And I was told in I was a fool And money I'd gain none But I used my flow as a tool, was cruel Said I'd be no rapper, but I did and became one
Now a cryin shame, I'm buyin thangs And they got debts, they got to pay I I know why my teachers would Look in my eye and say And that?
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, mean my life means nothin Made it out the game through the and sufferin Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, frauds disappear like a Little whiteboys to be me But you don't want to go through what I go True definition of a
It must be the way my pants sag Or the sparklin diamonds on the watch my left has I know my appearance is lookin I am bad In your department store all I do is pop a damn tag
Made it honest, why the blacks get mad at you Even foreigners and got big gratitude I make more than you, but you got this Like I can't be shoppin at Fifth Avenue
I'm just tryin to buy my baby creed spring flower But they don't know that the Tecca Nina cheese power So they look at me like none of my brings valor why when you see us in passin we seem sour
Last I checked, my power shockeras I was on top of the Indy charts and not a But I'm the author of and I like the opera So why when I'm at they wont treat me more propera?
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, don't mean my means nothin Made it out the game the pain and sufferin Y'all don't think I see purses y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, frauds disappear a genie whiteboys want to be me But you don't want to go what I go through True of a blackboy
shoot, soldiers represent that Frontline shoot, Grand Verb, the snatch back Head wrapped in the desert, boombox on the camel Escape from the clone lab, fugitives black
With in you, its the knowledge from way back The prophet of the page dont eat till it all cracks Blackboy rappin from the pages Street more classic than the Jimmy Cracked Corn
A spawn of the movement, keep the music So my purpose stays and my music stays groovin I do it for the real, I don't need Six For me to know is still on that bullshit
So think that black are just ball players and singers massa complex is what fuels the street bangers And street soldiers to stand up, no choice to get it So these can finally get they man up
Cuz I'm a Came from nothin, don't mean my means nothin Made it out the game through the pain and Y'all think I see them purses y'all clutchin?
See, I'm a Scared you see me, frauds disappear like a genie Little want to be me But you don't want to go what I go through True of a blackboy
I'm a blackboy and always gettin But when I move next door, I you hate it You had my whole investigated And they didn't find no crack, you said I ate it
Uh uh, a motherfucker elevated Over ghetto life was designated You see this blackboy, you heaven made it I don't to go if I got to integrate it
You know boy, be happy you made it take what you got, and stop complainin Ok, weather man will the rainin On my people head, and explainin
What your people said, in the bible But you still act and psycho My is Ice Cube, bitch, it ain't Michael I'll bleach my own skin just to be like you
Cuz I'm a from nothin, don't mean my life means nothin Made it out the game the pain and sufferin Y'all don't think I see them purses y'all
See, I'm a Scared when you see me, frauds disappear a genie whiteboys want to be me But you don't want to go through what I go True definition of a