[Intro: Trife Da God]
Uh-huh, whoo, just smoothing it out, right now
My nigga Halloween, we gon' get rich this year, nigga (see)
Sip on this little bit of odor, made brown
Zone out, turn the lights off
Ant boogie, what up? Uh-huh
[Trife Da God]
In the crib, with my wiz, getting my grown man on
Listening to classic soul, with the slow jams on
Smokey Robinson, Tears of a Clown, shedding tears
Popping beers, almost twenty five years in the town
I seen niggaz die off, like dandelions in the fall
Niggaz heard of Chip Banks and left him lying in the hall
Your boy Sandy Brock was ill, like Kobe Bryant with the ball
It's no exceptions, even the biggest giants gotta fall
Cuz we living in denial, but these lessons are vital
When marinating in the slums, you gotta practice survival
Now everybody wants to be next American idol
But these are more than just songs pressed up your vinyl
Being rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna shine
But we all can't green, knahImean?
Being rich is a poor man's dream, and we all wanna shine
But we all can't green...
[Chorus: Solomon Childs]
I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
But I ain't been to many operas
Or had money for private doctors
As harsh it sound, these just a tears of a clown
I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
The message is I'm too strong to hold down
I know the ledge, and I ain't planning to drown
As harsh it sound, these just a tears of a clown
[Trife Da God]
Momma ain't raised no fool, they say we gotta save the children
But first, we gotta save our spoons
I was taught not to waste my food
Even if I didn't like it, every scrap on my plate got chewed
Either you ate, or you didn't eat, the memories are bitter sweet
Used to get teased by my friends, cuz I had bigger feet
I think about them jokes and laugh, crack a smile
Cuz as a child, I never knew that being broke was bad
Growing up I was close to my dad, but that still didn't stop a nigga
From putting that coke in them bags
That was the past, now, I'm riding with the oak in the dash
Got jealous niggaz hating, big time, hoping I crash
I can't blame 'em, and on the same note, I can't change 'em
Let a nigga disrespect my shit, I'm gonna flame 'em
That's word to my son little Jay, my little homey
Ask niggaz how your boy get down, ain't nothing phony
[Chorus]
[Trife Da God]
Yeah, they say two heads are better than one, and in the process
I learned that slow progress, is better than none
That's why I'm still here persuing my goals, baking that bread
In the bakery, if I ain't out, doing no shows
I hit the block, once in a blue, and front with the crew
And show niggaz a good time, by getting drunk in the stud'
Some niggaz find happiness, with a blunt and a brew
They talented niggaz, but they just need something to do
It's kinda hard try'nna look beyond buildings and bricks
We can't condone broken homes, when our children is sick
Try'nna survive off the cereal and milk from the WIC
And all the good ones we got, be getting killed in the mix
He could of been the next Jordan, who knows, the next Emmitt
Young Tiger Woods, or the new Arthur Ashe of tennis
That's why I'm looking past the gimmicks, getting cash with Dennis
Criminal grind, we gonna smash the business
[Chorus]
[Outro:]
Yeah, when you see that big thing pull up
Don't be mad at us, man, be glad, we done made it from the projects
We done came up, Stapleton Houses, man
Straight up, Theodore, Toney Starks Enterprise
Grew Up Hard
