I lived up in battered woman shelter
When my mamma got beat til we had to flee
And I was on that side that you couldn't be
My closest cuzzins got shot when we was 16
And I remember having no heat
And I remember having more beef
And I remember using food stamps
Way back before ebt
Washing my clothes in the sink
Never thought I would rap compose or sing
Never thought billboard would be a thing
I was more paranoid 50 on many men
Conspicuous how they friends
They know to to pretend
Powdered milk, block cheese ramens with eggs
Even if u don't get it, still you gotta play chess
If you wanna make it to the end
If you gonna make it to the end
And some change then I rake it in
Can't pretend you'll be a goner
No corner to paint us in
As rain begin to fall, I stood tall yeah I came to swim
And the bitches that I bagged still bad with a frame that's thin
No glitz glam
Just shit that's all this man's seen
Even when not a fan still filled my mother's canteen
Old funds knew the crunch
So young do this once
Chose one dude to punch bouillon cubes for lunch
I remember when my friends' family took me in
At the time it felt like nobody else cared
And my mom said she would pay them but she didn't
So every time it was time to eat I felt weird
I remember the vicious older kids
I remember eviction notices
I remember everyone who fronted
It's die slow, fuck what the motives is
Do you remember?
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