(feat. David Ortiz)
[Verse 1:]
Yo f** rapping & bragging
About the way you ballin'
Spray cans in my backpack
And I was starvin'
In middle school
With a trey five-seven revolver
My family said I wouldn't make it
Now I'm grindin' hard
I dedicated this to the kids
Growin' up with no father
Believe me I know what you goin' through
I almost lost it
Ever seen a teenage boy
Whose feelin' like robbin'?
That was me at 14
I was driving through Compton
On my way to Inglewood
I was thinkin' of nonsense
Somebody tagging on the wall
So I had to go cross it
Muthaf**a I had guns
In my mother's closet
The day she caught me
Tear drops started falling
Then she slapped me in the face
Looking brokenhearted
How the f** do I explain
That my hood is stronger
Enemies is lookin' for me
2 in the morning
Its about the 2 weeks
And she still ignores me
I'm f**ing up so much
As hate
That is building towards me
She's on the phone with my fam
Saying I'm disappointing
Saying I'm disappointing
Oh man, I'm a disappointment
[Hook - David Ortiz & King Lil G:]
As I sit all alone with pain
I wonder
Will I ever see my mother smile?
I wonder
Will I ever see my mother smile?
Am I ever gonna see that day
We stop strugglin'
Will I ever see my mother smile?
Strugglin', yea..
[Verse 2:]
Yo, would you like to know
Why I was so troublesome?
That eviction notice on my door
Made me hustle d**
I seen my mother crying
1999
My father left us behind
My feelings empty inside
I try to not miss 'em
Me & my older sister
Carina please tell 'em
Bout that f**ed up Christmas
I had to go to school
Lying to my friends
Pretending I was happy
Bout some sh** I didn't get
Fake smiles
Through the whole winter
I was cold wearing old clothes
And socks with holes in 'em
Gang members I was close with 'em
I was just a kid
They was asking me
To do some coke with 'em
I was broke
Man I rather sell some dope with 'em
Road trips to the border to go get 'em
Young & hopeless
Trying to get in to show biz
Hoping they would give me a chance
Nobody noticed
[Hook - David Ortiz & King Lil G]
[King Lil G:]
Oh man, you know what really trips me out is that uh..
People really think I owe them somethin'
See I hear people talkin' all the time
But its like they don't know the struggle
And the sh** we gotta go through
To get to where we are right now
(but I don't owe them a damn thing)
I had to sacrifice so much time, you know
Had to put my family trough so much pain
Its like everything that I got right now, I owe it to the family
Finally my mother can smile now
Oh yeah