VETERAN (INTRO)

MY NAME IS MARQUES BARRETT BARRETT HOUSTON HOUSTON AND MY MOMMY'S NAME IS CAROLYN AND MY MOMMY'S NAME IS CAROLYN AND MY DADDY'S NAME IS MICHAEL AND MY DADDY'S NAME IS MICHAEL AND MY BROTHER'S NAME IS BRANDON AND MY BROTHER'S NAME IS BRANDON AND MY SISTER IS BAD LIKE MICHEAL JACKSON AND EDDIE MURPHY AND“HE GOOD”MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY EDDIE MURPHY AND SOMETIMES AND SOMETIMES MY GRANDMOTHER MY GRANDMOTHER BEBE COMES OVER BEBE COMES OVER AND SHE'S GOING AND SHE'S GOING TO PUT ME IN A MOVIE TO PUT ME IN A MOVIE AND WE'RE GONNA BE RICH AND WE GOING TO BE RICH EVEN WHEN I WAS 2, I KNEW I'D BE SOMETHING I THANK GOD CAUSE WITHOUT HIM, NONE OF THIS WOULD BE WHEN I WAS 8 I WAS ON MY WORST BEHAVIOR BY THE TIME I WAS 12, PLAYTIME WAS OVER WHEN I WAS 14, I TOLD THE WORLD WE GOT IT (HEY) AND AT 16 I TOOK YOU ON MY JOURNEY AT 18 I INTRODUCED YOU TO IMX AND AT 20 IMX CAME TO AN END BUT THEN AGAIN EVERY END HAS A NEW BEGINNING (YEAH, YEAH, YEAH) AT 21 THAT BEGINNING GAVE BIRTH TO MH AT 23 MH GOT NAKED AFTER MILLIONS OF ALBUMS SOLD HUNDREDS OF MAGAZINE COVERS 3 YEARS IN A ROW MAKING YA'LL SCREAM 7 SEASONS OF TELEVISION AND A #1 MOVIE THAT MADE THE WHOLE WORLD WANNA DANCE FROM THE BEGINNING TO NOW I'VE SURVIVED THE RUMORS, THE NEGATIVITY, THE DRAMA, THE BREAK UPS, THE MAKE UPS, THE CONFUSION BETWEEN ME AND PEOPLE ABOUT ME SAYING SHIT ON THE RADIO I NEVER SAID (DON'T KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING BOUT') I INSPIRED THE NEW GENERATION OF MUSIC (THIS IS MY SONG) SO NOW AT 25 I THINK IT'S SAFE TO SAY THAT I MARQUES HOUSTON AM A VETERAN