A Good Name Songtext
von Shad

Shadrack
Shadrack
Say what you like, just spell my name right
I got a good name
Say what you like, just spell my name right
Yeah
Say what you like, just spell my name right
I represent more than my rep
Say what you like, just spell my name right


I got a good name
My first name came from a slave in Babylon
Back in the day, rat in a cage
Raised in chains, he trained like Rocky
But I mean his brain, not boxing
So he got swa like Stallone, got game like 50 Cent
Posse up first to work on his coffee grind
In no time, promoted to the king′s right hand
But no hype man, had to take the right stand
When the king made a statue of gold
And he told the whole nation that they had to bow down to it
That'd get tossed in a furnace
Shad and his boys said, "Boss, you can burn us"
We can′t serve this, statue is worthless
The king was mad, but Shadrack wasn't nervous
It must have been some strange phenomenon
They walked straight through the fire, Chaka Khan
Saved by a faith stronger than flames
If I'm half as brave, then I′ll honor my name
I got a good name

Say what you like, just spell my name right
Shadrack
Say what you like, just spell my name right
I′m saying
I got a good name
S-H-S-H-A-D
I represent more than my rep
I'm saying
Shad
I got a good name
S-H-S-H-A-D
I represent more than my rep
Shadrack
That explains me


Say what you like, just spell my name right
Where I′m from
Where you from?
Where I'm from
Say what you like, just spell my name right
My grandmother told my mother it′s Africa at work

Yeah
And my last name's come down some generations
Came down from an elevation high in the hills of a great nation
With a bright future and a dark past
That won′t overshadow the hope cause the nights passed
Down from my grandfather who held down the village
Feel it when I touch down there
And now it's spilling in the same veins
As a good dad with a good name
You see, Shad's pop always played bad cop
He had no badge, though we didn′t give him mad props
But now I respect it, guess it′s perspective
In hindsight, seeing it's corrective
So when I get kids, if they get arrested
They gon′ get licks like breath mints, check it
He held a tough job down, held my mother's hand
Handed down proud roots from my motherland
To my hometown, people say my name sound dope
No doubt, but it′s not why I'm most proud
I got a good name

Say what you like, just spell my name right
Say what you like, just spell my name right
Shadrack
S-H-S-H-A-D
Where I′m from
That explains me