[Intro: Trife Da Uh-huh, whoo, just it out, right now My nigga Halloween, we gon' get rich year, nigga (see) Sip on this bit of odor, made brown Zone out, the lights off Ant boogie, up? Uh-huh
[Trife Da In the crib, my wiz, getting my grown man on Listening to classic soul, with the slow on Smokey Robinson, Tears of a Clown, shedding Popping beers, almost twenty five years in the I seen niggaz die off, dandelions in the fall Niggaz heard of Banks and left him lying in the hall Your boy Sandy Brock was ill, Kobe Bryant with the ball It's no exceptions, the biggest giants gotta fall 'cause we living in denial, but lessons are vital When marinating in the slums, you gotta survival Now everybody wants to be next American But these are more than just pressed up your vinyl Being rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna But we all green, knahImean? Being rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna But we all green...
Solomon Childs] I grew up hard, you grew up harder But I ain't been to operas Or had for private doctors As harsh it sound, these just a of a clown I up hard, maybe you grew up harder The message is I'm too strong to down I the ledge, and I ain't planning to drown As harsh it sound, just a tears of a clown
[Trife Da Momma ain't raised no fool, they say we save the children But first, we gotta save our I was not to waste my food Even if I didn't like it, every scrap on my plate got Either you ate, or you eat, the memories are bitter sweet Used to get teased by my friends, 'cause I had feet I think them jokes and laugh, crack a smile 'cause as a child, I never that being broke was bad Growing up I was close to my dad, but that still didn't stop a putting that coke in them bags That was the past, now, I'm riding with the oak in the Got jealous hating, big time, hoping I crash I can't blame 'em, and on the note, I can't change 'em Let a disrespect my shit, I'm gonna flame 'em That's word to my son little Jay, my homey Ask niggaz how boy get down, ain't nothing phony
[Trife Da Yeah, say two heads are better than one, and in the process I learned that slow progress, is better than 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, in a blue, and front with the crew And show niggaz a good time, by drunk in the stud' Some find happiness, with a blunt and a brew They talented niggaz, but just need something to do It's kinda try'nna look beyond buildings and bricks We can't condone broken homes, our children is sick Try'nna off the cereal and milk from the WIC And all the ones we got, be getting 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 the gimmicks, getting cash with Dennis grind, we gonna smash the business
Yeah, you see that big thing pull up be mad at us, man, be glad, we done made it from the projects We done up, Stapleton Houses, man Straight up, Theodore, Toney Starks