Growing up we didn't have much
Ate at school a homemade lunch
Peanut butter jelly with
A side of humble pie
Mama taught me don't be jelly
Daddy taught me not to cry
Be thankful for what you got
The love we have can't be bought
Driving home we played Ramsey
Dreaming of eating with Ramsay
Only money on necessities
Water, heat, food, electricity
Credit card debt a deadly pit
You dig and you dig till you split
Parents talking how we gonna make this work
Hardwork is the real work
That throw dirt
That turn hurt
Leaving you
In the desert
Through through it was all good
Blessed to have my childhood
Simple serving simple life
A moment away from all the strife
Two pieces of toast
I was living the most
We were dead broke
Savings a ghost
Life stayed afloat
Had cinnamon toast
I got dirt on my new shoes
I got shorts on that been used
I got mom cookin' up stew
I got no sources of revenue
At Lewis Avenue
Rent due
Felt screwed
To who knew
Few view
With the new through a lens
I was blue, I knew I did
Count my blessings
I'm just a kid with no dream in sight
Mama said it will be alright
God kept me calm through the night
All night we prayed keep the lights on
Please restore my right hand
Doubts not what I need
School shirts not what I need
Full belly not what I need
Praying hands got two of these
Tuition on both my knees
AC at 2 degrees
None in the family
I changed my family
Tree was broke, but now I'm free
Was blind but now I see
We were dead broke
Savings a ghost
Life stayed afloat
Had cinnamon toast