E-40:
I grit my teeth to keep release, kkep my fatih and hope (hope)
Need to stop stressing before I have a stroke
Up in lower development housin` (housin`), talk and turmoil (turmoil)
Food in our refrigerator never had a chance to spoil
You know why? (Why?) Wasn`t rich wasn`t poor (wasn`t poor)
You know why? (Do you know why?) cause it`s the boss player from next door
(from next door)
Sleepin` on the floor, hectic, (hectic), but that`s expected
B-Legit:
When I was young, I never could afford no Nikes, and everybody else had
brand new bikes
I use to hike to school, in the rain with fools, 13 deep in the ghetto
streets (in the ghetto streets)
Hook:
LeVitti:I`ve struggled and I`ve strived
Suga T:Struggled and I`ve strived
LeVitti:Been a hustler all my life
Suga T:Been a hustler all my life
Both:I ain`t rich and I ain`t poor, did more dirt than you would know
LeVitti: I`ve struggled and I`ve strived, strived
D-Shot:
In 1984 was the year for the Shot to step through the door (through the
door)
That`s when my daddy walked away from my mama (mama)
She tried to work it out but it wasn`t no stoppin` (stoppin`)
Barely paying the rent, she had four mouths to feed, hot water and corn
bread (corn bread)
Watching the stress while my momma straight handlin` things (handlin`
things) ?
Suga-T:
Coming up wasn`t easy for the no should I be (c`mon)
Living dad to day depended on the first of fifteen
I had 2 kids to raise from a teenage love
You couldn`t tell me a thing because I knew what was up
Hook
B-Legit:
I brought it down the block, crooked at 16 (16)
Bought my first 22 from a dope fiend (dope fiend)
I kept my nose clean, paper by all means
And only real niggas rolled on the team
E-40:
Ah, ah, a most of you ain`t never had to pawn (had to)
A lot of you ai`t had to stoned out (stoned out)
But there`s something different on my behalf (behalf)
Do what I do to get the cash (get the cash)
D-Shot:
My daddy didn`t give a shit, I had to struggle and strive to make a
motherfuckin` grip
And every dollar and 15 cents, I gave to my mamma cause we wasn`t that rich
Suga-T:
Me the knot, give up the twat, hoes wasn`t taking that shit on my block
We had a lot of foes, when we first started out (spit it girl)
Now there`s players everywhere from the north to the south (beeotch)
Hook
