| And it’s funny 'cause, I might be bended, but I’m never broken |
| You know they say, «Beautiful souls, emerge from ugly experiences» |
| And that just mean, through all the trials and tribulations |
| All that pain, you just gotta, just, take grasp of it |
| And just, come out stronger in the end |
| It’s Melvoni |
| I look in the mirror with my eyes closed |
| I don’t like the shit I see, when they open up |
| They keep tellin' me I needa' open up |
| But I’m throwin' up my A, bitch, you know what’s up |
| I got it on my own, ain’t nobody gave me nothin' |
| Before the rap, I was gettin' all my money from the thuggin' |
| I came a long way, from expectin' hand-outs |
| I told myself, «Put your fuckin' hands down» |
| In my, oh my, oh my, my world is in shambles |
| In my, oh my, oh my, my life is a gamble |
| They wouldn’t understand half the shit that we been through |
| Came up from the trenches, growin' up it wasn’t simple |
| We ain’t get to do all the shit regular kids do |
| Somehow, we still got the blame, for all the shit that we didn’t do |
| Look at where I came from, look who I became 'cause |
| We was sinkin', and I swear nobody would come save us |
| As a youngin' I was thuggin', and gettin' this fuckin' paper |
| 'Cause the system tried to slave us |
| And for a long, long, long, long time, I been on my own |
| For a long, long, long, long time, with nowhere to go |
| In my, oh my, oh my, my world is in shambles |
| In my, oh my, oh my, my life is a gamble |
| But that’s okay, it ain’t nothin' we ain’t used to |
| Wish I could play with other niggas like we used to |
| And I hopped off the porch since I was 14 |
| And since then, me and my niggas slangin' iron in these streets |
| I step on my pockets, I got 5 in these jeans |
| And I swear if I make 10, then I gave 5 to my team |
| The other 5 to my bitch, but she be lyin' to me |
| I gotta watch myself, 'cause I cannot die in these streets |
| For a long, long, long, long time, I been on my own |
| For a long, long, long, long time, with nowhere to go |
| In my, oh my, oh my, my world is in shambles |
| In my, oh my, oh my, my life is a gamble |
| They wouldn’t understand half the shit that we been through |
| Came up from the trenches, growin' up it wasn’t simple |
| We ain’t get to do all the shit regular kids do |
| Somehow, we still got the blame for all the shit that we didn’t do |
| Look at where I came from, look who I became 'cause |
| We was sinkin' and I swear nobody would come save us |
| As a youngin' I was thuggin', and gettin' this fuckin' paper |
| 'Cause the system tried to slave us |