too many days have i sat back
feeling like the set backs
got me in a death trap
born broke with some hope so a brutha raps
tryna make an impact and i know i cant do that
sitting in an office
putting profits
to a charity
feeling content i call it cash therapy
hell naw i know that money never reach the people
dr evil when the mini me's speak on fables
im only trapping with this rapping money under tables
first project yeah my cousin fund that
he was 17 i was 16 big dreams
no diploma after 4 years studying
my college on the blvd
crack babies studdering
you know you got one in your family too
born in the avenues
moved up the hill right above the zoo
off the 10 west follow Hugh

i gotta make it man i gotta make it
thats what i pray when i lay in bed
but my legs too long so my feet dont fit
this cant be the end for life i gotta win

im living rough
feeling like i got to do wrong to get enough
my face too black so i cant get a job
parents aint together
4 kids under pressure
if you think nick aint my brother than i got to cut ya
we come together like blood plasma
nothing else matters
wombs aint the same but we got the same pain
feeling like the king of the land full of shame
cuz im grown and the plans still the same
but the grands aint expanding and fame aint a game
got to be ready for the name in the lights
make you turn on the people who gave you life
taught you the skills glad they raised you right
coulda been alone in the streets on them cold nights
had a fridge low food but we had lights
hot water love my father undersand my mother
even though they aint together it wasnt too much trouble

i cant get with these women
who fantasize on spending
million on true religion jeans born privileged
nose pointed to the sky
when i pass by
purse clutched like ima beat her up
if i say hello she act like im in love
yeah you look cute
but your dumb as fuck
used to be beautiful
now your pitiful
too caught up in that party life
you never stand in them you only blow lines
i see the pain in your eyes but you never cry
lost soul searchin for the high
you cant find its inside
love self that the bottom line
theres no prize
you can either be the wife or on the side
you choose knock boots in the sand
or the van
theres a chance to advance
if you master the plans