Thaddeus Charles Young (born June 21, 1988) is an American professional basketball small forward with the Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Prior to his professional career, he attended Georgia Tech, where he studied management. He is 6 feet 8 inches (203 cm) tall and weighs 220 pounds (100 kg). His nickname is Thad-Yo or just simply Thad.
Young was drafted 12th overall in the 2007 NBA Draft by the Philadelphia 76ers. He was signed by the team on July 11, 2007.
Young was born to Lula Hall and Felton Young in New Orleans, Louisiana. His family moved to Memphis, Tennessee when Young was in the fourth grade. His father played basketball for Jacksonville University from 1976 to 1978, and was selected by the Buffalo Braves in the 8th round of the 1978 NBA Draft.
Young began playing varsity basketball in the eighth grade, and while attending Mitchell High School, he rose to the top of the high school player rungs. His athletic honors included being named to the all-state team three times, being named the TSSAA Class AA "Mr. Basketball" in 2005, being named the 2006 Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year and being named to the McDonald's High School All-American Team. In 2006, he led Mitchell's basketball team to the TSSAA Class AA finals against Liberty Technology Magnet High School. As a senior, he averaged 26.9 points, 13.8 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 4.3 steals and 3.6 blocks per game. He was an excellent overall athlete at Mitchell who also excelled in cross country in his junior year. Young was an exceptional student at Mitchell who graduated with a 4.3 GPA. Coming out of high school Young was one of the most prized recruits of the 2006 freshman class.
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Well now I heard that you been thinking bout me really I don't mind
I know you try to block my progress a lot of the time
Well the mean things you said don't make me feel bad
Cause I can't miss a friend that I never had
(I've got) I've got Jesus and that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
When I'm sick (he's there) and troubled (he's there)
When I call him he will answer my prayers (answer my prayers)
When I'm burdened (he's there) with a load (he's there)
That's when Jesus is a comforter (to my soul)
Well you may scorn me turn your back on me
God's got his arms wrapped all around me
(I've got) I've got Jesus and that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
You know there's been a lotta times that I didn't have a dime
And I didn't cry to nobody but my Lord
He heard my plea and came to see about me cause he's one thing I can afford
So if you push me down he'll pick me up
And he'll stick by me when the goin' gets tough
(I've got) I've got Jesus and that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
Well he's the great emancipator and my heart regulator (Jesus is) yes he is
He'll make my way brighter and my burdens lighter yes he will (Jesus will)
Well you may scorn me turn your back on me
God's got his arms wrapped all around me
And he fights down the devil till he makes him give up
And that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
Well now I heard that you been thinking bout me really I don't mind
I know you try to block my progress a lot of the time
Well the mean things you said don't make me feel bad
Cause I can't miss a friend that I never had
(I've got) I've got Jesus and that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
When I'm sick (he's there) and troubled (he's there)
When I call him he will answer my prayers (answer my prayers)
When I'm burdened (he's there) with a load (he's there)
That's when Jesus is a comforter (to my soul)
Well you may scorn me turn your back on me
God's got his arms wrapped all around me
(I've got) I've got Jesus and that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
You know there's been a lotta times that I didn't have a dime
And I didn't cry to nobody but my Lord
He heard my plea and came to see about me cause he's one thing I can afford
So if you push me down he'll pick me up
And he'll stick by me when the goin' gets tough
(I've got) I've got Jesus and that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
Well he's the great emancipator and my heart regulator (Jesus is) yes he is
He'll make my way brighter and my burdens lighter yes he will (Jesus will)
Well you may scorn me turn your back on me
God's got his arms wrapped all around me
And he fights down the devil till he makes him give up
And that's enough (that's enough) that's enough
When I'm sick (he's there)....
I got a letter from the Government the other day
I opened and read it and said it was suckers
they wanna meet for the army or whatever
Benjamin given a damn I said never
Enough enough
E e e e e
Benjamin given a damn
Be-be-be-benjamin given a damn
Be-be-be-benjamin given a damn I said never
Yeah yeah attack the block, attack the block yeah yeah
Tell em Kweli, Z-Trip A A A
What the wisdom of the vetarin, 5 of them
and nobody fuck with them, put that on everything man,
put that on everything
what you got to put up?
put it on, put it on
Nobody fuck em with the crew that I fuck
Nobody fuck em with the crew that I fuck
Nobody fuck em with the crew that I fuck
when I can tell you get disgusting
Nobody fuck em with the crew that I fuck
when I can tell you get disgusting with the crew that you stop with
Hit em like there's nothing while your movement the suspect
he's screaming out flat 'cause your duck sick
the period you nigga for got body to track
and put the fear in it asking you if you could feel let it be literal
up against inside of your temper we're getting spiritual
people on me you niggas ain't passed the physical
arter than the criminal no party if you stand
the market is full of bullets smarter than your average there
my spirit is living proof I'll be scaring em in the boo
they playing you for there but I dare to tell the truth
and get it longer the truth but still here while it..
faking in the..and make it the pass of year
so so assassin nigga curve your enthusiasm
quarter up in the special affection homie that's..
