Where would i be with all this pain and struggle/see my daddy never home so i blame my mother/me and my brother we grew up fast/enough tears to fill a glass watchin mom and dad/made a promise to his self that he will never be thuggin/gave life to his cousin plus his daddy was clever/this street life showed me a lot and it made me ready/showed me how this niggas turn when they loan fetti/what would you do without my grandmom she tried to preach/she tried to fix me ? so i can run the streets/where would i be with all this beef and animosity/not scopin not even knowin that dey watchin me/remember screamin till ya lungs when u gotta work/it hurt ya pride down inside cuz your partners lookin/remember that first time you walked inside central booking/? and bbc's had ya feet cookin/