Rob Fury - Decade lyrics

[Verse 1] Go back when I was five, eighty five, west Garfield Park, Maypole Ave, down the streets watching cars peel Pop had 3 jobs, down he was holding it Made sure we was fed, while his shoes had holes in it The family, three sisters and me Mom and Dad, and my Auntie Annie Wife of my dad's brother, but she was a widow Never remarried, she saw us as her kids tho Pop couldn't work no more, the course is rough Moms and auntie took the reins and supported us For me it was simple, TV, kid attractions Michael Jackson, had me practicing backspins Moms worked magic, she became a genie too Fed seven of us with ingredients for two Outside, grown folks used to rock new fits And never had a job, so I wondered how they do it I never was a street cat, never had to hug the strip The older dudes, always kept me from the sh** Said I was smart, need to stick to books And don't dabble in the streets cause you don't wanna get hooked Dad wanna move us, the hood filled with bullsh** Every single night, sounds of sirens and bullets North side, Albany Park is what's next for him In the alleys shooting canicas with the Mexicans Heard NWA, Straight Outta Compton Not that big on rap but this was popping Moved again, West Rogers Park and it was on then Shout to Danny Floyd, he put me on to Common 'Round the same time, I was getting into trouble For all sorts of sh**, ended up in handcuffs too As a teenager, I thought I was a true Mack But got curved by pretty hoes cause I had food stamps b**hes ain't sh**, word to Chronic, true dat But Buckshot, "Who got tha props" made me choose rap Trying to show the homies, the sh** that I'm on My escape was writing down my thoughts in rhyme form Finna enter high school, ima end here fam This is my story, in a ten year span Decade [Chorus] Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh, And we go...... I know where I'm at now, take it back to day one Can't know where to go, if you forget where you came from Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh..... and we go!!! [Verse 2] Lemme rewind to nine-five, Mather high, cypher sh** I had to show everbody that I could spit More than a notebook and what I had jot in it I had to rock with it, spit off the top with it From the golden era, you don't wanna battle rap him Money shot your b**h and use your shirt if I don't have a napkin But back to benches, I had to represent if I want heads to take a brown kid serious Tried ta be a DJ, breakbeat scratch and cut But that ain't go nowhere, cause I was trash as f** Nine-seven, got booted out, I was drunk and high too Kicked outta high school, so now, what do I do Couldn't hold a job, I got fired from all of em Watched my mother cry, when she saw the d** call her son Tried school again, to prove what I could do then Ended up in Truman, spit bars, giving contusions Met dudes I was cool with, became crew with To this day they my brothers, it extends beyond music And ah, lemme tell you how I changed my fate 'fore cancer took Annie Ray, she said to be somethin great So in memory of her I'ma try and get knowledge And be the first man in my family tree to see college Tryna prove em wrong, those who always doubt the kid All of them teachers who said I won't amount to sh** Dropped an EP, trying to get my name out But crabs in a bucket, had to go the hate route Said get in where you fit in, but I was stuck somewhere between the nerds and the bangers Spit words filled with danger First album dropped in the stores on consignment Shout to everybody who would buy it Keep pushin the name as the watch would tick But had to shift focus as my pops got sick He took a permanent vacation, the one above callin' Got me questioning God like why the f** would you call him? Boo I was with seemed like she understand me So I made her family, but gotdamn me She caved under pressure, did her thing with another Punk muthaf**a who I thought was my brother Haven't even mourned dad, sh** gets ridiculous Now I'm signing papers for irreconcilable differences And we in '05, so lemme end here man This is my story in a ten year span Decade [Chorus] Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh, And we go...... I know where I'm at now, take it back to day one Can't know where to go, if you forget where you came from Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh..... and we go!!! [Verse 3] So we in '05 and it's filled wit some more sh** Moms getting sicker, she's diagnosed quick Bills stackin up, and it's all on me Tryna handle business, it all falls on me Dropped a mixtape which was dope, buzz comin back Shout to Mike Slugs, homeboy hooked me up with that Album number 2, GP, we done recording it Getting ready to drop but the road has a fork in it Rob Fury who's my partner in crime He had a baby girl, so for him it's father time So how do I expect him to perform to form When he's busy being a dad to a brand newborn And the sound changed, new heads running it No disrespect but I just couldn't f** with it Bills getting higher, wages getting garnished Small money from rap, had to focus on this job sh** On a different note, got snakes I gotta deal with I almost erased that b**h on some real sh** My whole mind consumed wit spite and revenge it's Got me kinda antsy, like a hype off syringes So I just pretend it's not me, feeling it But I'm getting sicker, not sure how to deal with it To me it was big, though I'm sure there's harder issues So those I know see me, smiles been artificial I became a hermit, hiding from everybody Wanna break the mirror, get away from everybody Made some new friends, saw it as a new beginning But it's full circle, some of what's new is ending Doc kept me medicated, said it'll help the guy Dark cloud over my head, but can't tell you why Kept it all inside me, everyone dumbfound Think about it, y'all ain't see me after sundown Tried to take myself away, failed when I tried though Musta been a sign, god knows something I don't Broke to my sister, all she could do is cry though Like I ain't think about her kids, why I wanna die for Either I take control, or it controls me Gotta get rid of them, they don't own me Sometimes they creep, ain't as easy as it sounds But we here now we just gotta beat it to the ground [Chorus] Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh, And we go...... I know where I'm at now, take it back to day one Can't know where to go, if you forget where you came from Ohhhhhh Ohhhhhh..... and we go!!!