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! 12 Reasons to Die 2 Hearts 260 2getha Baby 9 Milli Bros 9 Milli Bros. 9 Milli Bros. 9 Millie Bros 9 MM 9 MM Feat. Wu Tang Clan After The Smoke Is Clear Afterparty Alex Alex (Stolen Script) Alex (Stolen Script) [Clean] All I Got Is You All I See All That I Got Is You An Unexpected Call (The Set Up) Apollo Kids Apollo Kids [DVD][Live] Assassination Day At The Cabana Skit Baby Back Like That Back Like That (Ft. Ne-Yo) Back Like That (Remix) Back Like That (Remix) (Ft. Kanye West And Ne-Yo) Back Like That [Remix] Back Like That [Remix] [*] Back Like That [Remix][*] Back Like That Feat Ne-Yo Back Like That Remix Bad Man Bad Mouth Kid Bad Mouth Kid (Skit) Bamboo's Lament Barbershop Be Easy Be Easy Be Easy (Ft. Trife Da God) Be Easy (Remix) Be Easy [DVD][Live] Be This Way Beat The Clock Beauty Jackson Belt Holders Beware of the Stare Big Girl Biscuits Biscuits (featuring Trife) Biscuits (Ft. Trife Da God) Black Cream Black Jesus Black Out Black Tequila Black Tequila Block Rock Block Rock [Clean] Blood in the Streets Blood on the Cobblestones Blood On The Cobblestones (Snippet) Blue Armor Box In Hand Box In Hand (Remix) Box In Hand"(feat. Raekwon, Method Man Buck 50 Call My Name Camay Camay"(feat. Raekwon the Chef, Cappadonna Cheche La Ghost (Remix) Chechez La Ghost Cher Chez La Ghost Cherchez La Ghost Cherchez LaGhost Cherzchez LaGhost Chez Chez La Ghost Child's Play Child's Play China Town Wars Churchez LaGhost Churchez LaGhost"(feat. Madam Majestic, U-God Clipse Of Doom Clipse of Doom Clispe Of Doom Clothes Off!! [Stress Remix] Cocaine Trafficking Columbus Exchange (Skit) Columbus Exchange (Skit) / Crack Spot Columbus Exchange / Crack Spot Cosmic Crack Spot Stories Criminology Daily News Daytona 500 Daytona 500"(feat. Raekwon the Chef, Cappadonna Death's Invitation Death's Invitation Interlude Do Over Dogs Of War Double Cross Double Cross [Instrumental] Drama Drugz Drummer Emergency Procedure Emergency Procedure [Instrumental] Enemies All Around Me Event Fast Life Fast Life"(feat. Andre Rison Fire Fish Fish (feat. Cappadonna & Raekwon) Fish"(feat. Raekwon, Cappadonna Flowers Flowers"(feat. Method Man, Raekwon the Chef, Super... Forever Game Time Gangsta Shit Get the Money Ghetto Ghetto Ghost & Giacanna Ghost & Giacanna Ghost Deini Ghost Deini"(feat. Superb Ghost Heard It Before Ghost Is Back Ghost Is Back Ghost Showers Ghostface Ghostface Christmas Girls Callin' Girls Callin' Goner Good Good Times Gorilla Hood Gotta Hold On Gotta Hold On [Clean] Greedy B*tches Greedy B*tches [Clean] Greedy Bitches Guest House Guns N' Razors Guns N' Razors Handcuffin' Them Hoes Handcuffin' Them Hoes Heard It All Before Heart Beat Rock Heart Street Directions (Skit) Here I Go Again Here I Go Again [Instrumental] Hidden Darts Hilton Holla Holla (featuring Allah Real) Homicide Homicide [Instrumental] How U Like Me Baby How You Like Me Baby Hustle Hard I Declare War I Love You for All Seasons I'll Be That I'll Die For You I'll Die For You Ice Cream In My Arms In Tha Park In The Parks In The Rain (Wise) In The Rain (Wise)"(feat. The Dramatics Interlude 1 Intro Iron Maiden Iron Maiden"(feat. Raekwon, Cappadonna It's a Thin Line Between Love and Hate It's Over It's Over Jealousy Jellyfish Jellyfish Josephine Josephine [Clean] Juks Keisha's House (skit) Keisha's House Skit Keshia's House Keshia's House Killa Lipstick Killa Lipstick (Ft. Method Man And Masta Killa) Kilo Kilo (Remix) King of New York Kunta Fly Sh Kunta Fly Sh** Kunta Fly Shit Last Night Last Night (Skit) Late Night Arrival Let the Record Spin Let the Record Spin Interlude Let's Stop Playin' Life's a Rebirth Like A Drug Lonely Love Love (Featuring Musiq & K. Fox) Love Don't Live Here No More Love Session Love Session"(feat. Ruff Endz Love Stories Love Stories Feat. Wigs Loyalty Loyalty [Instrumental] Malcolm Mama Man Up