I'ma take you back to day one, livin' in New York slum It's deaf to the dumb, only break bread with left at 15, had no American dreams To this day, I'm sellin' to my cousin a fiend
No one to guide me but my brother Little did we know the dirt we did back on my mother But didn't care back then, that's why she like that Now my parents became the street and best like that
Some I pray to God and ask Him to pull my cord 'Cuz times is hard like the [Incomprehensible] street'll you scarred Street wise with no respect for authority and A chronic of crack, a typical bitch
Raised by Madu, who out on a glass dick But every now and then I blessed her a hit So she don't have to trick, prevalent amongst kids today Hustle krills, stack dough and thing's okay
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My life in this world wasn't about diamonds and It was growin' up around the boys and girls After Daddy left, shit was a mess, stressed But I give her an award, 'cuz damn, she her best
down the household, barely had money to fold Christmas time, cherished our little like gold I can't front, Daddy was still if, we for me But him and breakin' 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 generation
We gotta break the chain and with the pain For all our that was slayed in vain For all our that was falsely framed For all our peoples livin' the name
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Let me show, I gotta love L.O.D., they put me the wing And then I teamed up with the 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 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 I felt relaxed was when the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my team can be like the Gambino Muscle in the hustle scene, respected like
It gets deeper the words of Proverbs New thoughts emerge as I cop the squat on the Thinkin' the herb strengthen my brain like And heavy shine, with ice might boost my self image
Stick 'em, my life is so real, it Like when I saw my bein' driven off in a hearse Like when I saw my bein' driven off in a hearse Like in school when the roach out my shirt
Like on when we got free food from the church then it was DJ Red Alert and Kool Herc Rockin' pinstripe Lee's and in shirts Back L.O.D. was puttin' in work
From the cradle to the We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we gon' strive to alive All my real people what I'm talkin' about each other backs Word up, my is nothin' without my niggas, word up