Verse 1 I was born son of Barbara, sibling of james Had a twin but he lived for eighteen days Left his grade of his it's wavy here One died in ways I ?? fairly here They said my first word was mother I'm the eigth of nine brothers Five sisters, three years behind each other I'm already thuggin', cursin' squeezin' titties And I ain't even five yet I'm still a pygmy Verse 2 I was brought up in the county of kings, first of four One went to heaven early, natural cause Only sister that I had pa**ed when I was small Still hurts, It's kinda hard to discuss with y'all PS-150 where we used to ball, stick ball, soop hall, we played it all Brownsville wrecksing where the game be rough Vandycke, in the hall where my mother ga**ed him with stalls Hook It's like days is shorter nights is gettin' longer I know whatever don't k** me only makes me stronger I'm from the ghetto so I know about pain and hunger Got n***as in the system doing foot for numbers Just for livin' life they had to sacrifice So who am I to try to judge n' say it's wrong or right All that I can do is ball and pray this song is tight Live the day for those who never made it through the night Verse 3 St Marks Ave, between vanderbilt and clawson Ps-9 me and my ree slap boxin' School yard bully used to rock with little noonies Big boss k**ed himself d**h was introduced to me Then my brother junior drowns in the pool ?? temperament, ?? cloud won't move Now let's talk about me and my knock out punch I'm servin' as a teen i'll be back in 18 months Verse 4 When I was young D sect put me on to the game It's only one megatron and we reppin' his name Seth low houses was the place I was raised From the fourteenth foor the hood looked like a maze From my room window, I can see the empire state When My moms cooked fish, I cleaned the entire plate Seemed like everyday, my pops got on my case A n***as life wasn't rosy when my mind got strained Hook Verse 5 High school GQ, not me It's champ??, black boots, fatigues 40oz Old E, skunk weed Violate like you sweet, ya bleed Just lost my first chick got hit by a bus Found out she was pregnant continuing us What about luck I'm boxing top of my weight I'm rhymin, doin' college one gotta wait All of the weight I carry for my nephews and fam' But the roads that I take make me the man that I am Verse 6 I heared love lasts forever that's what grandma said 2Pac got murdered, plus Big Poppa dead I can't lie I never thought i'd be a rapper kid I can't deny this industry be on some ugly sh** I lost a lot of close friends that I was brothers with We still brothers, but some brothers I don't be f**in' with Hook