But still I had to find my way On my own I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know
So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like-like Beez like Straight from the hood Got a get money fetish
Pocket full of green ***** Like a head of lettuce
Put the work in a bag Make a yayo sandwich
Then we go and spread it Through the hood like Manwich
One thing about it We gon' get this bread When you knew **** was real When they found a rat dead Right around the corner Where us young ****** hustled at Right by the stop sign That's where they was bussin' at When you come here with nothin' Gotta learn how to provide
Carlo had a Benz 'fore He was old enough to drive Losin' 10 20 every night Gamblin' ain't nothin'
And ya ***** got killed takin' up For his cousins When you knew **** was real Drop outfit in the feds Still 8 years and a ***** Shot him dead On the humbug Left him slumped in his car Everybody got a day Don't matter who you are I been out here grindin' so long
But still I had to find my way On my own I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like-like Beez like
Stove water heat cold water Knew I'd touch a bird When I got my first quarter Sell water to a well ***** Cold nights cold hearts tough love That's what it be like in jail ***** Mama crying at my visit cause She care for me Daughter just had her period Ain't there for her Know how to have a girl You know just gon' hold ya back But the ***** so good You keep goin' back Hurt when ya main man turned rat
Make the whole la familia Turn hot like that
Any city any block Any boulevard
I survive no lie I'm a ghetto boy I could tell ya about The dos and don'ts I make it anywhere I go So lose I won't I can tell ya bout the hard time When ya really need it Been grindin' so long Still had to call Jeezy I been out here grindin' so long But still I had to find my way On my own I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like
I could tell you what it beez like-like Beez like Straight from the bottom Tryna make it to the top What the gov'ment don't give you Gotta get it from the block Feel like a bad boy cause This **** don't stop Street so dirty Need a *********' mop uh oh
Lil homie stay focused Handle ya business Don't talk to them ****** around you Might be a witness Don't tell the dishwasher What you did with' ya dishes Don't tell these snitchin' ****** What you did with' ya riches
****** is hopin' they see Christmas But if we just happen to don't We hope you miss us Santa raised all seven them kids Didn't miss a meal She work them fingers Right to the bone Didn't miss a bill ****** 649 let's make a deal See one thing about Countin' this money It make ya feel See I used to get 'em right From the source Got 'em direct The same ***** that had a connect He in the set I been out here grindin' so long But still I had to find my way On my own I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like
I'm a true hustler all that I know So I can make it anywhere that I go I could tell you what it beez like I could tell you what it beez like-like Beez like
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