I'ma take you back to day one, livin' in New York slum deaf to the dumb, only break bread with some Moms left at 15, had no American To this day, I'm sellin' to my who's a fiend
No one to guide me but my brother Little did we know the we did fell back on my mother But didn't care 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 like the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you scarred Street wise no respect for authority and shit A chronic of crack, a typical bitch
Raised by Madu, who strung out on a glass But every now and then I blessed her a hit So she don't have to trick, it's prevalent amongst kids Hustle krills, stack dough and every okay
It's the proclamation the self devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation It's the emancipation Under the self guidelines of self preservation and starvation
My life in this world about diamonds and pearls It was rough up around the boys 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, had money to fold Christmas time, cherished our little shit like I front, Daddy was still if, we cared for me But him and breakin' up was like a nightmare to me
Yo, this is for the younger fathers and mothers, and brothers is nothin' if it ain't influential to others We gotta make the best out of terrible situation 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 was falsely framed For all our peoples that's livin' the
It's the proclamation Under the self guidelines of self preservation and starvation It's the proclamation the self devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation
Let me show, I love L.O.D., they put me under the wing And then I 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 dirt Police all over my back, like bustin' them jerks When I'm on my road to the riches, I stay away from And them bitches and keep my on business
Life was tough so I became aggressive a pit The only time I felt was when the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my team can be tight like the Muscle in the hustle scene, respected Nino
It gets deeper than the of Proverbs New thoughts emerge as I cop the on the curb the herb strengthen my brain like spinach And heavy shine, flooded with ice boost my self image
'em, my life is so real, it hurts Like when I saw my pops bein' driven off in a when I saw my mother 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 Back it was DJ Red Alert and Kool Herc pinstripe Lee's and in Tigra shirts Back then L.O.D. was in work
From the to the grave We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we gon' strive to stay All my real know what I'm talkin' about Watch each backs Word up, my is nothin' without my niggas, word up