[Intro: Trife Da Uh-huh, whoo, just it out, right now My nigga Halloween, we get rich this year, nigga (see) Sip on this little bit of odor, made Zone out, turn the off Ant boogie, what up?
[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, tears Popping beers, almost twenty five years in the I seen niggaz die off, like dandelions in the heard of Chip Banks 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 in denial, but these lessons are vital When in the slums, you gotta practice survival Now everybody wants to be next idol But these are more than just songs pressed up your 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...
[Chorus: Solomon I grew up hard, maybe you up harder But I ain't been to many Or had money for private As harsh it sound, just a tears of a clown 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, these just a of a clown
Da God] Momma ain't raised no fool, they say we gotta the children But first, we save our spoons I was not to waste my food Even if I didn't like it, every on my plate got chewed Either you ate, or you eat, the memories are bitter sweet Used to get teased by my friends, 'cause I had bigger I think about them jokes and laugh, a smile 'cause as a child, I never knew that broke was bad Growing up I was to my dad, but that still didn't stop a nigga From putting that in them bags That was the past, now, I'm riding the oak in the dash Got jealous hating, big time, hoping I crash I blame 'em, and on the same note, I can't change 'em Let a nigga my shit, I'm gonna flame 'em word to my son little Jay, my little homey Ask niggaz how your boy get down, ain't nothing
[Trife Da Yeah, they say two heads are than one, and in the process I learned that slow progress, is than none That's why I'm here persuing my goals, baking that 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 niggaz happiness, with a blunt and a brew talented niggaz, but they just need something to do It's kinda hard try'nna look beyond buildings and We can't broken homes, when 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 of been 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 gonna smash the
Yeah, when you see that big pull up be mad at us, man, be glad, we done made it from the projects We done came up, Houses, man Straight up, Theodore, Toney Enterprise