Marvel Marvel"(feat. RZA Maxine Maxine (Rmx) Maxine"(feat. Raekwon the Chef Metal Lungies Metal Lungies (Featuring Sheek Louch & Styles P.) Metal Lungies (Featuring Sheek Louch & Styles P) Metal Lungies (Featuring Sheek Louch & Styles ... Mighty Healthy Miguel Sanchez Miguel Sanchez [Clean] Milk 'Em Milk 'em Milk Crates Miss Info Celebrity Drama Skit Momma Motherless Child Motherless Child * Motherless Child"(feat. Raekwon the Chef Ms. Fat Booty 2 Murda Goons Murder Spree My Guitar Never Be The Same Again Never Be The Same Again"(feat. Carl Thomas, Raekwo... No More Rain No No No Not Your Average Girl Nu-di-ty Nutmeg Nutmeg"(feat. RZA Odd Couple On My Knees One One"(feat. T.M.F. Ooh Wee Out Da Way Outta Town Sh*t Outta Town Sh*t [Clean] Outta Town Shit Paisley Darts Paragraphs Of Love Paycheck Paychecks Pieces to the Puzzle Pieces to the Puzzle [Instrumental] Poisonous Darts Poisonous Darts * Pokerface Pokerface Pokerface [Clean] Powerful One Project Soap Operas Purified Thoughts Purified Thoughts Push Push Push Feat.Missy Elliot Push, Push, Push Put It On The Line R.A.G.U. R.A.G.U. [*] Real Niggaz Rec-Room Therapy Resurrection Morning Return of the Savage Return Of Theodore Unit Revenge Is Sweet Rise Of The Black Suits Rise of the Ghostface Killah Rise Up Run Run (Featuring Comp & Jadakiss) Run (Featuring Jadakiss) Run (Ft. Jadakiss) Run (Remix) (Ft. Jadakiss Lil Wayne Raekwon And Fr... Run [Remix] Run 4 Cover Run Remix Saturday Night Saturday Nite Save Me Dear Sensitized Set It Off Shake It for Me Shakey Dog Shakey Dog Starring Lolita She's A Killah Six Degrees Six Degrees (and Badbadnotgood) Slept On Tony Slow Down Slow Down [*] Smith Brothers Speakerphone Special Delivery Remix Stand Up Stand up [Dirty Version] Stand up [Instrumental] Stapleton Sex Starkology Stars Stay Stay True Stay True"(feat. 60 Second Assassin Strawberry Strawberry"(feat. Killa Sin, RZA Street Bullies Street Chemistry Street Opera Street Opera [Clean] Stroke Of Death Stroke Of Death"(feat. RZA, Solomon's Child Struggle Supa GFK Super Model Superstar The Battlefield The Battlefield [Instrumental] The Catastrophe The Center of Attraction The Champ The Champ Remix The Dogs of War The Dogs of War [Instrumental] The Drummer The Faster Blade The Faster Blade"(feat. Raekwon The Forest The Grain The Grain"(feat. RZA The Hilton The Juks The One The Prayer The Rise of the Ghostface Killah The Soul Controller The Soul Controller"(feat. The Force MD's The Splash The Sun The Sun"(feat. Raekwon the Chef, Slick Rick The Sure Shot The Sure Shot (Part One & Two) The Watch Theodore Theodore"(feat. Trife, Twiz Three Bricks Thrilla Together Baby Toney Sigel [Aka Barrel Bros.] Toney Sigel A.K.A. The Barrel Brothers Toney Sigel A.K.A.The Barrel Brothers Tony Sigel Tony Sigel (A.k.a. Barrel Bros.) Tooken Back Tooken Back (Featuring Jackie-O) Troublemakers Tush Tush - Missy Elliott Tush (Anthony Acid (dirty) Radio Edit) Tush (Featuring Missy Elliott) Tush [Instrumental] Twelve Reasons To Die Underwater Underwater Verbal Intercoarse Walk Around Walking Through The Darkness Walking Through The Darkness"(feat. Tekitha War We Celebrate We Made It We Made It"(feat. Chip Banks, Hell Razah, Superb When You Walk Whip You Down With A Strap Whip You With A Strap White Linen Affair White Linen Affair (Toney Awards) Wildflower Winter Warz Winter Warz"(feat. Masta Killa, U-God, Raekwon, Ca... Wise Wow Wu Banga Wu Banga 101 Wu Banga 101"(feat. Cappadonna, GZA, Masta Killa, ... Yapp City Yolanda's House Yolanda's House Yolandas House (Ft. Raekwon And Method Man) You Know I'm No Good You Know I'm No Good Youngstown Heist
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