[Intro] I'm from a hard ways of strugglin' Since yesterdays I borrowed out my neighbor's cupboard I can relate to making something out of nothin' Strong filthy rich or at the bottom of the bucket (f** it) [Hook] This nothing feels like something Hear that rumbling in my pit- Empty grumbling stomach That hunger gives me full strength My gut is but a, hole That kept me on my toes My hunger made my heart stone cold The mind set of a Bad Man, me is all I got At times I feel like trash but I always get the drop On any target, n***as talking in front of my slop Oh naw n***a, My hunger make my heart stone cold [Verse 1] Now I want you to picture these pissy streets Where it ain't sh** for free Far from plenty, hope, and a twenty- Get me through the week Hard times and life's a beat That's why I write to beats Like I ain't had a bite to eat Starving for my write to speak My hunger's like... thunder Storming through the tundra Born in this.. Under- World ain't no pearls These baby boys and girls Fightin' for tomorrow Barely make it through the day Too much pride for me to borrow How those thugs felt them strays Well the slugs and shells lay Me against the world I'm outnumbered like bloods in L.A Know this jail time ain't nothing but a drug sale away I never once celebrate cause never once did I make it A n***a never was as broke as me, but I like that Gives me that strength I need to proceed, and get right back On my feet; a full belly couldn't relate So keep my plate out yonder Cause what don't k** me only make me stronger, n***a [Hook] [Verse 2] You listening to the realest sh** I ever wrote My heart revealing feelings I ain't never spoke Sometimes I look up at that ceiling, in the bed I woke And think "well, sh**! Will I make it or be forever broke?" Hell if I know But I ain't never Had a fear of flying It's not me, I know the mechanics y'all its clearly timing How daring I am, wearing iron Stare and Eyeing, this cop is near the diner Like, "You fat f** whenever will your lunch break be over" Imagine one-take Hova, before one too many take-out orders Imagine if Jay-Z, his cake was a bit shorter If his life he couldn't decipher and he had to make some order I'd f** around and get wired to get that fire on a tape recorder Imagine if Nasty still lived where it was nasty No rooms in the Mirage or doing menage's in the back seat's Of cars... Imagine your favorite emcee before a star In his hood kicking bars On his job before that job I'm from the bottom y'all The worst there could ever be Where nurses couldn't better me Felt like a hurst was a better sheet Ain't go to church every week But believe I pray That if I work hard enough I'm gone see my day, aye! Got to jump inside no car Fore my hunger drives me far Rolling bold, heart stone and cold, and they wonder why I'm hard If you underline my yard you'll see the furthest I went Was by a bench Where they strap burners and murder to suspense So, naw don't think the poor soft The riches be We duckin' all the laws, we on them strips and streets Get stripped of peace to bits and pieces sh** about your kicks, your sneaks You get, capeesh Wish to eat! We hungry around here [Hook] [Outro] Ain't got no pot to piss in Nothin' hot in the kitchen Gives me that strength to go on and on and on I'm building my persistence I'm high on opposition My hunger make my heart stone cold