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 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 days is And niggaz said I wouldn't do it now I'm 'em wrong And now they got their hands out like I owe them I got time for the bickerin' and carryin' on It ain't too 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 is hoes
I still remember them nights under the street Fiends don't give a damn, want who got the cheap price I'm tryin' to right, get it in dough You see people is 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
thugs been shot but see it's all in the game Even I took a of 'em, but still I remain I ain't different from that lil' project figure I done went no lights and no water nigga And I'm hood, that mean I still could Get on the block, and get mine you should How can I be good, when rappers wanna be Surroundin' myself with family, so I can good
And the day I was born I've been hustlin' strong I've 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 I owe them some I ain't got time for the bickerin' and on It ain't too much in the hood I don't How many times do I to say that I'm grown That I'ma Young Buck and still enough to know when you niggaz is
I would me a cancer stick, thinkin' how can I get My momma out the and my whole clique legit Lil' Jimmy and the feds, it's just me and Teds We cuttin' heads, doin' whatever to buy a loaf of The high speed chases, I loved it To blow 50 G's and thank nothin' of it We showed love but wasn't no showed back Kemosabe, what part of the game is that?
It's a fact and my war wounds on me can it But look how you made me go and you I can do it I solemnly swear to hold it down for my Locked up and don't know if they ever home boy Time keeps tickin', another born That's gon' go through the same stuff I went through and more You why I hustle, my life's on the line My baby gotta have milk when she crying, now
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 wouldn't do it now I'm 'em wrong And now they got their hands out like I owe them I got time for the bickerin' and carryin' on It ain't too much in the hood I know How many times do I to say that I'm grown I'ma Young Buck and still enough to know when you niggaz is hoes
Now everybody got hand out Crackhead Willie spent his millions they ranned out Shorty wanna holla now because her man out But just last week, I get it out her damn mouth Nowhere to go, like I'm stuck in these bricks like the good die young, the bad get rich quick, enough of this Let me take it to a 'nother level Like the po-lice from rollin' through the ghetto
nuttin' gettin' better but the bills gotta be paid And money come up short them tecs gotta get sprayed E'rybody got a grave, we just to go to it No matter we do y'all we're still gon' go through it Some say I'm heartless, and don't give a damn But they will never understand, they 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 since a child, now them days is gone And niggaz said I wouldn't do it now I'm 'em wrong And now they got their hands out like I owe them I ain't got for the bickerin' 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