From a ass little tadpole swimmin in a fallopian tube To a fixture on my soil, a stand up a dude I was brought up in the crack game dealin and pushin stuff Arguing my folkers cause we loved eachother so much Ditchin and dodgin the rollers, the block real tuff Strikin and scootin them Novas and them stepside trucks Me and my brother Dennel, Kevin, Dalon, and Little Ray, Billy, and Ivory and them from the Magazine Street Posted up like thumbtacks, talking on faulty big Motorola, A1 yola, glad bag Tic Tacs In the mean time, in between time, in my spare writin raps In the front yard, in the driveway, on the shootin craps
You think you know, but you really have no idea Listen to of E40, real talk for real Moons ago, way before I even had a I got my nickname on the turf for hecka beer And never the older cats up in my hood pump fear Funkin my own soil, listen here cause we had all the broads and all the gear Up the ladder I'm tryin to climb, game sharper a porcupine spine Don't gimme nothing, work for mine, try and grind, grit and grind Hot ones echo the ghetto, funkin all the time I thank the for giving me the gift to spit this rhyme
A loaf of bread, a stick of butter and some Around the corner from the spot where all the dealers and tribul-i-zations, me and my peopl-i-zations Tryin to get this off the ground with high ass expectations Took a time and patience, a little faith in God To make a long short, look at me now sahob I'm doing it chubby like the checker, like the soup A de- a and a half and still in the loop In you suckers didn't know, I told you once before I ain't too fast, see y'all just listening too slow I the way for the independent grind The industry they mimick me, but don't gimme mine