[Produced by !llmind]
[Verse 1]
I ain't tryna sh** on y'all n***as
I don't want y'all to feel a way
I'm just livin', my n***as
Tryna make today a better day
How can you not feel that, my n***a?
I grew up in the 'jects around k**ers
MAC-11s, TECs and 9 millis
Welfare checks and wild dealers
I'm just happy I made it out the slums, my n***a
We scrambled over crumbs, my n***a
Tried to get fly, to avoid bein' bums, my n***a
It's rough where I'm from, my n***a
Back block fakin', crack pot shakin'
Welcome to the hood, my n***as
It's never all good, my n***as
They thought I'd be in jail
They thought that I'd get high
They thought that I would die, my n***as
I looked inside my grandmother's eyes
Promised her I would try, my n***as
[Hook]
Y'all hatin', I'm like, "Why, my n***as?"
I was like you, barely gettin' by, my n***as
Barely gettin' by, my n***as
Ridin' in the hoop, doin' like 5, my n***as
Tryna duck the 5, my n***as
[Verse 2]
Out there on the grind, take a 9 for a dime
Just tryna get mine, my n***a
Lookin' back, I was out my mind
How the f** did I find time to try to write rhymes, my n***a?
Crab n***as tryna pull you down
Know how hard it is to climb, my n***a?
Let a n***a shine, my n***a
I'm finna cop the coupe and I'm rippin' off the roof
Whenever the sun shine, my n***a
My n***a, we talkin' 'bout me
Before the record deals, dealin', tryin' not to get a record
Boy we got it crackin' on that hill
n***as cracked but I ain't squeal
I've always been real, for the record
Damn right I made it, you n***as gon' take it how you take it
But no if/ands, all the b**hes are bu*t naked
You sittin' there hatin'
I'm standin' here shakin' the dice, we out Vegas
[Hook]
You mad, I'm like, "Why, my n***as?"
I was like you, barely gettin' by, my n***as
Barely gettin' by, my n***as
Ridin' in the hoop, doin' like 5, my n***as
Tryna duck the 5, my n***as
New n***as try to give me dap, but I just duck the 5, my n***as
[Verse 3]
When I was just startin', they was just watchin'
Friendship, I can't justify, my n***as
It's just us, yup, just me and my n***as
Cups up, f**ed up, we some wild n***as
Y'all n***as is lame, it's a shame
You change the way you look at things
The things you look at'll start to change
[Hook]
You blamin' me? Why, my n***as?
You mad, I'm like, "Why, my n***as?"
I was like you, barely gettin' by, my n***as
Barely gettin' by, my n***as
Ridin' in the hoop, doin' like 5, my n***as
Tryna duck the 5, my n***as
Tryna duck the 5, duck n***as