[Verse 1]
Since you obviously found this track
I'ma tell you right off the bat
I ain't' the type of dude to run around here talkin' crap
Mom raised me with manners, I'll never put on an act
Talk about some money and shit that I don't have
I, I grew up in a home that fell apart
No gas, cold showers, man that's just the start
Pen and pad, writing lyrics, sitting in the dark
With a candle lit, hoping the lights will be on tomorrow
Stomach ache looking for food to ease the pain
But, when I checked the fridge it was always the same thang'
Thank God for free lunch at school, so I didn't starve
Food up in my waistline, like what the fuck's a cart
Sorry ya'll, if your inventory was off
It was probably I living life by Darwin's Law
Survival of the fittest, winnin' as a broke kid
Thankful for today, it's much better than '06
[Hook]
My car's 24-years-old, I'm rockin' hand-me-down clothes
(My car's 24-years-old, I'm rockin' hand-me-down clothes)
Can't afford a pack, I'm chiefing hand-me-down stoge's
(I said, I can't afford a pack, I'm chiefing hand-me-down stoge's)
Pennies off the floor, I've picked cans up off the road
(Yo, pennies off the floor, I'm picking cans up off the road)
I used to save them up, cash them in, watch that money flow
(I used to save them up, cash them in, watch that money flow)
I'm 20-somethin' year's old, livin' life on my own
(I said I'm 20-somethin' year's old, livin' life on my own)
I bet you didn't know I still rock hand-me-down clothes
(I bet you didn't know I still rock hand-me-down clothes)
Every day struggle, check to check going broke
(Yo, every day struggle, check to check going broke)
I'm always on my grind so my kids don't gotta' go
(I said I'm always on my grind so my kids don't gotta' go)
Through the same shit
[Verse 2]
Okay, that I had to see
I watched my family smoke speed just to live happily
Images rot me just like a cavity
I seen crack at 13 and my teachers worried 'bout weed
I was young dumb, I was giving into the streets
They told me to get help, I told em' I was doing me
But, what I knew was that an ounce, had 'bout 28 g's
And, if I flipped a few of those I'd be fuckin' with q.p.'s
By the age of 14, I was buyin' and flippin' E
Got them for 5 a pop, I would slang them for 15
Sold 20 my first night, I re-upped on 50
Knowing that that quicks scheme
Would get me out them ripped jeans, man
I'm truly sorry ya'll, but I was just a boy living life by Darwin's Law
Survival of the fittest, winnin' as a broke kid
Thankful for today, it's much better than '06
[Hook]
My car's 24-years-old, I'm rockin' hand-me-down clothes
(My car's 24-years-old, I'm rockin' hand-me-down clothes)
Can't afford a pack, I'm chiefing hand-me-down stoge's
(I said, I can't afford a pack, I'm chiefing hand-me-down stoge's)
Pennies off the floor, I've picked cans up off the road
(Yo, pennies off the floor, I'm picking cans up off the road)
I used to save them up, cash them in, watch that money flow
(I used to save them up, cash them in, watch that money flow)
I'm 20-somethin' year's old, livin' life on my own
(I said I'm 20-somethin' year's old, livin' life on my own)
I bet you didn't know I still rock hand-me-down clothes
(I bet you didn't know I still rock hand-me-down clothes)
Every day struggle, check to check going broke
(Yo, every day struggle, check to check going broke)
I'm always on my grind so my kids don't gotta' go
(I said I'm always on my grind so my kids don't gotta' go)
Through the same shit
[Bridge]
[Hook]
My car's 24-years-old, I'm rockin' hand-me-down clothes
I can't afford a pack, I'm chiefing hand-me-down stoge's
Pennies off the floor, I'm picking cans up off the road
I used to save them up, cash them in, watch that money flow
I'm 20-somethin' year's old, livin' life on my own
I bet you didn't know I still rock hand-me-down clothes
Every day struggle, check to check going broke
I'm always on my grind so my kids don't gotta' go
Through the same shit
[Outro]
(Through the same shit)
I ain't letting my kids go through the same shit, man
It's survival of the fittest out here
Let's get it
