I'ma you back to day one, livin' in this New York slum It's deaf to the dumb, only break bread with Moms left at 15, had no American To day, I'm sellin' to my cousin who's a fiend
No one to guide me but my brother Little did we know the dirt we did fell on my mother But didn't care then, that's why she left like that Now my parents became the street and it's like that
nights I pray to God and ask Him to pull my cord 'Cuz times is hard like the [Incomprehensible] street'll leave you Street with no respect for authority and shit A chronic of crack, a typical bitch
Raised by Madu, who strung out on a dick But now and then I blessed her with a hit So she don't have to trick, prevalent amongst kids today krills, stack dough and every thing's okay
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My life in this world about diamonds and pearls It was rough growin' up around the and girls After Daddy left, was a mess, Momma stressed But I give her an award, 'cuz damn, she tried her
down 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 Mommy breakin' up was a nightmare to me
Yo, this is for the younger and mothers, sisters 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 chain and with the pain For all our people was slayed in vain For all our that was falsely framed For all our peoples that's livin' the
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Let me show, I gotta love L.O.D., they put me under the 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, like bustin' them jerks When I'm on my road to the riches, I away from snitches And them bitches and keep my 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 team can be tight the Gambino Muscle in the hustle scene, respected like
It gets deeper than the words of New emerge as I cop the squat on the curb Thinkin' the strengthen my brain like spinach And heavy shine, with ice might boost 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' driven off in a Like in school when the crawl out my shirt
Like on when we got free food from the church then it was DJ Red Alert and Kool Herc Rockin' pinstripe and in Tigra shirts then L.O.D. was puttin' in work
From the to the grave We all in the struggle, we gon' struggle, we strive to stay alive All my real people know I'm talkin' about Watch each backs Word up, my life is nothin' without my niggas, up