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