[Verse: Shiloh Young & Cordae]
Alright, look, I said, I said
When I was nine, that's my first time I held a 9
Put it on God, man, that must've been a sign
[Verse: Shiloh Young & Cordae]
Alright, look, I said, I said
When I was nine, that's my first time I held a 9
Put it on God, man, that must've been a sign
Cause my mother, she was strippin', she was always on his mind
While her boyfriend, he was pimpin', he ain't have a lot of time
So he showed me where it was and showed me how to work it
Just in case a nigga run up in this bitch, gotta murk him
Thirteen, I was servin', nigga, fifteen persons
Nigga, tryna be a cocaine cowboy, Michael Irvin
Nigga, sixteen, I was deep up in the trenches, hoppin' fences
Round that time they gave my boy a life sentence
But I still ain't learn, nigga, I was tryna burn niggas
Tryna put somebody in the grave or a urn, nigga
Seventeen, police whooped my ass just for bein' Black
No talkin' silent, guys give up, where's the free in at?
Seen my uncle in the prison, shit, now it's me and that
Couldn't break the cycle, like recycle, they wan' see us back
Eighteen, lions, tigers, bears, I was livin' with 'em (Mm)
Went to prison with 'em, doin' business with 'em
I'm twenty-one, my cellmate been down for thirty-five
He just tryna see the sun before he gotta die
So why would I go and cry? Got another passion (Bitch)
You don't know the struggle, so you wouldn't understand
Cause in my book, my mama raised a man
Cause I could've snitched on the beat to get me out the can
But I could tell you what I seen or what I lived, it's up to you
Or let my brother tell the story from a bird's-eye view
[Stih: Shioh Young & Cordae]
U redu, pogledaj, rekao sam, rekao sam
Kad sam imao devet, to je moj prvi put da sam držao 9
Stavi ga na Boga, čovječe, to je morao biti znak
Zato što je moja majka, bila je strog, uvijek je bila na umu
Dok je njezin dečko, bio je Pimpin ', on nema puno vremena
Pokazao mi je gdje je to bio i pokazao mi kako to raditi
Samo u slučaju da se nigga trči u ovoj kučkoj, mora ga muriti
Trinaest godina, bio sam servin, Nigga, petnaest osoba
Nigga, tryna biti kokain kauboj, Michael Irvin
Nigga, šesnaest, bio sam duboko u rovovima, hoppin 'ograde
Zauzvrat tog vremena dali su mom dječaku doživotnu kaznu
Ali još uvijek ne učim, nigga, bio sam lupanje
Tryna stavite nekoga u grob ili urn, nigga
Sedamnaest, policija mi je magarala samo za bein 'crno
Nijedan govoriti tihi, dečki odustati, gdje je slobodan u?
Vidio moj stric u zatvoru, sranje, sada sam ja i to
Nije mogao slomiti ciklus, kao reciklirati, oni žele nas vratiti
Osamnaest, lavova, tigrova, medvjeda, živim s njim (mm)
Otišao u zatvor s njima
Imam dvadeset i jedan, moj certifikat bio je dolje za trideset pet
On samo trynu vidi sunce prije nego što mora umrijeti
Zašto bih išao i plakao? Imam još jednu strast (kuja)
Ne znaš borbu, tako da ne bi razumjela
Uzrok u mojoj knjizi, moja mama je podigla čovjeka
Jer sam se mogao ispitati na ritmu da me izvučem
Ali mogu vam reći što sam vidio ili što sam živio, to je na vama
Ili dopustite da moj brat ispriča priču iz ptičjeg pogleda