[Intro: Da God] Uh-huh, whoo, smoothing it out, right now My nigga Halloween, we get rich this year, nigga (see) Sip on this bit of odor, made brown out, turn the lights off Ant boogie, up? Uh-huh
Da God] In the crib, with my wiz, getting my man on Listening to classic soul, the slow jams on Smokey Robinson, of a Clown, shedding tears Popping beers, almost twenty five in the town I niggaz die off, like dandelions in the fall Niggaz of Chip Banks and left him lying in the hall Your boy Sandy Brock was ill, Kobe Bryant with the ball It's no exceptions, even the biggest giants gotta 'cause we living in denial, but these are vital 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 Being rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna 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 grew up But I ain't to many operas Or had money for doctors As harsh it sound, these just a tears of a I up hard, maybe you grew up harder The message is I'm too strong to 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 gotta our spoons I was taught not to waste my Even if I didn't like it, scrap on my plate got chewed Either you ate, or you didn't eat, the memories are sweet Used to get teased by my friends, I had bigger feet I about 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 a nigga From putting that in them bags That was the past, now, I'm riding the oak in the dash Got niggaz hating, big time, hoping I crash I can't blame 'em, and on the note, I can't change 'em Let a nigga disrespect my shit, I'm flame 'em That's word to my son Jay, my little homey Ask niggaz how your boy get down, ain't nothing
[Trife Da Yeah, they say two heads are better than one, and in the I learned that slow progress, is better none That's why I'm here persuing my goals, baking that bread In the bakery, if I ain't out, no shows I hit the block, once in a blue, and with the crew And niggaz a good time, by getting drunk in the stud' niggaz find happiness, with a blunt and a brew They talented niggaz, but just need something to do It's hard try'nna look beyond buildings and bricks We can't broken homes, when our children is sick survive off the cereal and milk from the WIC And all the good we got, be getting killed in the mix He could of been the next Jordan, who knows, the Emmitt Young Tiger Woods, or the new Arthur Ashe of That's why I'm past the gimmicks, getting cash with Dennis Criminal grind, we gonna smash the
Yeah, when you see that big pull up Don't be mad at us, man, be glad, we done made it from the We came up, Stapleton Houses, man Straight up, Theodore, Toney Enterprise