I'ma take you to day one, livin' in this New York slum It's deaf to the dumb, only break bread some left at 15, had no American dreams To this day, I'm sellin' to my cousin who's a
No one to guide me but my brother 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 and it's best like that
Some nights I pray to God and ask Him to pull my 'Cuz times is hard the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you scarred wise with no respect for authority and shit A chronic of crack, a typical bitch
Raised by Madu, who strung out on a glass But now and then I blessed her with a hit So she don't have to trick, prevalent 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 emancipation Under the self devised guidelines of self and starvation
My life in this world about diamonds and pearls It was rough growin' up around the and girls After left, shit was a mess, Momma stressed But I give her an award, 'cuz damn, she tried her
Holdin' down the household, barely had money to time, cherished 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 fathers and mothers, sisters and Success is nothin' if it ain't influential to We gotta make the best out of this situation If not for us, for the younger
We gotta the chain and deal with the pain For all our people that was slayed in For all our peoples that was framed For all our that's livin' the name
It's the emancipation Under the devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation the emancipation proclamation Under the devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation
Let me show, I love L.O.D., they 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 fans and my keep it like it or not
I know it hurts, havin' to do everyday Police all over my back, feel bustin' them jerks I'm on my road to the riches, I stay away from snitches And them and keep my mind on business
Life was so I became aggressive like a pit The only time I felt was when the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my can be tight 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 Thinkin' the strengthen my brain like spinach And heavy shine, flooded ice might boost my self image
Stick 'em, my is so real, it hurts Like when I saw my pops driven off in a hearse Like I saw my mother bein' driven off in a hearse Like in school when the crawl out my shirt
Like on Thanksgiving when we got free from the church Back then it was DJ Red Alert and Herc Rockin' Lee's and in Tigra shirts Back L.O.D. was puttin' in work
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 about each other backs Word up, my life is without my niggas, word up