I mean, I got years man, I go back, actuallyI just got back to these streets man, this is home to me thoughYou mean, I was goin' for a while, ten years to be exactI lost my lights in the streets, you know but for these streetsMe and my dude, we got down and dirty for it, manWe did every thang, we took, know what I mean, to eatThat's what it's about when I was comin' up in the 80'sEverybody tried to eat man and my way livin' to eat, manI gurped in theses streets, I grindWalked to these streets here, nah'mean?Got to get this bread, got to get this doughGot to get these chips, got to get these whipsAnd fits and got to get real mean, got to get real cleanGot to get these fiends a fixin'On a mission to get rich real quick use wit' no intermissionGot to live big, gettin' the tip on them big [Incomprehensible]So spendin' spendin', any witness get hit quickThis lick isn't never no kid shitNot a picnic, flip biscuit, get rich, that's itBig bills, just Ben's, no frills, just Benz'sSpendin' endless spendin' spreesLimitless, build it up to the millionsThen I can have things, like a new fly ring and a new fly flingI can do Irene, Darlene, Charlene and Francine, even getInside Pam's jeans, as clean as you ever did see on the sceneDoin' real big things as I pimp this simple systemThen I hear sirens and I see high beamsNow I am flyin' but they're behind meNow I'm on one knee and the dope's on meNow my hope's gone see and I lost my freedomLocked up, see yaHe was a young lad off of happiness and smilesHe was sprung bad, wanted all the trendy classyNumber one fads in a very short timeLearned the rules of combatLearned who was a punk and who would have swung backHow to take from the weak, especially when hungryWhile mama's workin' two jobs and daddy's gone awayAnd police be throwin' you vibes even at a young ageAnd it was like he was livin' in a cageFrom the outside world 'cause he just couldn't relateAnd then life really began and trifenessWas a given when he graduatedThe fallSo he hustled, doin' whatever just to get the bread and mustardStacked high, grew wit' some niggaz that he trustedHe shouldn't have though, 'cause them same niggaz got him bustedAnd 'bout the same time he 'bout to get sent upHis ex-girl is like, I'm pregnant baby, daddy, plus it's twinsAnd when he goes to jail, he has companyIn the form of fifty percent of the cats he grew up withGets out, goes back, just like a puppetCaught in a genocidal death trap of the governmentThe don't rehabilitate, they just be lovin' itWhen niggaz is in the pen 'cause that's big money makin' to themThe riseFor some time he sat and ponderedTrapped in a cell filled with criminals and convictsTime had arrived to confront the real conflictLookin' within, not without, he got honestStarted to read and acquire that self knowledgeLearned he was royalty and didn't come from garbageHow to embrace struggle and learn from his problemsTrue wealth is health, family and a higher consciousnessLearned that most of what he was taught was nonsenseRead up on economics and how to start a businessSelf determination and dedication empowered himSomethin' inside him told him only God could stop himNow he's out livin' what others said was impossibleThought he would be another victim of ghetto obstaclesThrough the concrete, a rosebud started to blossomRemember change is really all that remains constant, yeahSaved message, Friday, 3:56 PMHey, B-Cam, this is your sister Dee-DeeI was just callin' to tell you that I gone to see FrankieAnd I told him that you wanted him toGive a like what it was like to be in prisonAnd what advice he would give and oh, my GodI got this letter from him, Tim, you've got to hear itThis word should be in a book or a song or somethingI mean really
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