Fredro Starr - The Ups And Downs lyrics

See, I was born in the 70's I learned what life is about in the 80's and sh** you know I've learned my lesson And I don't even know where the 90's went Oh sh** Yo, 4 18, 71, a mother second child, mother's first son Daddy on the run, sippin on that rum Growing up on my house son, was nothing like run It was me, nicky and my mother She used to roll weed on michael jackson album cover Smokin with a younger brother His name was uncle jean, first gun I ever seen First thug I ever seen From then yo I had a dream Lazy boy from was playing in the couch Everyday she scream and shout she gonn kick this n***a out The sweetest sh** get deep, hit my mama I tried to stab him in his slip Caught attempt murder charge, I was only 9 A young brooklyn n***a, thinking with a hustler mind At the supermarkets, packing bags for change But you can't buy nikes with bags of change These nickels and dimes ain't adding up Plus my mama had 2 jobs, she had a rush Late the boy had asthma, I had to pump I was tired of being broke, man I had enough I went from good to bad, from bad to worse Now I'm at the supermarket, snatching up purse Hanging out with the open crowds, they was always loud But no doubt, I hold it down like the ... [Hook] I done been there, done that, been back, seen it all I ain't really care, I never had something called my own Life in the streets got a way of coming round Through the ups and the downs, the ups and the downs yeah Through the ups and the downs Through the ups and the downs There was a ...between, that mean nobody home Pops in the streets, he was a rollin stone So I took to the streets, I was all alone I was raised on the corner by the payphone In high-school, all I'm aging it was getting high I kicked out the house, cause all that hold was a lie I stood up to him, I looked up in his eyes I'm only 17 and I'm already his size I looked up to the hustlers chaz in particular He hustled on the block for extra curricular This cold was k**in him, but nothing like ... But I ain't seen chaz man since the feds picked him up A young n***a tryina find my way in life By myself on the block almost every day and night Tryina face my fears, I was running scared Runnin in the streets but real, no one was there Some n***as do anything for d** And truth is known for taking everything you love Money, cars, souls, and everything above I put that on my life and everything I love See I was born in the world feet first I heard the beat so I wrote a deep verse Tell me what you get when you leave the earth Nothing, just your face on a t shirt [Hook] I done been there, done that, been back, seen it all I ain't really care, I never had something called my own Life in the streets got a way of coming round Through the ups and the downs, the ups and the downs yeah Through the ups and the downs Through the ups and the downs