Yo Fuck Rapping & Bragging About The Way You Ballin' Spray Cans In My Backpack And I Was Starvin' In Middle School With A Trey Five-Seven Revolver My Family Said I Wouldn't Make It Now I'm Grindin' Hard I Dedicated This To The Kids Growin' Up With No Father Believe Me I Know What You Goin' Through I Almost Lost It Ever Seen A Teenage Boy Whose Feelin' Like Robbin'? That Was Me At 14 I Was Driving Through Compton On My Way To Inglewood I Was Thinkin' Of Nonsense Somebody Tagging On The Wall So I Had To Go Cross It Muthafucka I Had Guns In My Mother's Closet The Day She Caught Me Tear Drops Started Falling Then She Slapped Me In The Face Looking Brokenhearted How The Fuck Do I Explain That My Hood Is Stronger Enemies Is Lookin' For Me 2 In The Morning Its About The 2 Weeks And She Still Ignores Me I'm Fucking Up So Much As Hate That Is Building Towards Me She's On The Phone With My Fam Saying I'm Disappointing Saying I'm Disappointing Oh Man, I'm A Disappointment
As I Sit All Alone With Pain I Wonder Will I Ever See My Mother Smile? I Wonder Will I Ever See My Mother Smile? Am I Ever Gonna See That Day We Stop Strugglin' Will I Ever See My Mother Smile? Strugglin', Yea..
Yo, Would You Like To Know Why I Was So Troublesome? That Eviction Notice On My Door Made Me Hustle Drugs I Seen My Mother Crying 1999 My Father Left Us Behind My Feelings Empty Inside I Try To Not Miss 'Em Me & My Older Sister Carina Please Tell 'Em Bout That Fucked Up Christmas I Had To Go To School Lying To My Friends Pretending I Was Happy Bout Some Shit I Didn't Get Fake Smiles Through The Whole Winter I Was Cold Wearing Old Clothes And Socks With Holes In 'Em Gang Members I Was Close With 'Em I Was Just A Kid They Was Asking Me To Do Some Coke With 'Em I Was Broke Man I Rather Sell Some Dope With 'Em Road Trips To The Border To Go Get 'Em Young & Hopeless Trying To Get In To Show Biz Hoping They Would Give Me A Chance Nobody Noticed
Oh Man, You Know What Really Trips Me Out IS That Uh.. People Really Think I Owe Them Somethin' See I Hear People Talkin' All The Time But Its Like They Don't Know The Struggle And The Shit We Gotta Go Through To Get To Where We Are Right Now (But I Don't Owe Them A Damn Thing) I Had To Sacrifice So Much Time, You Know Had To Put My Family Trough So Much Pain Its Like Everything That I Got Right Now, I Owe It To The Family Finally My Mother Can Smile Now Oh Yeah