Flowers

[Intro]
Praise His holy name
Praise His holy, holy name

[Verse 1]
I wanna buy my dad a car, wanna buy my mom a house
I don't care about no chains, so no gold's in my mouth
I'm tryna spoil my lil' sisters, I don't care 'bout the amount
Should I bet on my family so we see a way out?
I'm just tryna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers, ayy
I just wanna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers, flowers, yeah

[Verse 2]
Give thanks to all the gangs that helped 'em lay a foundation
To all my brothers and sisters that's in a proud nation
I had conversations, know how we can give back
I'm lookin' at my life and I cannot believe I did that
We grew up in a city where your crimes, they can go unnoticed
Then put that 19 to your head and you ain't die from COVID
I wrote this to provoke your thoughts and open the cage that we stuck in
Yeah, my people lost, dark, yeah, that's no discussion
I'm so reluctant to showin' any emotion
And emotional be the grannies and everyone of you hatin'
That's facts and there's no debatin', I'm jaded
I can't wait to tell my Mama we made it, yeah, we made it

[Chorus]
I just wanna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers, Mum
I just wanna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers, flowers
Flowers, flow- yeah, the flow- yeah
Flowers, I'm just tryna give you flowers, Mama
I wanna give you flowers, yeah, flow- yeah
Flow- yeah, flow- yeah, flow- yeah

[Verse 3]
The public praises people for what you practice in private
We so divided, science, they run with the current climate
I feel like I am David and this world Goliath
I'm so undecided in this current crisis, I'm so excited just to give you flowers
Flowers that count, behind the people wit' power
This isn't mine, this is ours, the devil came to devour
The stories my parents, they told me, now they haunt me
They built up they knowledge then they passed it to they offspring
They make sure that we good and all, they make sure that we straight
And they love us wit' they heart, and man, it wasn't 'til this day
And they put us on they path and I can't never go astray
Here, take all of these flowers as a thanks

[Chorus]
I just wanna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers
I just wanna give you flowers, flowers

[Outro]
God put a lot of people in our life, man, that's gon' help us on our journey, big or small
And every single one of those people deserve thanks
They deserve flowers
They deserve gratitude
Carlton deserves flowers