I been running up my check
Till my legs don't got a feeling
I ain't even gonna hold it
Life was good for a minute
My momma long nights
So I wasn't drug dealing
Said momma I won't have to
I know ima touch a million
Making sure my brothers eat
They won't starve another day
Reminiscing bout the days
That we had to run away
Now i'm the man of the house
Gotta make sure everyone safe
And when i'm done
My momma ain't gotta work another day
I been getting nightmares
Daydreaming Bout the past
I knew I couldn't love nobody
That shit wouldn't last
I knew I couldn't trust nobody
They was moving fast
Take my time with this shit
But I ain't ever coming last
Gotta stay clean cuz
Dirty money coming in
Always had associates
I ain't know about a friend
I was always a homeboy
I was always staying in
Cuz when I see the light of day
They gon' take me for my ends
Long days of the struggle
Never broke down from my layers
Keep a cross along my neck
Cuz he listen to my prayers
I knew I was gon' be someone
Never listen to the haters
If this rap shit don't work
Ima have to go and cater
I was built for success
Always learnt how to hustle
Ima get this education
So I never gotta struggle
I been riding with gorillas
All they know is the jungle
Had to learn how to make
Everything I get double
I got hood love, hood love
(My hood love me, everybody gotta eat)
I got hood love, hood love
(This shit taking dedication ain't no taking no vacations)
I got hood love, hood love
I got hood love, hood love
(Oh yeah)
Gotta watch out for the snakes
They gon' try to get the best of you
Supporting you when you up
Knock you down, for the revenue
A hoe gon' be a hoe regardless
Thats a w
How yo squad got yo back
But they still making fun of you?
Big steppers wimme
We ain't scared to dirty down designer kicks
Apart from all the hard times
Ima still ball out like the Knicks
Moving wrong up in these streets
Might get popped up like a zit
Gotta step up for the family
I gotta represent
Chrome is stainless stainless
Might leave you brainless
Public bus to school
Cuz the car behind on payments
Never needed help because
I came up from the pavement
Say the come up wasn't easy, huh,
That's an understatement
Went the wrong lane
I ain't ever like to steer
You don't know my pain
You don't the life I live
If you ain't scrape change
Then you don't know what struggle is
Bought myself a new wrist
Cuz I know what hustle is
Ain't gotta say it on the clothes
Ima always stay true
Momma said f*ck the others
And just stay focused on you
All my brothers bleeding red
But the diamonds dripping blue
I been hustling since a jhit
But it ain't nothing new
I got hood love, hood love
I got hood love, hood love
(Yeah my hood love me, everybody gotta eat)
I got hood love, hood love
I got hood love, hood love
(Oh yeah)