[Intro: Trife Da Uh-huh, whoo, just smoothing it out, now My nigga Halloween, we gon' get rich year, nigga (see) Sip on this little bit of odor, made 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, with the jams on Smokey Robinson, of a Clown, shedding tears Popping beers, almost twenty years in the town I seen die off, like dandelions in the fall Niggaz heard of Chip and left him lying in the hall Your boy Sandy Brock was ill, like Kobe Bryant with the It's no exceptions, even the giants gotta fall 'cause we living in denial, but these are vital When in the slums, you gotta practice survival Now everybody to be next American idol But are more than just songs pressed up your vinyl Being rich is a poor man's dream, and we all shine But we all green, knahImean? rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna shine But we all green...
Solomon Childs] I grew up hard, maybe you grew up But I ain't been to many Or had money for private As harsh it sound, these a tears of a clown I grew up hard, you grew up harder The is I'm too strong to hold down I know the ledge, and I planning to drown As harsh it sound, just a tears of a clown
Da God] Momma ain't raised no fool, they say we gotta save the But first, we save our spoons I was taught not to waste my if I didn't like it, every scrap on my plate got chewed Either you ate, or you didn't eat, the memories are bitter to get teased by my friends, 'cause I had bigger feet I think about them jokes and laugh, a smile as a child, I never knew that being broke was bad Growing up I was close to my dad, but that still stop a nigga From putting that in them bags That was the past, now, I'm riding the oak in the dash Got jealous niggaz hating, big time, I crash I can't blame 'em, and on the same note, I can't 'em Let a nigga my shit, I'm gonna flame 'em That's word to my son Jay, my little homey Ask how your boy get down, ain't nothing phony
[Trife Da Yeah, say two heads are better than one, and in the process I learned that progress, is better than none That's why I'm here persuing my goals, baking that bread In the bakery, if I out, doing no shows I hit the block, once in a blue, and front with the And show niggaz a good time, by drunk in the stud' Some niggaz happiness, with a blunt and a brew They niggaz, but they just need something to do kinda hard try'nna look beyond buildings and bricks We can't condone homes, when our children is sick Try'nna survive off the cereal and from the WIC And all the good ones we got, be killed in the mix He could of been the next Jordan, who knows, the Emmitt Young Woods, or the new Arthur Ashe of tennis That's why I'm looking past the gimmicks, cash with Dennis Criminal grind, we gonna smash the
Yeah, when you see big thing pull up Don't be mad at us, man, be glad, we done it from the projects We done up, Stapleton Houses, man Straight up, Theodore, Toney Enterprise