Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Testify, artist - August Alsina. Album song Testimony, in the genre R&BDate of issue: 31.12.2013
Age restrictions: 18+
Record label: The Island Def Jam
Song language: English
Testify |
| I remember wakin' up being broke |
| But still it wasn’t breakin' us |
| I remember why I broke the rules |
| 'Cause I ain’t really have nobody to look up to |
| I remember cuttin' class, bein' bad |
| 'Cause I ain’t have what them other kids had |
| I remember wishin' that I knew my dad |
| Then I remember wishin' I could get him back |
| For every night daddy told me he was comin' and he didn’t |
| For every single dollar that my mama knew was missin' |
| For every thing I wanted and was told I couldn’t get it |
| And that I had to face it that my daddy was addicted (damn) |
| That’s right it wasn’t easy growin' up |
| Mama was exposin' us to life as she knew it |
| So we all went through it |
| I remember bein' down and out |
| Sleeping, on my homie’s couch |
| In and outta trouble ever since my mama put me out |
| Damn it’s getting real, damn it’s getting real |
| Didn’t graduate, I’m thinking damn I gotta deal |
| So I hit the block, selling rocks just to eat a meal |
| So I grabbed the Glock, kept it cocked |
| Peace is being still |
| In the back of the tracks |
| My nigga’s stayed with the packs |
| And if a nigga was schemin' |
| My brother stayed with the gat |
| Yeah, yeah we stayed in the trap |
| Yeah everyday in the trap |
| These ho’s was chasin' the cheese |
| So we would stay with the rat’s |
| And we was riding down, dipping low, I stayed in the back |
| In the X5 stunting, we ain’t know how to act |
| Spendin' money like it’s nothing, 'cause we gone get it back |
| 17 never thought that I’d be getting them racks |
| Had a dream but I said I wasn’t fuckin' with that |
| Mel told me I would make it, I ain’t fucking with that |
| But he told me that it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try |
| Hardest thing out in New Orleans never see 25 |
| Right then I woke up, broke out |
| Told my nigga’s had to roll out |
| Moved to the A and got motivated |
| That inspiration don’t run out |
| Heard my brother got gunned down and it hurt me to my heart |
| So I kept grindin', I kept pushin', he told me to go far |
| So I can’t stop at no crib, can’t stop at no car |
| Gotta keep going like there ain’t no tomorrow |
| So I’m going hard everyday |
| 'Til I got nothin' to say |
| Nothin' can stand in my way |
| I gotta stay |
| To show my nigga’s a different way (way) |
| I’m 'a tell the truth and the whole truth |
| 'Cause there ain’t no need to lie |
| And I ain’t tryna keep it all inside |
| So I gotta testify for you and I |
| I testify |
| I’m 'a tell the truth and the whole truth |
| 'Cause there ain’t no need to lie |
| And I ain’t tryna keep it all inside |
| So I gotta testify for you and I |
| I testify |
| I’m 'a tell the truth and the whole truth |
| 'Cause there ain’t no need to lie |
| And I ain’t tryna keep it all inside |
| So I gotta testify for you and I |
| I testify |
| I’m 'a tell the truth and the whole truth |
| 'Cause there ain’t no need to lie |
| And I ain’t tryna keep it all inside |
| So I gotta testify for you and I |
| I testify |
| I testify, I testify |