Statik Selektah - Didn't Know lyrics

{Verse 1} Used to live in iller conditions With little food in the kitchen My single mother was workin' Im in my Room spittin' writtens Outside the crib people crippin' Gun grippin', smokin & trippin' With children seeing them illin' The future wasn't so vivid I left and hung with the homies He had a pistol he showed me He borrowed it from his Poppa I thought my Poppa ain't know me Cause he was out of the picture meanwhile I'm thinking forget ya, I'm headed back to the crib To perfect my art an get richer OG's knew I rapped and they call me that little n***a I stayed away from the rock but my favorite rapper was Jigga The baddest kid in the school every week I'm gettin' suspended I made a promise to Momma that I would start actin' different And if I did get studio time to record my lyrics That's when I started to listen My homies said I went missin' Forget the streets I'm on beats it's cool but I'm tryna leave Get some green in my family tree and I'm here but I honestly.. {Chorus} Didn't know Didn't know I'd get this green The chicks that used to scream Got me up in they dreams I didn't know Didn't know I'd come out clean The only time the homies see me Is on TV screens I didn't know....(if you don't know) I didn't know....(if you don't know) I didn't know....(if you don't know, now you know, n***a) {Verse 2} I'm back stage at most shows I fit sharp like cholos Got free clothes by the boatloads I keep it blunt, don't smoke though Got more O's and more bros When I was broke I didn't know Chicks round, they strip down For per diem but I let em know [?] be getting my loot, Mama proud Young'n made something out of self, much rent down Called my phone but I'm busy doing shows out of town Tackle tracks and I act, yo I think I'm Jim Brown From the ground to the crown, can't complain Every day the team find a new wifey, who knew we'd marry Janes? Barbarella status, super women that's into action A well known poet flashin when the cameras snappin My gift always been rapping so next Christmas We got checks, and we got checks all on the wishlist Couldn't predict this, from hangin with the wrong audience To running the show, I'm finally livin but in the beginning I didn't know {Chorus}