(Intro) Yo, (C.O.B), Remember when back in the day n***a's didn't wanna go pop? This some pop sh**, f** y'all im going pop Why y'all n***as can't smile, gangsta's can't smile? Shinin' like I'm ten million fireflies If I fall, Crooked I will rise I arrive in the fliest rides Sittin' on wires, the tires wide The process of sh**tin' on you has been finalized But I ain't nobody to idolize They didn't expect this nut to bust in the game But I came by surprise I came from the gutter Now nothin' can stop me from speakin' not even a stutter Nothin' on the bread but bu*ter Nothin' but government cheese in the cupboard I used to hate it but it made me stronger so now I love it Before I was hoppin' in ‘64's Momma was shoppin' in thrift stores, coppin' her kids' clothes Popular kids know little Dominick's piss poor Look now, Dominick Intriago get dough And I still get hara**ed by them Nazi cops That used to chase a lil' n***a when the block was hot Choke me out with a baton, how many rocks you got Then they wonder why we grow up and bust shots with Glocks Go police your own hood, get the f** outta mine Guess you wanna see us dead one thug at a time No food in your fridge inspires a hustler's grind Watchin' your Momma cry over bills will f** with your mind Started runnin' with some armed robbin' home invaders Them rich folks, they took a look at the chrome and paid us The whole ghetto was criminals, it was so contagious When in Rome, look at what becoming Roman made us Dark-hearted, I just hit a lick Then I hopped in the whip and couldn't get the car started Them n***as that I robbed, they gathered up their guns They came out shootin', I wasn't a hard target Shots came rippin' through the metal and gla** The engine cranked, I ducked, hit the petal and smashed Bullet holes in the front, bullet holes in the rear I jumped out without a scratch, guess I'm supposed to be here I'm thinkin' my mother's prayers probably kept me alive God let me come out the car, coulda left me inside But, uh, sometimes I wonder why he let me survive Especially since so many done met a deadly demise Damn, prolly to tell the world my million-dollar story When it come to lyrics, the sh** that you spittin' kinda corny Your written's kinda bore me I'm raisin' the bar from n***a's who were spittin' hot before me f** getting' the Top 40 I'm magic on the mic, every verse you hear is voodoo I'ma Gang Starr n***a, the world premier Guru I'm still a pimp; your girl her rear coo-coo Come here take off that La Pearl bra**iere boo-boo And now you f**in' with a ridah Both started singin' when I stuck the sh** inside ‘em Like (Sings Fireflies Original Hook) [Refrain]