never claimed to be good, but I always tried to be yellow niggaa fresh out the hood, there'll be no stopping me education unimportant, I just need paper made public classes were useless, now it's time to get paid started hustling candy in middle school making small profits prepared myself for the life to come with wishes of fat wallets accomplishments of a man is how he's measured no one sees the failures he went through, the storms he's weathered whatever you think he's gone through multiply it times 10 true men carry many burdens of their own and others, lose or win a lone wolf, depend on myself and nobody else howl at the blood moon, dark conscience feels like being skinned for a pelt mental welts from taking a beating leading to anger, I start seething back and forth within i'm pleading people say help is what i'm needing i've made it this far without it I don't know why people started to doubt it could care less about most of you this room is getting too crowded single file I'll walk you outta my life, you're just a bother low tones spoken I don't holler heavy weight's been lifted, you see me popping my collar work hard for every dollar there was barely any shortcuts living life in a rush gotta slow down and come up struttin my stuff, very basic jewelry no diamonds encrust but smelling clean, looking good and sharp is a must cries are despised think twice before you let your tears fly weep and goodbye people won't let you live it down on the sly I hold back and put my emotions in music and film wouldn't care anyway I can't be suckers like them if i'm sippin, beware, the crazies breaking through chains a mega beast on the loose making everyone feel his pain wide awake in a dream a distorted reality is what i'm seeing every species seen on the scene are my enemies, i'm mean and now my head is clean
