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 me but my older 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 my cord times is hard like the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you scarred Street wise with no for authority and shit A chronic hustler of crack, a typical
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, prevalent amongst kids today Hustle krills, stack and every thing's okay
It's the emancipation Under the self devised guidelines of preservation and starvation It's the emancipation Under the self devised guidelines of preservation and starvation
My life in this world wasn't about diamonds and It was growin' up around the boys and girls After left, shit was a mess, Momma stressed But I her an award, 'cuz damn, she tried her best
Holdin' 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 younger fathers and mothers, and brothers is nothin' if it ain't influential to others We gotta the best out of this 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 that was falsely framed For all our that's livin' the name
the emancipation proclamation Under the self devised guidelines of self preservation and the emancipation 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 with the most beautiful In the world, L.O.D. we all, we got I'ma fans and my mans it like 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 stay from snitches And them bitches and keep my mind on
was tough so I became aggressive like a pit The time I felt relaxed was when the blunt was lit Thinkin' me and my can be tight like the Gambino Muscle in the scene, respected like Nino
It gets deeper than the words of New thoughts emerge as I cop the on the curb Thinkin' the herb strengthen my brain like And heavy shine, flooded with ice might my self image
Stick 'em, my is so real, it hurts Like when I saw my pops bein' driven off in a Like when I saw my mother bein' off in a hearse Like in school when the crawl out my shirt
on Thanksgiving when we got free food from the church Back then it was DJ Red and Kool Herc Rockin' pinstripe Lee's and in Tigra Back then L.O.D. was puttin' in
From the cradle to the We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we strive to stay alive All my people know what I'm talkin' about Watch other backs Word up, my life is nothin' my niggas, word up