[Verse 1: Bo Deal] As a youngin I was good, my momma worked 2 jobs to get us out the hood My auntie used to keep me, she was gangsta like you should And she would whip my a** every chance that she could So I rebelled, started fighting back was the only f**ing key there sh** ain't never good getting beat on by a female I used to cry, go and feed my fish I used to pray, telling god I can't live like this My older cousins used to get me, showed me what the streets bout Til they let a older n***a come and knock my teeth out Damn, I ain't going started fighting back I was on my own got a pocket knife I'm striking back My momma found out and moved up north That's when I got worse, met a bunch of project boys So we started robbing n***as making project noise We was vice lords living round all them boys My daddy came around once tried to tell me I was f**ing up I ain't seen your a** in 10 years homie don't f** with us Told him to beat it like MJ I'm in deep I ain't give a f** bout what him say I'm in the streets, me and Valentine, BFN, Whiteboy Lil One and ? roam through the hood all night boy Work reach the D i was on the team, we got it in
Only n***as in the whole neighborhood that rep the field But the Spanish folks tried to take they block back That's when n***as started to drop, shots ? We was riding, ? nothing Every lick we hit we like f** work we buying guns I ain't sell no dope, I robbed dope n***as Sat back and scope n***as later on ? n***as I caught a robbery and got probation, 90 days later shoot out, got caught with a bag Now I'm in the joint waiting to get out So I could do it better 5 star, ? Chief felt I could do whatever I'm back down got a ugly background But I gotta get paid, I got work and got down Ten bands a day, you n***as hearing me? 8 months later I'm popped, drug conspiracy Now I'm back off in a cell for pushing dope mane 8 years, decent exchange with Mr dope game n***as saying they gone knock me off, I came home ain't a motherf**er touched this boss I'm 6"4 but I got Fos whipping, when I came home them the n***as that rode with me Now I got the whole city locked down f** what a n***a say A n***a to this f**ing day will k** you if you in the way Let a n***a rap and write these rhymes I'm getting legal money tell they all this life of mine