this s**t right?
And get my hustle on

verse 1

Look here,
Now Im a man of many talents and a man of my word,
But on my path to see the light sometimes my vision gets blurred.
Its all a part of growing up and seeing life at its worst,
and trying to iron out my wrinkles, putting family first.

It seems like the whole world is out for sinking my boat,
but with God as my navigator Ill be staying afloat.
And I admit to being caught by many foolish distractions,
Then Im forced to pay the price as a result of my actions.

Im battling with myself, and every day is a war:
curiosity killed the catwhy am I Curious George?
Gotta keep my nose up out of things that aint none of my biz,
and just because something looks good, dont really mean that it is.

Get through the agony and anger, the pain and strife,
and take the necessary steps to try to change my life.
Ive got some questions for you Lord, cause my mentalitys hood.
So whys that everything thats bad for me feels so good?

chorus x3

Its gonna get in you, child of the night.
And the hood rolls on.
How do I begin to do this s**t right?
And get my hustle on

verse 2

Now Im a only child, so excuse some of my selfish ways.
I got spoiled when I was young, spoil myself today.
But I feed at least a thousand stomachs,
and how Ive done it is
from the ground up a hundred miles
and running, dodging and ducking.

Everybody trying to hammer me down,
a self-made millionaire, baby look at me now.
Cant tell me Im not as hungry as the day I began,
Cause all I ever really needed was a pen in my hand.

And a pad in my lap didnt matter in fact,
Me and my mom lived in one room, it was badder than that?
Was a young man forced to grow up at the age of twelve,
Trying to get in where I fit, streets giving me hell.

But yet I give it right back, so how you like that?
Continued doing wrong till I was on the right track.
Tell me bout heavy money, I might give it a push,
But a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

chorus x3

Its gonna get in you, child of the night.
And the hood rolls on.
How do I begin to do this s**t right?
And get my hustle on

verse 3

Now matter how much older we get,
man, we are all still children at heart,
we all make mistakes; its all good.

Now, Ive tried plenty of times to get rid of my bad habits,
living life on the cutting edge, taking a stab at it.
And learning from my mistakes, try not to make them twice,
Just admitin' when Im wrong, and tryin hard to make it right.

And baby, nobodys perfect in this world of ours.
Theres plenty of people getting stitches in this world of scars,
but over time I pray to God that he can heal your wounds.
Try and love and love again until they seal your tomb!

Life is short if you dont notice itll pass you by,
Thats why my head is in the clouds trying to pass the sky.
Never blinking for a minute, keep my eyes on my foes,
they wanna catch me in the open, bring my life to a close.

Meanwhile thats why Im bringing so much life to my shows.
Ive seen smiles; Im making changes, turning glitter to gold.
Dont let these devils play you down, or belittle your soul
just be happy with yourself and its so simple to grow.

Come on,

chorus x5

Its gonna get in you, child of the night.
And the hood rolls on.
How do I begin to do this s**t right?
And get my hustle on