Talking: You know everybody got that one person that they They get game from when you know theys n***as These vochers out here try to steer you in the wrong direction and I learned a lot from my daddy, my grandma, and my grandpa but A lot of the sh** my mama told me gone always stick you feel me? Hook: My mama always told me Don't ever ask for no hand outs Cause the moment You got the haNd out Is the second they cut yo hand off So i learned to hold mine yal I learned to be strong yal Cause all i get is me And all you got is you See i learn from regret I learn from pain I learn from stress I learned from my mama So i learned from the best Yeah i learned from best And im learning every day How to forgive mistakes How sh** cut you so deep That it never goes away And how to make amends And with yo fake a** friends And not how to always judge a n***a On rather he got some ends but Bridge: My mama always told me Its stuck in my mind Dont ever ask for no hand outs She say that sh** all the time Thats why im all on my grind Ain't no n***a on my mind Im chasing my dreams now Like im running all out of time My mama had dreams , my grandma did too And u sacraficed it for me So im living mine for you Hook: My mama always told me Don't ever ask for no hand outs Cause the moment You got the haNd out Is the second they cut yo hand off So i learned to hold mine yal I learned to be strong yal Cause all i get is me And all you got is you Verse: I looked myself in the mirror i told myself I best i was the best I wrote it down, thought about it Den i watched it manifest From a word , to a thought, to an action in the flesh Now its never a debate when i ask em who the best I got a potiential Bigger than my eyes can even see So i never feel uncomfortable when they lookin at me Cause its gone take a million eyes Just for muf**as can see That im the one numeral uno These they all tryna be Bridge: My mama always told me Its stuck in my mind Dont ever ask for no hand outs She say that sh** all the time Thats why im all on my grind Ain't no n***a on my mind Im chasing my dreams now Like im running all out of time My mama had dreams , my grandma did too And u sacraficed it for me So im living mine for you Hook: My mama always told me Don't ever ask for no hand outs Cause the moment You got the haNd out Is the second they cut yo hand off So i learned to hold mine yal I learned to be strong yal Cause all i get is me And all you got is you Verse: I remember my grams last stretch How she laid there and told me about her whole life But the moment she took her last breath Was the moment I realized it was a whole lie Cause honestly i never was there and hell i can't remember I use to have to hear them stories from my mama's sister Of how she always gave to charity and always took care of me And what im doing? too busy worried about them pair of 3's of jay's to come out But one thing i heard that she said "boy dont worry bout them shoes, i know to you they might seem all new But the ones thats used show what you been through (been through in life) Translations f** a hand out cause them hand outs never depicts a mans trail Or tribulation so f** it im on my own and when im to my last breath i hope my son hear this song fareal Hook: My mama always told me Don't ever ask for no hand outs Cause the moment You got the haNd out Is the second they cut yo hand off So i learned to hold mine yal I learned to be strong yal Cause all i get is me And all you got is you