Joell Ortiz - My n***as lyrics

I ain't tryna sh** on y'all n***as I don't want y'all to feel a way I'm just livin', my n***as Tryna make today a better day How can you not feel that, my n***a? I grew up in the 'jects around k**ers MAC-11s, TECs and 9 millis Welfare checks and wild dealers I'm just happy I made it out the slums, my n***a We scrambled over crumbs, my n***a Tried to get fly, to avoid bein' bums, my n***a It's rough where I'm from, my n***a Back block fakin', crack pot shakin' Welcome to the hood, my n***as It's never all good, my n***as They thought I'd be in jail They thought that I'd get high They thought that I would die, my n***as I looked inside my grandmother's eyes Promised her I would try, my n***as [Hook:] Y'all hatin', I'm like, "Why, my n***as?" I was like you, barely gettin' by, my n***as Barely gettin' by, my n***as Ridin' in the hoop, doin' like 5, my n***as Tryna duck the 5, my n***as Out there on the grind, take a 9 for a dime Just tryna get mine, my n***a Lookin' back, I was out my mind How the f** did I find time to try to write rhymes, my n***a? Crab n***as try to grab you down Know how hard it is to climb, my n***a? Let a n***a shine, my n***a I'm finna cop the coupe and I'm rippin' off the roof Whenever the sun shine, my n***a My n***a, we talkin' 'bout me Before the record deals, dealin', tryin' not to get a record Boy we got it crackin' on that hill n***as cracked but I ain't squeal I've always been real, for the record Damn right I made it, you n***as gon' take it how you take it But no if/ands, all the b**hes are bu*t naked You sittin' there hatin' I'm standin' here shakin' the dice, we out Vegas [Hook:] You mad, I'm like, "Why, my n***as?" I was like you, barely gettin' by, my n***as Barely gettin' by, my n***as Ridin' in the hoop, doin' like 5, my n***as Tryna duck the 5, my n***as New n***as try to give me dap, but I just duck the 5, my n***as When I was just startin', they was just watchin' Friendship, I can't justify, my n***as It's just us, yup, just me and my n***as Cups up, f**ed up, we some wild n***as Y'all n***as is lame, it's a shame You change the way you look at things The things you look at'll start to change [Hook:] You blamin' me? Why, my n***as? You mad, I'm like, "Why, my n***as?" I was like you, barely gettin' by, my n***as Barely gettin' by, my n***as Ridin' in the hoop, doin' like 5, my n***as Tryna duck the 5, my n***as Tryna duck the 5, duck n***as