I'ma you back 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 day, I'm sellin' to my cousin who's a fiend
No one to guide me but my older Little did we know the we did fell back 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 to God and ask Him to pull my cord 'Cuz times is hard like the [Incomprehensible] street'll you scarred Street wise with no for authority and shit A chronic hustler of crack, a typical
Raised by Madu, who out on a glass dick But every now and I blessed her with a hit So she don't have to trick, it's prevalent amongst kids Hustle krills, stack dough and every okay
the emancipation proclamation Under the devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation It's the proclamation Under the devised guidelines of self preservation and starvation
My life in this world about diamonds and pearls It was rough growin' up around the boys and After Daddy left, was a mess, Momma stressed But I give her an award, damn, she tried her best
Holdin' down the household, had money to fold Christmas time, cherished our shit like gold I can't front, Daddy was 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, sisters and Success is if it ain't influential to others We make 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 peoples was falsely framed For all our that's livin' the name
It's the emancipation Under the self devised guidelines of preservation and starvation It's the emancipation Under the self devised guidelines of self preservation and
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 dirt Police all over my back, feel like bustin' jerks I'm on my road to the riches, I stay away from snitches And bitches and keep my mind on business
Life was tough so I aggressive like a pit The only time I felt relaxed was when the was lit me and my team can be tight like the Gambino Muscle in the hustle scene, like Nino
It gets deeper than the words of New emerge as I cop the squat on the curb Thinkin' the herb strengthen my like spinach And heavy shine, flooded ice might boost my self image
'em, my life is so real, it hurts Like I saw my pops bein' driven off in a hearse Like when I saw my bein' driven off in a hearse Like in school when the roach crawl out my
Like on Thanksgiving when we got free food the church Back then it was DJ Red Alert and Herc Rockin' pinstripe and in Tigra shirts then L.O.D. was puttin' in work
From the cradle to the We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we gon' strive to stay All my real people know I'm talkin' about each other backs Word up, my is nothin' without my niggas, word up