[Verse 1:] It's whatca start with, like whatca got Not what has been given or whatca bought Who's in the wrong, we can cast the lot's But nobody's wrong Everybody wants to be star, but everybody not But they are in their own little way Gotta work hard, Thugz Mansion To get that safe place Shouldn't really matter where you start the race We moving bricks, but we really moving weights God forgave my sins, but only by his saving grace Cuzo died under a little of a year ago Barely remember his face No time in heaven, but here time's such a waste b**h n***as be complaining 'til 'em cops but 'em on they face My copy of my life you won't wanna trace Life's been better than's other's But I still feel like I'm trapped in this maze Seeing though this haze, deep in this fog 'til it's gone you'll don't know whatca got Some nights I smoke myself to sleep Hitting straight from the bong We don't know how much time we've got But let's just say it won't be long 'til the Rapture, one split sec and we all gone Or get shot in them streets Nobody's right if we're all wrong [Verse 2:] Hope my niece don't live the way I did All I wanna do is turn and live life big Swing huge and don't care if I miss One meal or you can teach a man how to fish Don't know whatca got 'til it's gone, yea we get da gist Live life big, man take a couple risks Won't be where I be if I wasn't adopted as a kid MOF as a baby, nine days old, sh** looking kinda crazy Put me in a box outside, maybe that's sh** don't faze me But it amazes me how much people be hating me My car was broken down had to fix it to racing speed Now I'm the sh** now look at me, blazing speed Work with what has been given to ya And later in life, sh** will be a given to ya Get this message that I'm sending to ya Hope y'all get the essence of my message Whatca got and whatca get; essence of a cla** lesson Swing and a miss, but I'm keep on guessing Throw that fastball not curveball forgot to mention Keep my cards on deck, swinging to release this tension For too many years I've worked in the back of the kitchen Now I'm in the front and no one can take my position DaQuan and Grandma they happy but Gone Fishing They don't have to suffer no more Cause believe me there's nothing they're missing Life will throw you a brushback So sit up and pay attention