I'ma you back to day one, livin' in this New York slum It's to the dumb, only break bread with some Moms left at 15, had no American To this day, I'm sellin' to my cousin who's a
No one to guide me but my older Little did we know the dirt we did fell on my mother But didn't back then, that's why she left like that Now my parents became the street and it's best that
Some nights I to God and ask Him to pull my cord 'Cuz times is hard like the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you Street wise no respect for authority and shit A chronic of crack, a typical bitch
by Madu, who strung out on a glass dick But every now and then I blessed her a hit So she don't to trick, it's prevalent amongst kids today Hustle krills, stack dough and thing's okay
the emancipation proclamation Under the self devised of self preservation and starvation It's the emancipation Under the self guidelines of self preservation and starvation
My life in this world wasn't diamonds and pearls It was rough growin' up the boys and girls After Daddy left, was a mess, Momma stressed But I give her an award, damn, she tried her best
Holdin' down the household, had money to fold Christmas time, cherished our shit like gold I front, Daddy was still if, we cared for me But him and Mommy up was like a nightmare to me
Yo, this is for the fathers and mothers, sisters and brothers Success is nothin' if it influential to others We gotta make the best out of this terrible If not for us, for the younger
We gotta break the and deal with the pain For all our people that was in vain For all our peoples that was framed For all our that's livin' the name
It's the proclamation the self devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation It's the proclamation Under the self devised guidelines of self preservation and
Let me show, I gotta love L.O.D., put me under the wing And I teamed up with the most beautiful thing In the world, L.O.D. we all, we got I'ma and my mans keep it like it or not
I know it hurts, to do everyday dirt Police all over my back, feel like them jerks When I'm on my road to the riches, I stay from snitches And bitches and keep my mind on business
Life was tough so I became aggressive a pit The only time I felt relaxed was the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my team can be tight like the Muscle in the scene, respected like Nino
It gets than the words of Proverbs New thoughts as I cop the squat on the curb Thinkin' the herb my brain like spinach And heavy shine, flooded with ice might boost my self
Stick 'em, my life is so real, it Like when I saw my pops bein' off in a hearse Like I saw my mother bein' driven off in a hearse Like in school when the roach crawl out my
Like on Thanksgiving we got free food from the church Back then it was DJ Red Alert and Herc Rockin' pinstripe Lee's and in shirts then L.O.D. was puttin' in work
From the cradle to the We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we strive to stay alive All my real know what I'm talkin' about Watch each other Word up, my is nothin' without my niggas, word up