And it's the true and living did It for the unforgiven
And turn a moment to a minute for the ones that's in it
And to the non forgotten dirty rotten plotting
Turn a product to a profit filling up my skinny pockets
And if u know the struggle humble when I'm on the come up
Hustlin the grind from the darkness till the sun up
Spark another blunt up hit my numbers when they run up
From the winter to the summer chances won't get another
And it was cold as ice is priceless moment and advices
Paying my dues for suffering thru your many vices
Written the rhymes to master on the mic devices
Travelin abroad Ill live it twice the sacrifice to be to be the nicest
The streets were coldest here in sunny California
Get the money never warn'em tore the pavement every morning
And tearing pages out of order kids are giving up they quarters
For the cd made from audio cassette recorders
You know the come up
How we do it when we stack dollars
You know, you know the come up
Keep my mind on my business, living it up
And shit was tougher for the most, for the most
Born and raised bred from hip-hop living on the west coast
Street corner reporters stolen 'cause we can't afford it
Stole the tape deck in the morning just to make my first recording
And it was not for granted off the top of the attic
Was automatic hungers real when you never had it
And it was hard to manage coming from the granite
But we document the scripture and visualize it from the canon
And words I scribed define my life on the vinyl
Respect is hard to earn on the grind that's on bible
And it's the true and living different from the common interest
Witnessed linguistics spit consistent with the non fiction
Doper when its most live, most high
Underground radio iller than rappers multi
Closer to the streets and to the culture
Coast to coast overseas planting seeds like we supposed to
You know the come up
How we do it when we stack dollars
You know, you know the come up
Keep my mind on my business, living it up