R.A.W. "Take A Listen" (Lyrics Copyrighted) [Hook: R.A.W.] I was scrappin' for 10 cent when ya'll was pullin' dimes And my only option to eat was pullin' nines I learned you gotta stay strong through the bad times Everyone's gotta story so take a listen to mines Take a listen, to how my only hope was being hopeless Dreamed of being the dopest, woke up being the brokest Take a listen, to how my life was shattered All alone in this world thinkin' I didn't matter, Take a Listen [Verse 1: R.A.W.] To how being a part of life's roller coaster ride Made me excited when I got to close my open eyes To get away from all the pain and visit hopes inside Fantasies, then they disappeared when I awoke to cries Cause I hit the lowest of lows with no doe to get clothes Plus my friends turn to foes when I'm ghost Had a rose that chose to make me the coldest of souls So without takin' out braids I got froze (fro's) from the rose (rows) Now there's ice in my veins from the trife and the pain Invitin' the flames by hangin' wit guys who remain Thinkin' getting high's a game but bibles explain A man's born able (Abel) to end up dying from caine (Kane) My life was insane, all my memories explicitly Highlight the crime life that destiny presented me Not boastin, I'm just chosen to affectively deliver these Testaments of how life was stressin' me mentally [Hook: R.A.W.] I was scrappin' for 10 cent, when ya'll was pullin' dimes And my only option to eat was pullin' nines I learned you gotta stay strong through the bad times Everyone's gotta story so take a listen to mines Take a listen, to how my only hope was being hopeless Dreamed of being the dopest, woke up being the brokest Take a listen, to how my life was shattered All alone in this world thinkin' I didn't matter, Take a Listen [Verse 2: R.A.W.] To how I spent nights as a youth, allignin' the troops Doin' crimes that was used for bites of some food Life was a b**h whose vagina was loose So I guessed she'd never help me tighten my screws That was loosened from using rage as a weapon You could tell by my facial expression or the way I was steppin' The way I was headin' Woulda had me dread the future (Future) like a mile greater than 7 Wit that being said, change was needed So no Novocain was needed to have pains defeated I express pain that's been around since ancient teachings Cause the games the same, just different names is needed To show theirs way to be placed in a fortress Away from hatin' that Satan enforces Cause when my pain was enormous Hair's (Hare's) took a loss fast without racin' a tortoise [Hook: R.A.W.] x2 I was scrappin' for 10 cent, when ya'll was pullin' dimes And my only option to eat was pullin' nines I learned you gotta stay strong through the bad times Everyone's gotta story so take a listen to mines Take a listen, to how my only hope was being hopeless Dreamed of being the dopest, woke up being the brokest Take a listen, to how my life was shattered All alone in this world thinkin' I didn't matter, Take a Listen