What you know about christmas in the hood, yea
Mama still sweatin' by the stove got the kitchen smellin' good
And don't tell me that my parents ain't the real Santa
I wish a would
And if yo dad was present that was a present by itself
Ain't no reindeers round here
Ain't gone never find no elf, Merry Merry Christmas
Yea, oh yea, yea yea
Merry Merry Christmas
Back when I was just a kid wasn't famous
Christmas Eve couldn't sleep I was anxious
Wide awake past midnight
I used to walk past the Christmas tree
Pickin' up gifts tryin to guess what was inside
Seen a lot of folks rob for this, my daddy worked two jobs for this
My mama sacrificed her time for this
Tears fallin' down my eyes for this
Yea, dead broke but we feelin' like we up one
Everything I had spend my last on a loved one
It get real where I come from
Used to think my area code was nine one one
Nine one one
Aint no slay bells ringin
Milk and cookies outside I see kids in hoodies
What you know about christmas in the hood, yea
Mama still sweatin' by the stove got the kitchen smellin' good
And don't tell me that my parents ain't the real Santa
I wish a would
And if yo dad was present that was a present by itself
Ain't no reindeers round here
Ain't gone never find no elf, Merry Merry Christmas
Yea, oh yea, yea yea
Merry Merry Christmas
Aint had no rest
My parents was surviving check to check
I remember them times I'm feelin' blessed
My Christmas was more like Friday after next
Even through them dark days it felt the brightest
What you know about openin' up a gift you ain't want
But you grateful so you pretend that you like it
Might've never got them jordans
But them shoes that they bought still fit me
And all the fam that I grew up with still with me
That's why I love they house
Never got the new game system til the next one came out, facts
Cuz it was cheaper by then still cant believe I got it
Yea, this for them ones without no family and missed it
This for them ones who got no gifts you still gifted
This for them ones who ever had a ghetto christmas
Yea yea
What you know about christmas in the hood, yea
Mama still sweatin' by the stove got the kitchen smellin' good
And don't tell me that my parents ain't the real Santa
I wish a would
And if yo dad was present that was a present by itself
Ain't no reindeers round here
Ain't gone never find no elf, Merry Merry Christmas
Yea, oh yea, yea yea
Merry Merry Christmas
Yea yea, Christmas, aye
Jingle bells batman smells and robin laid an egg
The bat mobile lost a wheel and joker got away yea yea yea mmmmmmm