Meek Mill - Believe Me lyrics

[Hook: Dave Patten] Oh man I wish I knew, I wish I knew it then But I don't let it stop me you know I'll be back again All the mistakes I've made, trouble that I've been in It shaped me into the person you see standin here I wish you knew me back when I was young You could see me, and just how far I've come So don't judge me, you don't know me Please, oh yeah believe me [Verse 1: Meek Mill] Yeah Up to third grade it was all A's, Fourth and fifth grade was the hard days Detention and suspension was an always, by the time high school it was the hall ways Them Was the wish I had a car days, Cause all the stewards that was trapping they was all payed And we was all broke, that's when the law broke Cops catch us wouldn't say a word like our jaw broke Picture me back then, Look at me right now Preforming in front of twenty thousand on the mic now I caught a couple cases ,I had to pipe down Was living in the dark I'm in the light now You grind hard, then you shine harder I'm going hard like my last name Carter, Dwayne, Sean, and Vin Who'll play my life if I be born again [Hook: Dave Patten] O man I wish I knew,I wish I knew it then But I don't let it stop me you know I'll be back again All the mistakes I've made,trouble that I've been in It shaped me into the person you see standing here I wish you knew me back when I was young You could see me, and just how far I've come So don't judge me, you don't know me Please o yeah believe me [Verse 2: Dave Patten] Yeah - Don't have to listen to me, you don't have to believe a single word I say No, that's what my mother told me, still I went out and learned everything the hard way And I've been crying, no no, I've been crying', no no O yeah, she told me to grow up, I grew up and stood up now each day I move up again I got a minute to say what I want, trying to make for everything that I've done wrong But that made me who I am, and if I broke your heart, well I'm sorry again [Hook: Dave Patten] Oh man I wish I knew,I wish I knew it then But I don't let it stop me you know I'll be back again All the mistakes I've made,trouble that I've been in It shaped me into the person you see standing' here I wish you knew me back when I was young You could see me, and just how far I've come So don't judge me, you don't know me Please, oh yeah believe me [Verse 3: Meek Mill] Thinking' back when I was in the trap Without a dollar to my name, I wasn't thinking rap n***as say I change, ask what I think of that I say change for the better, I'm never thinking' back I should be a power forward sh**ting' so much I think my toilet outta order Take 'em out the box they like a fish up out the water But me, I'mma survive, put that on my Ma swear to God How you gonna win when you never try I can see my future like I'm living in a mirage Everyday I'm living' life like I could never die Old clothes in my closet, new whips in my garage New chick in my bedroom, old chick by my side New watch on my wrist saying this is my time So don't judge me, just love me Their is nothing' above me My future so pretty, say God don't like ugly [Hook] O man I wish I knew,I wish I knew it then But I don't let it stop me you know I'll be back again All the mistakes I've made,trouble that I've been in It shaped me into the person you see standing here I wish you knew me back when I was young You could see me, and just how far I've come So don't judge me, you don't know me Please o yeah believe me