[VERSE 1]
94 Escort detachable face
Put some tens in the trunk
Just to step up the ba**
A n***a got shot in the face
Cuz he thought he could play
With the paper that my cousin made
From scrapin' that plate
He Shavin' that flake
On dining room table. fine china
On my school break
Minor in the Carolinas
Runnin' with them crooks
How could I defy mama
I was flyin' reckless
Like a suicide bomber.Yeah
Smart kid, Murderous city
But I never ran I walked
I ain't Diddy
Struggle lost some friends and mourned
It ain't pretty
Cuz them bullets simply mean you gone
And that's history
No Scooby Doo mystery
If you knew me then you seen
I was barely 16 tippin' strippers at the key
Before she blessed me with them keys
Hoppin' in and out of V's
Popular jonny in my hood
Was a chevy celebrity, Yeah
Rell,Dris,Shiz, Maine and Zaad
Or me and Dez on foot
Leavin' 61st and Pine
Seen my n***a chip
Burner sittin' in his palm
Was about to let us have it
Til' he noticed Dez walk
sh** we laugh about ain't funny
Side effects of growin' up
In a city that's seldom sunny
Short n***a no devito
Hoes strokin' my ego
Cuz them garments on my back
Had em' thinkin' I pushed Kilos
Ralph Lauren,Versace and Moschino
Iceberg, tees cost me a c-note
See I just started from two parents working hard
To provide a better living but the bottom wasn't far
I was listenin' to rappers
Pictured me in foreign cars
But that Ford Escort was the closet she could afford
Yeah It got us where we need to go
She yellin' Cussin' when I ain't return her vehicle
n***a still in highschool comin' home at 2
Young and reckless out this muuuf**a
f** was I todo
Cuttin' cla** f**in' b**hes
Hopin' mama wouldn't catch me
If she did, then I'm skatin' on thin ice like Gretzky
No Company or wheels for the weekend
f** That, went in her pocket book tweakin'
Remember it like yesterday
The first day she bought it
Big smile on her face
The first time she drove it
I enrolled then dropped out
Then enrolled again
She was proud
Tossed me the keys like it's yours now
[Mom's voice]
"What you gonna do with it"
[Falyon]
Ride Out