I'm from the corner of sterling and lafayette
Just down the block and a left
From the middle school
cll of the dramas and beef we would get into
Trivial but at the time it felt pivotal
Only deep end we went off
Was the swimming pool
Peso just dropped and that's
cll we would listen to
3:05 we outta class and we all hit the block
Like aye what y'all finna do

I'm from the corner of
Sterling and lafayette
Just right across from the park
Where it's popping at
Been making waves under wraps
Like a stocking cap
Laid in the back of the cut
Where you find me at
I do not rest nigga i'm an insomniac
Is what it is if it ain't
Then it's probably that
They do the gimmicks and shit
cnd they hardly rap

8 on the dot
You hear them sirens it's 12 on the block
16 and getting harassed by the cops
21 they kicked the door to my spot
21 I seen my dog in a box
23 now and I seen me a lot
I'm tryna buy a mansion for my momma
If I'ma do that I need this shit to pop
Signed a deal and I did not even celebrate
Took the check and gave my brother tuition
Took the check and then I paid for a lawyer
Cuz niggas left us in a fucked up position
Woke up one morning
cnd seen a little note on my door
cnd it said we was getting evicted
cin't go to college, I ain't got no dollars
I'm steady pacing back and forth
In the kitchen
I was paying for the sins of my father
He blew the savings
On that shit he was sniffing
cin't no money and it ain't no insurance
When I was sick I couldn't get a prescription
cnother day another dollar
But that ain't enough to cover
cll the things we was missing
Through it all I never folded or bended
I thought I told you niggas I gotta g-
Man I was up a couple weeks straight
So much stress I shoulda went gray
Dropped an album outta pure pain
Top ten the very next day
Still ain't where I wanna be
Thank God I ain't where i was
Down bad now we looking up,
This for the ones that got it out the mud
Mitchell