From a small ass tadpole swimmin in a fallopian tube To a on my soil, a stand up type a dude I was brought up in the crack game and pushin that stuff with my folkers cause we loved eachother so much Ditchin and dodgin the rollers, grippin the block tuff Strikin and scootin them and them Chevrolet stepside trucks Me and my Dennel, Kevin, Dalon, and Black Little Ray, Billy, and and them from the Magazine Street camp Posted up thumbtacks, talking 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 have no Listen to of E40, real talk for real Moons ago, way I even had a career I got my nickname on the turf for drinking hecka And never letting the older up in my hood pump fear Funkin my own soil, listen here cause we had all the broads and all the gear Up the ladder I'm tryin to climb, game sharper than a spine Don't gimme nothing, I'ma work for mine, try and grind, and grind Hot echo through the ghetto, funkin all the time I thank the Lord for giving me the to spit this rhyme
A loaf of bread, a stick of and some milk the corner from the spot where all the dealers dealt Trials and tribul-i-zations, me and my 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, like the soup A de- a decade and a and still in the loop In case you suckers know, I told you once before I rapping too fast, see y'all just listening too slow I the way for the independent grind The industry they mimick me, but wanna gimme mine