You know, up in the hood You go through all kind of thangs, ya Some of it's good, of it's bad But the you go through in life, make you who you are at me now
And from the day I was born I've hustlin' strong I've been strugglin' since a child, now them is gone And niggaz said I wouldn't do it now I'm provin' 'em And now got their hands out like I owe them some I ain't got for the bickerin' and carryin' on It too much in the hood I don't know How many times do I have to say I'm grown That I'ma Young Buck and still enough to know when you niggaz is
I still remember them under the street light Fiends don't give a damn, want who got the cheap price I'm to keep right, get it in dough You see is dyin' fast and the money is slow We used to hang in of the sto', flag down cars To be a star, go get a glass jar Once you cook it and cut it homey go 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 lights and no nigga And I'm still hood, mean I still could Get on the block, and get mine you should How can I be good, rappers wanna be Suge? Surroundin' myself with family, so I can sleep
And from the day I was I've been hustlin' strong been strugglin' since a child, now them days is gone And niggaz said I do it now I'm provin' 'em wrong And now they got their hands out like I owe some I ain't got time for the bickerin' and on It ain't too much in the hood I don't How many do I have to say that I'm grown That I'ma Young and still enough to know when you niggaz is hoes
I would light me a stick, thinkin' how can I get My out the bricks and my whole clique legit Lil' Jimmy and the feds, just me and some Teds We cuttin' heads, doin' whatever to buy a loaf of The high speed chases, I really it To 50 G's and don't thank nothin' of it We showed love but wasn't no love back Whoa Kemosabe, what part of the is that?
It's a fact and my war wounds on me can it But how you made me go and show you I can do it I solemnly swear to it down for my homeboys Locked up and don't know if they ever home boy Time keeps tickin', another baby's That's gon' go through the same stuff that I went and more You wonder why I hustle, my on the line My baby gotta have milk when she crying, now
And from the day I was born I've been strong been strugglin' since a child, now them days is gone And niggaz said I wouldn't do it now I'm provin' 'em And now they got their hands out like I owe them I ain't got time for the bickerin' and on It too much in the hood 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 niggaz is
Now everybody got they out Willie spent his millions 'til they ranned out Shorty wanna holla now because her man out But last week, I couldn't get it out her damn mouth Nowhere to go, look I'm stuck in these bricks Seem like the good die young, the bad get rich quick, 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 come up short then them tecs gotta get sprayed got a grave, we just waitin' to go to it No matter what we do y'all we're still gon' go it Some say that I'm heartless, and give a damn But they will never understand, until get a gram And this is who I am, not who I be Open up yo' eyes and see, these streets done-done to me
And the day I was born I've been hustlin' strong I've been strugglin' since a child, now them is gone And said I wouldn't 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 hood I don't How many do I have to say that I'm grown That I'ma Buck and still enough to know when you niggaz is hoes