[NOM]
It's 97 and we, living in that city house
And know it's kind of sh**ty sounding, but to me it's so astounding
Memories of my mother's saying the sweetest things
She'd wake me up for school and she'd tell me that I'll be a king
And I know, I know it wasn't always easy
But you kept the table full, and Power Rangers on the TV
Never greedy, all the f**ing lengths you went to feed me
Probably sell your own arms just to never see me needy
And believe me, I was too clean in the summer time
Daddy working double time, just to get my number 9's
And if it meant working on the Labor Day
It seems he always made a way to make my f**ing natal day
Remember we were parlay, through a pissy hallway
On the fall day to celebrate like, all day
And in my mind I see it so vividly
Just daddy, and little me, such powerful imagery
A wonderful memorie
Cause I remember well, the first time I ever hit a L
Just trying to free my mind from a mental state of living hell
See I was planning on living well
A young teen with a dream breaking free of his parental shell
I'm with my n***as, four deep in a garage
Playing Cudi on the phone, as we're living a mirage
Just feeling like we had the world right in our palms
Doing sh** that had the more heads reciting out songs
But now I'm righting my wrongs when I'm writing these songs
Hoping my vision get the younger n***as psyched when I'm gone
Cause see, my only plan is to inspire a squire
But my n***as and some fool in a tire before I get old, expire or retire
See I got it all planned out, don't need a hand out
I'm just trying to stand out
And in my mind, I see it so vividly
Even if they belittled me, they could never get rid of me
Such powerful imagery