[Intro: XV]
I grew up 'round broken homes and picket fences
(It's a twister, It's a twister)
I grew up 'round gettin' money and gettin' b**hes
(Doesn't anybody believe me?)
[Hook: XV]
I grew up 'round broken homes and picket fences
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round gettin' money and gettin' b**hes
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round broken homes and picket fences
Not yellow roads and wicked witches (That's right!)
I grew up 'round gettin' money and gettin' b**hes (Unh)
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
[Verse 1: XV]
Welcome to the city of poker faces the Land of Bluffin' (unh)
Hoes jump in relationships to land a husband (yeah)
In the plains with plain b**hes and gang bangers (right)
I'm in the crib turning the closest to plane hanger
When n***as don't fight fair when they fight here (unh)
You gotta fight fear every night in your nightmares
But when the sunshine, we outside in the nice air
In a nice chair, watching planes fly by here
We on a mission cause these dreams we envision
Are bigger than the vicinity that we decide to live in
So guys wanna be fly and girls wanna be fly
So moving from these confines is the only decision (right)
Trying to find my future through rhymes I'm reminiscing
Of the empty buildings and roads for wicked witches
Numbers from pretty b**hes at North Rock gettin' digits (right)
Going the Quik Trip when n***as is quick to trippin'
You get it?
[Hook 2: XV & Bruce Meanz]
I grew up 'round broken homes and picket fences (yeah)
Not yellow roads and wicked witches (uh-huh)
I grew up 'round gettin' money and gettin' b**hes (yeah)
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round harlots that get lifted
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up around psychos that handle business
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
[Verse 2: Bruce Meanz]
Music's my sanctuary, man born in February
Fill the air with carbon monoxide, cigs and Mary
My archives view from my city, barley pity
To rap this way, the sky's pick my, made me gritty
My grind harder, what has built me, gon' be silly
When I show sk**s, it's to remove myself from all you gimmicks
I can't be cynic, into winning
I gotta clean my image or else I won't be able to get it
This ain't a scrimmage, time is ticking, it's my turn to kick in
I'm burning incense, the Blair Witches blunt, I'm hitting
Drop out of school because the way I learned was hella different
These textbooks made me bias towards what was missing
I rap like it was religious, Russell Simmons
Playing games with no angle finish, it's from raw dimensions
Sharing beautiful existence
Competition got us all angry at each other trying to hold position
[Hook 2: Bruce Meanz & XV]
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round harlots that get lifted
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round psychos that handle business
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round broken homes and picket fences
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
I grew up 'round gettin' money and gettin' b**hes
Not yellow roads and wicked witches
[Bridge: Chris Barnett II]
(Everything gonna be different after we die. We ain't gonna be hungry
Ain't gonna be pain, ain't gonna be suffering. Won't go through this again. After we die. After we die, oh wow, oh wow-wow! After we die it's all gonna be good. Have all the money we need after we die. Have all the food we need after we die. Have a nice house like the rich folk, after we die. After we die, after we die, we can live like [?] after we die hallelujah!)
I grew up around kids battling cancer
Who knew that chemo-therapy ain't a definite answer
But now I'm a grown man, stay on my feet
For the sole purpose to black out on the beat
[Verse 3: Chris Barnett II]
My mother, aunt, uncle, and grandparents under that same roof
Raised in the generation that's capable to raise you
We ain't have the best of the best, homie we made due
We don't waist food and if you ate, you should be grateful
Saturday at Barry Sanders, football in the snow
Biggest rivalry in the city, Bulldogs and the Coats
Only gotta a season in before cancer got in the way
I wanted to walk again, then I had to give up my legs
Now I'm Diddy boppin' I'm not limpin'
We march to the beat of a drum but chy'all don't hear it
Cause mine is different and I won't deny it
You though Hip Hop was your ally, you just adopted it
I was born in it and molded by it
I grew up around kids battling cancer
Who knew that chemo-therapy ain't a definite answer
But now I'm a grown man, stay on my feet
For the sole purpose to black out on the beat
[Outro: Charles Barnett II]