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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Big K.R.I.T.
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Raphael Saadiq
Composer
Justin Scott
Composer
Myariah "Jane Handcock" Summers
Composer
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Raphael Saadiq
Producer
Ralph Cacciurri
Recording Engineer
Steve Rusch
Recording Engineer
Charles Brundgardt
Mixing Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
What happened to the soul food?
What happened to the soul food?
I'm talkin' good eating, good seasoning
[Verse 2]
Out here in this world just tryna make it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
Everything I see sometimes I can't take it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
But damn I really miss those times
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
That soul food's on my mind
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
Mind, mind, mind
[Verse 3]
Grandma's hands used to usher Sunday mornings
Now before Sunday school I hustle and I'm on it
I can't slow down now, a dollar and a dream
In this life you live you're either the dealer or the fiend
Leanin' horizontal, the acrobats on the corner they flip
So when them white vans pull up, shawty, we dip out of view
Could've been a track star at the school
But it took the police just to get that .44 out of you
[Verse 4]
Dash, sprint, hurdle over those steel gates
They keep us in and keep folk out but we don't feel safe
As we used to back when we was in a booster
Watchin' our uncles drink coolers, talkin' pound for pound bruisers over rib bones
Now I sideways tote
How did Bobby Johnson hold it? Pull the trigger till the clip gone
Potato tip, no potato salad
That American pie ain't even snappin'
[Verse 5]
Out here in this world just tryna make it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
Everything I see sometimes I can't take it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
But damn I really miss those times
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
That soul food's on my mind
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
Mind, mind, mind
[Verse 6]
Aromas on the corner, these the soul they say
Some greens just can't be cleaned and you can't wash out the taste
Of rotten roots, salted looks and herbs
If it ain't made with love then it ain't fit to serve, I heard
Some come bruised and battered, thrown away
Half-eaten as if their seeds never ever mattered
It ain't ripe it ain't right
That's why most people don't make love no more, they just fuck and they fight
[Verse 7]
What happened to the stay-togethers?
Yeah, I'm with you and that means forever
Grandparents had that kind of bond but now we on some other shit
No, we ain't got no rubbers here
I know she creepin' so that ain't my son
Apples fall off of trees and roll down hills
We can't play games no more 'cause we got bills
Back in the day the yard was oh so filled
Now nobody comes around here
[Verse 8]
Out here in this world just tryna make it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
Everything I see sometimes I can't take it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
But damn I really miss those times
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
That soul food's on my mind
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
Mind, mind, mind
[Verse 9]
Never thought it'd be no soul food on my plate
We gather round and lie, bow our heads and pray and I
I still remember the family parties
(My oh my, oh my)
The happy faces, no broken hearts
Nobody starvin' but all that there is old news
(My oh my, oh my)
What happened to the soul food?
[Verse 10]
Out here in this world just tryna make it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
Everything I see sometimes I can't take it
(My oh my, oh my, my oh my)
But damn I really miss those times
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
That soul food's on my mind
(Why oh why, oh why, my oh my)
Mind, mind, mind
Written by: Justin Scott, Myariah "Jane Handcock" Summers, Myariah Nikole Summers, Raphael Saadiq