Being broke in this thing sit right Do it for my folk, get by I came the struggle with my head high You broke think you know what it feel like Being broke made me rich, broke made me rich Being made me rich, being 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 made for a good life Being broke made me rich, broke made me rich Being broke made me rich, being made me rich
Never fell in love the Coco, Never had to hold up a store with the .44 Never had the door kicked in by the feds, Laying in the bed with the bread I'm gon' blow But I do know what it feel like to go to school the knock off shoes Eating free lunch, act all cool, boy you better know that we paid our dues would I trade that, nah, 'cause it made 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 made me rich, and low made you quit But low made me high, take time if you wanna get it
broke in this thing don't sit right Do it for my folk, get by I came through the struggle my head high You broke think you know what it feel like Being broke me rich, being broke made me rich Being made me rich, being broke made me rich
Gotta keep the stove hot so it cook right, if everybody 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, being made me rich Being broke made me rich, broke made me rich
Money may have made me richer, but the struggle me richer than I ever been the hustle, use ya' muscles, learn to keep ya' mind up on the future, man Came out the trenches, government in the beginning cans for the pennies, we saving that grease after dinner Now they counting all my pennies, all my figures, all up in my business, man Now they watching what I'm spending, wonderin' I got, and wonder how I'ma get it, man I was bought before I had a dollar, being empty handed made me stupid Rich in loyalty, made in royalty, but it's so good, that why I it
Being broke in this don't sit right Do it for my folk, get by I came through the struggle with my high You being broke think you what it feel like Being broke made me rich, being broke made me Being made me rich, being broke made me rich
Gotta keep the stove hot so it cook right, if eating that's a good night Headed to the lost why I flight, the hard times made for a good life Being broke made me rich, being broke me rich broke made me rich, being broke made me rich