Prompt
Verse 1
14 years old, found out the definition of a dope fiend
Someone who don’t give a fuck, someone down on their luck
Seen it on my block, it was cold, ain't no hope scene
Mama told me, "Boy, keep your head up, don't you fold, clean."
But how you stay clean when the world so dirty?
Every other week, someone leavin' in a hurry
Cops on the corner, fiends out lookin' scurry
I was just a kid, but my vision got blurry.
Pre-Chorus
Told myself, “I can’t live like that,” nah
Gotta get the fam out the trap, yeah
Had to turn my pain into stacks, uh
Gotta make a way, ain't no cap.
Chorus
'Cause they don't know what I been through
Late nights, tears falling, yeah, I been bruised
Tryna make it out the gutter where the sin rules
Told the fam, “Don’t worry, I’ma win, too.”
Yeah, I’ma win, too.
Verse 2
Pops left, mama cried, had to man up
Ran up, got my bands up, never planned luck
Seen the fiends fight for crumbs, that ain’t the life for me
Knew I had to change the script, rewrite the prophecy.
Now they see me on the rise, they ain't believe it
Used to laugh at my dreams, now they need it
Told my lil’ bro, "You ain’t never gotta feel this
Stack your bread, keep your soul, you the realest."
Pre-Chorus
Told myself, “I can’t live like that,” nah
Gotta get the fam out the trap, yeah
Had to turn my pain into stacks, uh
Gotta make a way, ain't no cap.
Chorus
'Cause they don't know what I been through
Late nights, tears falling, yeah, I been bruised
Tryna make it out the gutter where the sin rules
Told the fam, “Don’t worry, I’ma win, too.”
Yeah, I’ma win, too.