[Verse 1] So mommy why you talking to me? And daddy why you talking to her? The dealer dropped it in the sewer And daddy told them get to moving My adolescence ain't no movie I'm from the hood but was perusing Something bit higher was a shoo in Was sure to score like patrick ewing Smell fire light like Jedi Ewan When he be pulling sabers you is Not too accustomed to this living Neither am I but I can live with Conditions that they make us live in I see the denizens so livid But even with this they solicit The city is why I'm explicit I learned this sh** you couldn't miss it Heard all them shots and hope they're missing Don't want my homies to go missing I saw that heat just like an Ifrit That's why I breathe instead of clipping Don't want my funeral attended Before I'm 80 like the section That could be Tammy maybe Keisha Pay no attention and they beat you You ride in a hearse or ride the flow you Don't have too many options... [Hook] I'm out of place I'm losing face, and I can't stand straight Intoxicated by evil Just trying to escape But my surroundings don't allow it So when guns bang If I'm the shooter then understand I was trying to leave (x3) [Verse 3] After that I was a patient Was strung out Was trying fade The memories of that place I found it in deprivation My cognitive deviation Created the stimulation That had me like inhalation Of substances you could take To ensure I fade away Was living for yesterday Was always stuck in my ways Was hiding my true face I wear the mask in this place...