作词 : Andrew Franklin/Raynford Humphrey/Jermaine Thompson 作曲 : Raynford Humphrey/Andrew Franklin/Jermaine Thompson I used to say Do dreams really come true Do miracles happen Can I get paid for my passion When I was young and my American fam would laugh at my accent I'd say my accent is 'bout as thick as your glasses ha Proud to say I've never caught up with fashion These clothes can't cover your soul And as of lately I've been focused on my lady **** ******* man them hoes ain't covered in gold They wouldn't let me cross the borders the customs had me hold It's my story if I ain't tell it it will never be told Every man must stand on his own two I know the grind taught me how to hustle in '02 From flippin' burgers to committin' burglaries uh From winnin' spelling bee's to catchin' felonies uh My hood credentials Such way to protection Momma I pray I make it to make up for what you been through Nobody really gets you Feel like the whole world is against you And ain't nobody comin' in your rescue And all you wanna do is be the best you Just know you're born for this ill life You ain't the only one goin' through this ill life All I know how to live is this ill life They gon' see what I did with this ill life yeah yeah Uh follow my story See the pain in my steps Sunshine bring life So I'ma reign of the death For the sake of my kid I'm tryna find some common ground with my ex But it's hard to get right when you left And lately **** done got me thinkin' How I gotta strike in order to become a kingpin Let that sink in Quiet in the club just smokin' drinkin' Or yellin' free my ****** like I'm Lincoln Remember when Cole would open for Drake And I would open for Cole So I'ma climb to the top I was still two levels below That **** just feed the hunger I have to settle the score Get off toe hop out my bike back to pedellin' **** Talk about bein' stressed had to finally accept I'd be rich if I could catch a reality check Money ain't never make me ***** ain't never slaved me So trappin' while I'm rappin' just prayin' that lord you save me Nobody really gets you Feel like the whole world is against you And ain't nobody comin' in your rescue And all you wanna do is be the best you Just know you're born for this ill life You ain't the only one goin' through this ill life All I know how to live is this ill life They gon' see what I did with this life yeah yeah Uh and what I can say Besides I want it Want it more kinda sore A young boy make a fossils out of these dinosaurs Say it say it loud and proud Own that **** I got ownership I can hand out these eviction notices Young black landlord ****** can't see me like a sandstorm Big gold medals like we ran for 'em Still willin' to fall for what we stand for Violate I'll cut off your lights like I pulled the lamp cord Uh we catch flights then catch feelings Hard to smell the hate through the scent of a fresh million Realest ****** recite me the fake never relate I'm from where a man is measured by what he got in his safe On the corner duckin' police Know me I grew up and I blew up now I'm the OG Slim ***** pockets so big Got my ******* on a short leash Nobody really gets you Feel like the whole world is against you And ain't nobody comin' in your rescue And all you wanna do is be the best you Just know you're born for this ill life You ain't the only one goin' through this ill life All I know how to live is this ill life They gon' see what I did with this life
[00:00.000] 作词 : Andrew Franklin/Raynford Humphrey/Jermaine Thompson [00:01.000] 作曲 : Raynford Humphrey/Andrew Franklin/Jermaine Thompson [00:10.91]I used to say [00:12.35]Do dreams really come true [00:14.35]Do miracles happen [00:15.60]Can I get paid for my passion [00:16.96]When I was young and my American fam would laugh at my accent [00:20.24]I'd say my accent is 'bout as thick as your glasses ha [00:23.42]Proud to say I've never caught up with fashion [00:26.05]These clothes can't cover your soul [00:28.34]And as of lately [00:29.65]I've been focused on my lady [00:31.65]**** ******* man them hoes ain't covered in gold [00:34.35]They wouldn't let me cross the borders the customs had me hold [00:37.34]It's my story if I ain't tell it it will never be told [00:40.23]Every man must stand on his own two [00:42.80]I know the grind taught me how to hustle in '02 [00:46.24]From flippin' burgers to committin' burglaries uh [00:49.16]From winnin' spelling bee's to catchin' felonies uh [00:52.68]My hood credentials [00:53.88]Such way to protection [00:55.20]Momma I pray I make it to make up for what you been through [00:57.85]Nobody really gets you [00:59.80]Feel like the whole world is against you [01:02.68]And ain't nobody comin' in your rescue [01:05.50]And all you wanna do is be the best you [01:08.33]Just know you're born for this ill life [01:11.03]You ain't the only one goin' through this ill life [01:14.20]All I know how to live is this ill life [01:16.82]They gon' see what I did with this ill life yeah yeah [01:20.72]Uh follow my story [01:22.26]See the pain in my steps [01:23.66]Sunshine bring life [01:24.93]So I'ma reign of the death [01:26.46]For the sake of my kid I'm tryna find some common ground with my ex [01:30.12]But it's hard to get right when you left [01:32.31]And lately **** done got me thinkin' [01:34.27]How I gotta strike in order to become a kingpin [01:37.36]Let that sink in [01:38.46]Quiet in the club just smokin' drinkin' [01:41.39]Or yellin' free my ****** like I'm Lincoln [01:43.29]Remember when Cole would open for Drake [01:45.35]And I would open for Cole [01:46.76]So I'ma climb to the top I was still two levels below [01:49.81]That **** just feed the hunger I have to settle the score [01:52.57]Get off toe hop out my bike back to pedellin' **** [01:55.41]Talk about bein' stressed had to finally accept [01:58.35]I'd be rich if I could catch a reality check [02:01.19]Money ain't never make me [02:02.78]***** ain't never slaved me [02:04.21]So trappin' while I'm rappin' just prayin' that lord you save me [02:06.84]Nobody really gets you [02:09.21]Feel like the whole world is against you [02:12.06]And ain't nobody comin' in your rescue [02:14.96]And all you wanna do is be the best you [02:17.61]Just know you're born for this ill life [02:20.46]You ain't the only one goin' through this ill life [02:23.43]All I know how to live is this ill life [02:26.16]They gon' see what I did with this life yeah yeah [02:29.79]Uh and what I can say [02:30.90]Besides I want it [02:31.73]Want it more kinda sore [02:33.17]A young boy make a fossils out of these dinosaurs [02:36.37]Say it say it loud and proud [02:38.46]Own that **** I got ownership [02:40.09]I can hand out these eviction notices [02:41.91]Young black landlord [02:43.33]****** can't see me like a sandstorm [02:45.55]Big gold medals like we ran for 'em [02:48.12]Still willin' to fall for what we stand for [02:50.70]Violate I'll cut off your lights like I pulled the lamp cord [02:53.76]Uh we catch flights then catch feelings [02:56.24]Hard to smell the hate through the scent of a fresh million [02:59.15]Realest ****** recite me the fake never relate [03:01.89]I'm from where a man is measured by what he got in his safe [03:06.08]On the corner duckin' police [03:08.09]Know me I grew up and I blew up now I'm the OG [03:11.84]Slim ***** pockets so big [03:14.06]Got my ******* on a short leash [03:16.23]Nobody really gets you [03:18.65]Feel like the whole world is against you [03:21.45]And ain't nobody comin' in your rescue [03:24.33]And all you wanna do is be the best you [03:27.24]Just know you're born for this ill life [03:29.87]You ain't the only one goin' through this ill life [03:32.81]All I know how to live is this ill life [03:35.66]They gon' see what I did with this life
