[Intro: Trife Da Uh-huh, whoo, smoothing it out, right now My nigga Halloween, we gon' get rich this year, (see) Sip on little bit of odor, made brown Zone out, the lights off Ant boogie, up? Uh-huh
Da God] In the crib, my wiz, getting my grown man on Listening to classic soul, the slow jams on Robinson, Tears of a Clown, shedding tears Popping beers, almost twenty five in the town I seen niggaz die off, like in the fall Niggaz of Chip Banks and left him lying in the hall Your boy Sandy Brock was ill, like Bryant with the ball It's no exceptions, the biggest giants gotta fall 'cause we living in denial, but these lessons are marinating in the slums, you gotta practice survival Now everybody to be next American idol But these are more than songs pressed up your vinyl rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna shine But we all green, knahImean? Being rich is a man's dream, and we all wanna shine But we all green...
[Chorus: Solomon I grew up hard, maybe you up harder But I ain't been to operas Or had money for private As harsh it sound, these just a tears of a I grew up hard, you grew up harder The message is I'm too strong to down I know the ledge, and I ain't planning to As it sound, these just a tears of a clown
[Trife Da Momma ain't raised no fool, they say we gotta the children But first, we save our spoons I was taught not to my food Even if I like it, every scrap on my plate got chewed Either you ate, or you didn't eat, the memories are sweet to get teased by my friends, 'cause I had bigger feet I about them jokes and laugh, crack a smile 'cause as a child, I knew that being broke was bad Growing up I was close to my dad, but that still stop a nigga From putting that coke in bags That was the past, now, I'm with the oak in the dash Got niggaz hating, big time, hoping I crash I can't blame 'em, and on the same note, I can't 'em Let a nigga disrespect my shit, I'm gonna 'em word to my son little Jay, my little homey Ask niggaz how your boy get down, nothing phony
[Trife Da Yeah, say two heads are better than one, and in the process I learned slow progress, is better than none That's why I'm still here persuing my goals, baking bread In the bakery, if I ain't out, doing no I hit the block, once in a blue, and front the crew And show niggaz a good time, by drunk in the stud' niggaz find happiness, with a blunt and a brew They talented niggaz, but they need something to do It's kinda hard look beyond buildings and bricks We can't condone broken homes, our children is sick Try'nna survive off the cereal and from the WIC And all the ones we got, be getting killed in the mix He could of the next Jordan, who knows, the next Emmitt Tiger Woods, or the new Arthur Ashe of tennis That's why I'm looking past the gimmicks, getting cash with Criminal grind, we smash the business
Yeah, when you see big thing pull up Don't be mad at us, man, be glad, we made it from the projects We came up, Stapleton Houses, man up, Theodore, Toney Starks Enterprise