{"id":306088,"created_at":"2024-02-13 17:07:58","updated_at":"2024-05-21 10:51:05","deleted_at":null,"published_at":"2024-02-13 17:07:58","original_id":null,"artist_id":147417,"title":"Story of Michael Chino S:1, E:1, Pilot","slug":"story-of-michael-chino-s1-e1-pilot","status":"published","description":null,"album_id":null,"streets":1,"source_type":"s3","source":"file","lyrics":"The Story of Michael Chino, S1, E1\r\n\r\nYou know sometimes we gotta tell the story you know, just to let the people know of a kasi hero, like a John Wick of the ghetto \r\n\r\n(Listen)\r\n\r\nMichael Chino first time we knew, of a hero, to tell his story make it briefly \r\nHe's a child toughened like a diamond, coz he pretty and he tough, see him you see ruthless, coz he ruthless \r\nGot that from his papa learned it from the crib, beat up or get beat up bully mentality, made a bully, he's a bull\r\n\r\nToughest in the hood, we knew him as a hero, taught us how to fight, he fought out all our battles in the streets\r\nHe was violent, dated Violet no one could touch Violet, unless you were violent\r\nIt's a challenge, can you win? Chino is a winner, KO all his battles, from the youngest to the old, \r\n\r\nMxm, Baby Jack\r\n\r\nWhere I'm from unsteady and unstable, parents don't really care, dedicated to the bottle\r\nReally bottled up, show up in the crib, morning in the AM's, mama fighting papa\r\nPapa almost killed her, f**k and make up baby, do that daily\r\nThis a two room house, Chino had to cook, not just for himself, for the family, sister and a brother\r\n\r\nChino was the eldest, had to raise them, half a parent, half a child, he matured, but really really young\r\nThis a teenage child at thirteen, mommy really stressed, succumb to the bottle, this addiction mama, breaking news time\r\n\r\nPapa's gone now, shot twice on the head, trying to provide earning by the crime, that's his daily job\r\n\r\nChino's older, in his teens, got to earn now, hustling in the streets taking father's role\r\nWhat else can he do, a provider, a caregiver, he concerned feeling like a man, nah no room to grow\r\n\r\nGrew up really quick, that thing is a culture,\r\nLike a lions cub, \r\nLearning how to hunt, \r\nImitation of a jungle, \r\nA survivor,\r\nThey put him in a cage, \r\nLike a Lion in a zoo\r\nLike a Lion in a zoo\r\n\r\n\r\nWritten by: Dumisani Mdluli","download_count":19,"play_count":2,"restrict_download":0,"generated_thumbnail":null,"flag_count":0,"download_count_24":1,"download_count_24_at":"2024-05-21","reupload_sent":0,"thumb_path":"https:\/\/s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com\/sol-assets\/uploads\/public\/65c\/b85\/8de\/thumb_1003147_300_300_0_0_crop.png","status_reason":"published","status_reason_alt":null,"tags":[]}