[Verse 1]
Violent environment changed the kid without acknowledgment
Called em bad a** so much thought it was a compliment
n***as that he hung with, ain't worried bout no scholarship
Instead of steering away from danger, they do the opposite
Victim of his environment
Hitting licks and doing d** in order make a cent
If you hang around something so long you keep the scent
Now do that make sense gotta hop over that fence
I bet the gra** look greener, desserts taste sweeter
Ballin' like seniors when you driving in ya beamer
So I made a choice to get up out my situation
I touched down in Florida, feel like a vacation
Working part time, going to school, life alright
I'm looking up at the stars thinking bout my flight
To Jacktown, where a youngin' was raised
My momma told me there would be brighter days
So I made a decision to get out my neighborhood
And do something with my life that would bring good
I never really follow my own advice
But this time I woulda made the same decision twice
[Hook]
I ain't never giving up, I done sacrificed too much
There ain't no way I'mma quit
I got so much on my mind, they wanna see me fall
But these haters can't tell me sh**
There ain't no way im staying at the bottom (x4)
[Verse 2]
Life's a b**h with nice curves that we wanna feel
I don't love materialism but I love the feel
All you know at the bottom is
M.O.B., M.O.E. smashing P.Y.T. till you d-i-e
Effects of the environment
System got us trapped man f** the government
That's why they say you gotta use ya brain to get out
Got em thinking damn man is he really from the south
I'm in a new state, but still know where I come from
When these songs drop, streets burning like napalm
I don't get bothered by haters opinion
Saying things hoping my mom don't pay attention
Maybe if she judge me I'll second guess my intentions
Same mindset that keep me out of school detention
Looking back on how much I changed since I was younger
Gotta make it out the bottom shout out to my brothers
[Hook]