You know, up in the hood You go through all kind of thangs, ya Some of it's good, some of bad But the thangs you go through in life, you who you are at me now
And from the day I was born been hustlin' strong I've been strugglin' since a child, now days is gone And niggaz I wouldn't do it now I'm provin' 'em wrong And now they got their out like I owe them some I ain't got time for the and carryin' on It ain't too much in the I don't know How many times do I have to say that I'm That I'ma Young Buck and enough to know when you niggaz is hoes
I still remember them nights under the light Fiends give a damn, they want who got the cheap price I'm to keep right, get it in dough You see people is dyin' fast and the is slow We used to hang in front of the sto', down cars To be a movie star, go get a jar you cook it and cut it homey go stand out in public See the work sell itself if you got of it
Plenty thugs been but see it's all in the game I took a couple of 'em, but still I remain I ain't from that same lil' project figure I done went with no and no water nigga And I'm still hood, that I still could Get on the block, and get like you should How can I be good, when rappers be Suge? Surroundin' myself with family, so I can sleep
And from the day I was born I've hustlin' strong I've been strugglin' since a child, now days is gone And said I wouldn't do it now I'm provin' 'em wrong And now they got their out like I owe them some I ain't got time for the and carryin' on It ain't too much in the I don't know How many do I have to say that I'm grown That I'ma Young Buck and still enough to know when you is hoes
I would light me a stick, thinkin' how can I get My momma out the bricks and my clique legit Jimmy and the feds, it's just me and some Teds We cuttin' heads, doin' whatever to buy a of bread The speed chases, I really loved it To blow 50 G's and don't thank of it We showed love but wasn't no love back Whoa Kemosabe, part of the game is that?
a fact and my war wounds on me can prove it But look how you made me go and you I can do it I swear to hold it down for my homeboys Locked up and don't if they ever comin' home boy Time keeps tickin', another baby's That's gon' go through the same stuff that I went through and You wonder why I hustle, my life's on the My baby gotta milk when she crying, c'mon now
And from the day I was born I've been strong I've been strugglin' a child, now them days is gone And niggaz said I wouldn't do it now I'm 'em wrong And now got their hands out like I owe them some I ain't got time for the and carryin' on It ain't too in the hood I don't know How many times do I have to say that I'm That I'ma Young Buck and still to know when you niggaz is hoes
Now got they hand out Crackhead Willie spent his millions 'til ranned out Shorty don't holla now because her man out But just week, I couldn't get it out her damn mouth Nowhere to go, like I'm stuck in these bricks Seem the good die young, the bad get rich quick, enough of this Let me take it to a 'nother level stoppin' the po-lice from rollin' through the ghetto
Ain't nuttin' gettin' but the bills gotta be paid And money come up then them tecs gotta get sprayed E'rybody got a grave, we just to go to it No matter what we do we're still gon' go through it Some say I'm heartless, and don't give a damn But they will never understand, until they get a And this is who I am, not who I be up yo' eyes and see, what these streets done-done to me
And from the day I was born I've hustlin' strong I've been strugglin' since a child, now them days is And niggaz said I do it now I'm provin' 'em wrong And now they got their hands out I owe them some I ain't got time for the and carryin' on It ain't too much in the I don't know How many do I have to say that I'm grown That I'ma Young Buck and still enough to when you niggaz is hoes