I'ma take you back to day one, livin' in this New York It's deaf to the dumb, only break bread some Moms left at 15, had no dreams To day, I'm sellin' to my cousin who's a fiend
No one to guide me but my older Little did we the dirt we did fell back on my mother But care back 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 my cord 'Cuz times is hard the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you scarred wise with no respect for authority and shit A hustler of crack, a typical bitch
Raised by Madu, who strung out on a dick But every now and then I blessed her a hit So she don't have to trick, prevalent amongst kids today Hustle krills, dough and every thing's okay
It's the emancipation the self devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation It's the proclamation Under the self devised guidelines of preservation and starvation
My life in this world wasn't about and pearls It was rough growin' up the boys and girls After Daddy left, shit was a mess, Momma But I give her an award, 'cuz damn, she her best
Holdin' the household, barely had money to fold Christmas time, cherished our little shit gold I can't front, was still if, we cared for me But him and Mommy breakin' up was like a to me
Yo, this is for the younger fathers and mothers, and brothers Success is nothin' if it ain't to others We gotta make the best out of terrible situation If not for us, for the generation
We gotta break the and deal with the pain For all our people that was in vain For all our peoples that was falsely For all our peoples livin' the name
It's the proclamation Under the self guidelines of self preservation and starvation It's the proclamation Under the self devised guidelines of self and starvation
Let me show, I gotta L.O.D., they put me under the wing And then I teamed up the most beautiful thing In the world, L.O.D. we all, we got I'ma fans and my mans keep it it or not
I know it hurts, havin' to do everyday Police all over my back, feel bustin' them jerks When I'm on my road to the riches, I away from snitches And them and keep my mind on business
Life was so I became aggressive like a pit The only time I relaxed was when the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my team can be tight like the Muscle in the hustle scene, respected Nino
It deeper than the words of Proverbs New emerge as I cop the squat on the curb Thinkin' the strengthen my brain like spinach And heavy shine, flooded with ice might my self image
Stick 'em, my is so real, it hurts Like when I saw my bein' driven off in a hearse Like when I saw my mother bein' off in a hearse in school when the roach crawl out my shirt
Like on Thanksgiving when we got free food from the Back then it was DJ Red Alert and Kool pinstripe Lee's and in Tigra shirts Back then L.O.D. was puttin' in
From the cradle to the We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we gon' strive to stay All my real people know what I'm talkin' Watch each other up, my life is nothin' without my niggas, word up