I'ma take you back to day one, livin' in this New York It's to the dumb, only break bread with some left at 15, had no American dreams To this day, I'm to my cousin who's a fiend
No one to me but my older brother Little did we know the we did fell back on my mother But didn't care then, that's why she left like that Now my parents the street and it's best like that
Some nights I pray to God and ask Him to pull my 'Cuz is hard like the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you scarred Street wise with no for authority and shit A chronic hustler of crack, a typical
Raised by Madu, who strung out on a glass But now and then I blessed her with a hit So she don't have to trick, it's prevalent kids today Hustle krills, stack dough and every okay
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My life in this world wasn't about and pearls It was growin' up around the boys and girls After Daddy left, shit was a mess, Momma But I give her an award, 'cuz damn, she tried her
Holdin' down the household, barely had money to Christmas time, cherished our shit like gold I can't front, Daddy was still if, we for me But him and breakin' up was like a nightmare to me
Yo, this is for the fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers is nothin' if it ain't influential to others We make the best out of this terrible situation If not for us, for the generation
We break the chain and deal with the pain For all our people was slayed in vain For all our peoples that was framed For all our peoples livin' the name
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Let me show, I love L.O.D., they put me under the wing And I teamed up with the most beautiful thing In the world, L.O.D. we all, we got I'ma fans and my keep it like it or not
I know it hurts, to do everyday dirt Police all over my back, feel like bustin' them When I'm on my road to the riches, I stay from snitches And bitches and keep my mind on business
Life was tough so I aggressive like a pit The only time I felt relaxed was the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my team can be tight like the Muscle in the hustle scene, respected like
It gets than the words of Proverbs New thoughts emerge as I cop the squat on the Thinkin' the herb strengthen my brain spinach And heavy shine, with ice might boost my self image
Stick 'em, my life is so real, it when I saw my pops bein' driven off in a hearse Like I saw my mother bein' driven off in a hearse Like in school when the roach out my shirt
Like on Thanksgiving when we got free from the church Back it was DJ Red Alert and Kool Herc Rockin' pinstripe Lee's and in Tigra then L.O.D. was puttin' in work
From the to the grave We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we strive to stay alive All my people know what I'm talkin' about Watch other backs Word up, my life is nothin' without my niggas, up