From a small ass little tadpole in a fallopian tube To a on my soil, a stand up type a dude I was brought up in the game dealin and pushin that stuff Arguing with my folkers we loved eachother so much Ditchin and the rollers, grippin the block real tuff Strikin and scootin them Novas and them Chevrolet trucks Me and my Dennel, Kevin, Dalon, and Black Little Ray, Billy, and Ivory and them from the Magazine Street Posted up like thumbtacks, on faulty big backs Motorola, A1 yola, glad bag Tic Tacs In the mean time, in between time, in my spare time writin In the front yard, in the driveway, on the concrete shootin
You think you know, but you really don't no idea Listen to of E40, real talk for real Moons ago, way before I even had a I got my nickname on the turf for drinking hecka And letting the older cats up in my hood pump fear Funkin with my own soil, listen cause we had all the broads and all the gear Up the ladder I'm tryin to climb, game sharper than a porcupine Don't gimme nothing, I'ma for mine, try and grind, grit and grind Hot ones echo through the ghetto, all the time I thank the for giving me the gift to spit this rhyme
A loaf of bread, a stick of butter and some Around the corner from the spot all the dealers dealt and tribul-i-zations, me and my peopl-i-zations Tryin to get this music off the ground with high ass Took a time and patience, a little faith in God To make a story short, look at me now sahob I'm doing it chubby like the checker, chunky the soup A de- a decade and a half and in the loop In case you suckers know, I told you once before I ain't rapping too fast, see y'all just too slow I the way for the independent grind The industry they me, but don't wanna gimme mine