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Gotta keep the stove hot so it right, if everybody eating that's a good night to the lost why I took flight, the hard times made for a good life Being broke made me rich, broke made me rich Being broke made me rich, being broke me rich
Never fell in with the Coco, Never had to hold up a store with the .44 had the door kicked in by the feds, Laying in the bed with the bread that I'm gon' blow But I do know it feel like to go to school with the knock off shoes Eating free lunch, act all cool, boy you better know that we paid our dues Never would I trade that, nah, 'cause it me better, it could have made me bitter You can't ride with the struggle, can't no figure, but it made me richer Being broke me rich, and being low made you quit But being low made me high, time if you wanna get it
Being broke in this thing don't sit Do it for my folk, get by I came through the struggle with my head You being broke think you know what it feel Being broke me rich, being broke made me rich Being made me rich, being broke made me rich
keep the stove hot so it cook right, if everybody eating that's a good night Headed to the why I took flight, the hard times made for a good life broke made me rich, being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich, being broke made me
Money may have made me richer, but the struggle made me richer than I been the hustle, use ya' muscles, learn to keep ya' mind up on the future, man Came out the trenches, government in the beginning Keeping for the pennies, we saving that grease after dinner Now counting all my pennies, counting all my figures, all up in my business, man Now they watching what I'm spending, wonderin' what I got, and wonder how get it, man I was bought before I had a dollar, being empty handed me stupid rich Rich in loyalty, made in royalty, but it's so good, that why I it
Being broke in this thing sit right Do it for my folk, get by I through the struggle with my head high You being broke you know what it feel like Being broke made me rich, being broke me rich Being broke made me rich, broke made me rich
Gotta keep the stove hot so it right, if everybody eating that's a good night Headed to the lost why I took flight, the hard times made for a good Being broke me rich, being broke made me rich Being broke made me rich, being made me rich