[Chorus:] Nas said everything was real Pac said every thug have forgiveness Swear I live my life through these lyrics Nobody tell me different I'm grown now, I'm on my own now I'm from the same town Biggie held the 4 pound Where Jay had the mouth full of gold now New York City don't you even come around Nas said everything was real Pac said every thug have forgiveness Swear I live my life through these lyrics Nobody tell me different [Verse 1:] d**h could be easy cause life hard I feel Biggie pain when he sold raw This rap sh** is more like a gift and a curse Drinking all of this lean taking all of these percs How Ima tell my daughter that I rap and grandma work that don't make no sense Ima have to go to my old ways, when I was selling crack in the hallways And this mac could turn your braids to a bald head And I was raised when it's beef I want them all dead My pops don't make me no better, 53 on the run he was gone since November Can't tell me what my pain is, or what my pain was, we ain't the same cuz These n***as wasn't raised like me or knew what the struggle was All I had was this music and these f**ing d** [Chorus:] Nas said everything was real Pac said every thug have forgiveness Swear I live my life through these lyrics Nobody tell me different I'm grown now, I'm on my own now I'm from the same town Biggie held the 4 pound Where Jay had the mouth full of gold now New York City don't you even come around Nas said everything was real Pac said every thug have forgiveness Swear I live my life through these lyrics Nobody tell me different [Verse 2:] For love for love where you from south side son They nothing nice since Instagram can't wear nothing twice The era if you loving a b**h you getting no likes And n***a if you don't got no money you got no ice (you not lit) These n***as turn to b**hes now they gossip He got, he got that and he got this It's different n***a if he got clapped if he got bricks 90s baby crazy them 80s go retarded From the era where we k** him if he talking We k**ed him then we park him Face shot n***a closed coffin This era's not real, n***as don't beef no more This era's not real, n***as on computers now I can't keep still, these percs got me twitching and lean got me slowing and this loud got me going If the gun concealed police pull me over Ima shoot act real Ima shoot a cop like Pac, I swear to God [Chorus:] Nas said everything was real Pac said every thug have forgiveness Swear I live my life through these lyrics Nobody tell me different I'm grown now, I'm on my own now I'm from the same town Biggie held the 4 pound And Jay had the mouth full of gold now New York City don't you even come around Nas said everything was real Pac said every thug have forgiveness Swear I live my life through these lyrics Nobody tell me different