[Verse 1]
What if i told you everything you see you're awake is a mirage?
The reality is in our dreams and you really live in that 4 car garage
You really married to your dream spouse
You really own a big house
This is to all my kids in the struggle everyday
This is to all the hard working immigrants, working 12 hours just to get minimum wage
This is for all the people living on the other side of florence, rosecrans, alameda, gage, avalon and imperial
Who drinkin water for breakfast because they have no milk for their cereal
Some of you think life's a b**h when in reality she's a beautiful woman, call her mother nature
Even though you livin in sunny c-a. it seems like all you see is rain
That sh** can all change, it all starts with you
I used to be get in trouble and hate my dad, too
Ask anybody that knows him, they'll tell you a story or two
Til i realized, he's my only dad, i'll only have
Even though we rocky, hate will eat you alive like poison
You gotta leave the past behind if you ever get further to join em
Finish school, make ends and you gotta realize nobody is really your friend
All you need is yourself, your health and your wealth
You can get yourself out the hood
But nobody can take the hood outta ya, it's understood
Once met an og on the 260, here's what he told me
People talk sh** about the hood, and that's alright, they don't understand the struggle
Cuz all the kids i've met from the hood are the most humble
Thankful for everything, even if it's not much
And your opinion has no effect on them, they can give one
[Verse 2]
I met a homeless man amidst the traffic imperial and atlantic
I was just tryna to live, get to school in no panic
He told me he was clean for a while of the h and the dope
Til he lost his wife on his wedding day, his love was gone, no hope
I swear to god, i think i seen some tears down his cheek
The 260 came, i paid for his fare and his departed on atlantic and whittier
That's when i realized, even though i had hardships, it could be much sh**tier
Not a dime to soul, but his smile glowed and he filled with so much gold
Headphones blaring poe man's dreams blurring out the screams on the bus from these drunk a** teens
One just lost his dad
Throwing their lives away, i used to be like that too and i giggled
Til this guy threw up, pa**ed out and shiveled
Following his dad's footsteps literally and figuratively
Just because it's legal, alcohol is one hell of a drug
If you don't believe me, ask the kids who lost parents because drivers that were drunk
Or liver failure, life as a ba*tard, the driver made him exit the bus