I shit frames and imagine hour
life is an over blast self contain
fray medal like it's over cast
ask something I don't talk too much
then if you ask around that comes to cuff and such
throw the curve and adjust my swing
that is why I..on avoid the ducks
I'm out of nothing, you talk foolish
you love the money is the root or something
now I ain't high and dance around you dooze like burn fire
get your way up and your mixtape suck
Kweli send the alarm, I ain't the beast way accept
I'm from the great abra that you serve your own flow
you still the sneak I serve them..slow to Moscow
go in the work this clouds in the circus
I let the pearl curky so we earl with the purple
education make the nervous they stuck on lanes
this the pop and you will know my name
I'm somewhere between gruff and green
cash in hand knowledge in the book I read from
y'all all been from the install
some real skill hold the steady even when the earth shake..
jealousy and hate never found bake and dark for me
..can be cold from young MC's playing ball but y'all
having you heard your words run but my rhyme is the word
along with it the opposite,
you don't wanna run them the court like the ladybugs in my palm
my progress is a part of my process
mandatory sweat like a fat nigga with breast
just to fight it who is beneath the blog with the promiscuous game
that came to fuck us all
so when you need to make the court know who to trust
that's plug to the one that's it, that's enough
ah they looked to me as I had breathe
hover guns and butter like you see what the stat did
being a block away had a stripling bibe big
now they sayin I'm right like I'm reshup and rhyme his
sky is beyond measure like my speech on level
you peon could you peon together
my queen days was for harder way gin or whatever
my team made..save the hit on the dreadler
raysbach, maybach, crade on the gray bad
what we're seeing is a rover and tucking away and satered
fly guy adiquin PR, PS in it, blue R and everything
like we are we rappin with
and we all models that you find close and every
maybe automatic mouth call that out on series
I'm the serie in this south 'cause I'M having this K
throw a cane to your palm if you..
No one can hit us completely like see my..
this is not dimension yet, run a shit and this dimension
guns is spit man can intoxicate
especially when I run the wind
holla never set the..the next is..
for the more is just discussing no discussion
make em sick the way I kick
bars precaution your head rushin
plus I'm busting melons like Gallagher
not even a challenge to the simple of..
given the circumstance call your commissioner
got protection for your week conditioner
what you call it first, the chick upon from the purse
that..is the worst, how your crew loving my worse
love how I swerve make a nigga shut for the curve
it only rap us in the burbs look in their eyes
everything it start to swerve grab their hand of your girl
about to eye make a sip when shit is given nothing is the pearls
Like rich right I write the classic like
write the passage when I recycle the passage should I type on the average
grab a mike in this mandolin methods of a mechanic
manic, necessary you panic I call an ambulance of my insomnia
I might overdose on ambient mixing with a cancer stick
increasing my chances I got a lot of living to do before I diminish
like I'm spitting to my finishing line limit
rhyme chemist all I'm missing is a dime missing
composition like do a dime mission
once I step inside the mark entrance
old school like you call 9 biscuits
new school like buy a Nicky Minaj tickets
is it a crime that I'd rather listen ride digger
a fly nigga with big dreams and boast
Baby, if you want me to love you
Here's somethin' that you gotta do
You got to love me
(That's enough)
You got to kiss me
(That's enough)
You got to squeeze me
(That's enough)
You got to miss me
You got to hold, hold me in your arms
And that's enough, well
Oh, that's enough
Baby if you want me for your man
There's a few things that you better understand
I want my baby
(That's enough)
I don't mean maybe
(That's enough)
I want my pretty baby
(That's enough)
Ain't talkin' maybe, no
You got to hold, hold me in your arms
And that's enough
Hey child, that's enough
Baby if you want me by your side
You got to be prepared to keep the man satisfied
I want my baby
(That's enough)
I don't mean maybe
(That's enough)
Every day
(That's enough)
In every single way
You got to hold, hold me in your arms
And that's enough
Hover above my head and call me out, I'm beneath it all
Just a thief caught in the red, hands dirty from the crawl
Back to an unsuspecting victim, waiting on a different view
But it's too late now to change it
Wrapped inside, holding tight to the memory of your light
And that's enough for me
I'm better off just to know you, just stay right here with me
And that's enough for me
They're running from my eyes like there's a fire out of control
Saltwater testimony to a feeling in my soul
Given to me by your tireless power, undermining all I've learned
And it's too late now to change it
Wrapped inside, holding tight to the memory of your light
And that's enough for me
I'm better off just to know you, just stay right here with me
And that's enough for me
Just ask and I will show you the man that I could be
And that's enough for me
Who am I [Incomprehensible]
Who am I [Incomprehensible]
No one
There's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down
No one
There's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down
And that's enough for me
I'm better off just to know you, just stay right here with me
And that's enough for me
Just ask and I will show you the man that I could be
And that's enough for me
No, there's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down
No one
No, there's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down
No one
No, there's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down
No one
No, there's nothing left that's ever gonna bring me back down
You know they told me somethin' 'bout
They're talkin' 'bout me, oh really I don't mind
They try to stop and block my progress all of the time
Well, all the mean things you said don't make me feel bad
I can't miss a friend Lord, that I never had
I've got Jesus, Jesus and that's enough
Understand see, you're talkin' 'bout the great emancipator
Oh, and a heart regulator, Jesus is, oh Jesus is
He'll make my way brighter, my burden lighter
Yes He will, oh yes He will
Well now, you may scorn me and turn your back on me
I got God's arm wrapped all around me
I got Jesus, Lord Jesus, and that's enough
[Incomprehensible] He save me and He fought me
And He taught me all this, my Shepard, He's my God
I can feel Him, oh fighting by my side
I got Jesus and that's enough
I got Jesus and that's enough
I got Jesus and that's enough
I got Jesus and that's enough
Yeah, yeah, you can scorn me and turn your back on me
God's got His arms wrapped all, all around me
[Incomprehensible] and that's enough