[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 Drugs 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