who sings this song !yo i once knew man who started as a boy?

Question by lil one<3: who sings this song !yo i once knew man who started as a boy?
Yo I once knew a man he started off a boy
His whole damn life he never really been employed0:22He was only 19 had a chance to go to college try
out his luck to see if he could gain knowledge 0:27Think about your life or whatever you call it Now
he’s just a cluck dead broke alcoholic 0:32He used to keep a picture of his girl in his wallet
Think about your life or whatever you would call it0:38He walk home late cuz the city don’t sleep He
was only 19 but the river runs deep0:42Wrote raps in his head so he didn’t really speak about
the crushed up pills that he took in one week0:47One week turned to 2 2 weeks turned to 4
now long term addiction knocking at his door0:52Starting losing weight coming late looking drunk and His family
and friends said he was up to something0:57Got to the point where he couldn’t even function Calling
up his dealer begging give me something 1:01I just got evicted I aint got nothing the dealer
was a prick his reply was reluctant 1:06I can get you high off the shit no body fuck with
even all the fiends know better than to touch it1:10He was 19 begging please give me something said to the
kid I don’t know if you can trust it1:16But I got a lot so push it to the public watch
out for the cops and rats on some thug shit1:20Here’s for your protection lending you this pistol pretending it was
pure but he knew that it was crystal 1:26Looked like shards of glass and I hope this aint a issue
Plus if you snitch well your mother gonna miss you1:30Now he’s lost his path school and direction kicked
out his pad after land lord inspection1:35All he ever had was his rhymes and a dream now
he’s living on the streets at the age of 191:39Feel the meth in his lungs and the son starts to
tweak never saw 21 yall the river runs deep1:53Yo I once knew a man he started off a boy
His whole damn life he never really been employed1:59Until he turned 19 got a job at the college Working
on the radio where he could spread knowledge 2:04He thought about his life and how he wanted to recall it
Still he barley ever had a dollar in his wallet2:08He quit smoking weed figured that he needed time so that
he could make a difference in other peoples’ lives2:13Stared saving money cleared out his mind No
longer drinking just thinking about his rhymes2:18He walk home late cuz the city don’t sleep He
was only 19 but the river runs deep2:23He walk home late cuz the city don’t sleep He
was only 19 but the river runs deep2:27Wrote raps in his head so he didn’t really speak to
his homies about the books he read in one week2:32One week turned to two, two weeks turned to four

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Answer by kari
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9MpwzM13MI

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