Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Mom was sixteen when she brought me here to be
Did all she could think to keep from fallin’ off the brink
Dad did not agree, he was always in these streets
Spendin’ everything we had on white, drinks, and his stanky green
Fo’ you know, Calleros, family of five
Fo’ Two-O, all she know, this kinda life
Toe to toe, throwin’ ‘bows, cook beans and rice
So it goes, story told, you followin’, right
Whatchu’ know about eatin’ cookies for dinner
Wit’cho Mom watchin’ ova tryna hold back her tears
And yo pops tryna hold her until he decides to beat her
If I was a little older, damn I’da treat him
Then I thought I needed him, but didn’t wanna be like him
A scary sight to see back then, was normal in me upbringin’
I thought nothin’ of it, plus my mom kept goin’ back to it
Been a long time comin’ when that karma got him deported
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Watched my mom work two jobs, and go to school
Did a lot with no car, had no excuse
Talked the talk, walked the walk, and made the juice
Snow or sun, train and bus, always made due
Never givin’ in, this old soul is gonna win
Feel it since a kid, I just know it’s somethin’ big
N no this isn’t it, This is just another hit
Out Chicago where I live, you can tell it from my drip, drip
Clip full-a ammo and you never did shoot
You just let the man slip up from his own move
Held him hand and hand every day that he blew
Black eye for black eye, mom you messed him up too
Watchin’ that definitely did, sum’n to my psych
Watchin’ that probly did, mess me up for life
No excuse, taught me that, when I was like five
Horus shoes and his cap, lookin’ to the sky I
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Whatchu’ know about, whatchu’, whatchu’ know about
Eatin’ cookies for dinner
Whatchu’ know about, whatchu’, whatchu’ know about
Lettin’ down yo guard
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
Started out wit nuttin’, had to make it into sum’n
Steppin’ up to every challenge, I aint ever duckin’
Commin’ from the gutta, had to watch my Momma struggle
Cuz my pops was good fo’ nut’a, take advantage, uh huh
