August Alsina - Testify (Testimony album) lyrics

[Verse 1 ] I remember waking up Being broke but still it wasn't breaking us I remember why I broke the rules Cause I ain't really have nobody to look up to I remember cutting cla** and being bad Cause I ain't have what them other kids had I remember wishing that I knew my dad Then I remember wishing I could get him back For every night that he told me he was coming and he didn't For every single dollar that my mama and 'nem was missing' For every thing I wanted and was told I couldn't get it And that I had to face it that my daddy was addicted (damn) That's right it wasn't easy growing up Mama was exposing us to life as she knew it So we all went through it I remember being down and out, sleeping on my homies couch In & outta trouble ever since my mama put me out [Bridge] Damn it's getting real, Damn it's getting real Didn't graduate, I'm thinking damn I gotta deal So I hit da block, selling rocks just to eat a meal So I grabbed da Glock, kept it co*ked, Peace is being Still [Verse 2] In the back of the tracks, my n***a's stayed wit da packs And if a n***a was scheming, my brotha stayed with the gat Yea, yea we stayed in da trap, yea everyday in da trap These ho was chasing the cheese, so we would stay wit the rat's And we was riding down, dipping low, I stayed in da back In the X5 stunting, we ain't know how to act Spending money like it's nothing, cause we gone get it back 17 never thought that I'd be getting them racks Had a dream but I said I wasn't f**ing wit that Mel told me I would make it, I ain't f**ing wit that But he told me that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try Hardest thing out in New Orleans never see 25 [Verse 3] Right then I woke up, broke out, told my n***a's had to roll out Moved to the A and got motivated,that inspiration don't run out Heard my brother got gunned down and it hurt me to my heart So I kept grinding, I kept pushing, he told me to go far So I can't stop at no crib, can't stop at no car Gotta, Keep, Going, Like there ain't no tomorrow So I'm going hard everyday Till I got nothing to say Nothing can stand in my way I gotta stay, to show my n***a's a different way (waayyy) [Hook] Imma tell the truth and the whole truth Cause there ain't no need to lie And I ain't tryna keep it all inside So I gotta Testify For you and I , I Testify (X4) I Testify, I Testify