Born In It

[Intro]

Born in it, was born it it

Had to hustle, had to grind just to get it

Gettin' new bags, repping my city

Dodging toe tags and [?]

(Born in it, mayne, I promise you)

[Verse 1]

I [?] up out the sand

Did nobody wanna throw me a rope or a helping hand

My life was gloomy, I didn't know where to go

Should I sell dope and push blow or should I try to go pro?

Nobody really know what God got in store

Granddaddy told me before

Be a professional sucka ducka, duck them suckas, bro

The scam was plot on the weak, so stay strong

It done got so bad that you gotta watch your own

I didn't get no alleyoop or no jumper cables

Started myself, had to sign to my own label

They used to try to say my dreams was a loss

But they was really a win, look at me now, I'm five decades in

Gotta have alligator skin and a lion's den

Look out for the snakes cause snakes can be your so-called friend

Gotta know how to squabble and slang that [?]

Can't be scary and timid when a nigga born in it

[Chorus]

Born in it, was born it it

Had to hustle, had to grind just to get it

Gettin' new bags, repping my city

Dodging toe tags and [?]

[Interlude]

Born in it [?] nigga

If you ain't raptable, you ain't acceptable

Nothin' you say is credible, nigga

[Verse 2]

This the life I live, we sacrifice our life to live

We take crumbs just to get to the bread

Don't let it get to your head

Got some niggas that stuck in the bed

Don't run your mouth, use your legs instead

Yeah, you heard what I said

It's the mob, you know I'm speakin' the truth

I really live it outside of the boat

You be lyin' to you

I'm the same no matter time or the place

You hittin' bitches, I was in the state

The way you live it is fake

Sucka duckin' and dummy dodgin' is real, I'm born in it

You don't know how it feels, really you don't live like this

Really in me, I ain't get like this

I love this grind, it's a real nice mix

I'm dope as a brick

It's only blood in it, this my beat

I'm born in it, shit we is not even

I'm not leavin' cops, I am not speakin'

Born in it, [?] this is my season

[Chorus]

Born in it, was born it it

Had to hustle, had to grind just to get it

Gettin' new bags, repping my city

Dodging toe tags and [?]

[Verse 3]

Isolated, desegregated conditions, distressed and deprived

Try to stay alive and survive

On the gravel with the [?] and knocks

And the crooked cops, well, they don't teach tech and stocks

Just how to sell meth and hops

[?] a bunch of hatin' frustration

Daughter askin' mama "Where daddy at?"

She say he on vacation

Incarceration is common out in my district

Stay concrete and stiff, don't be a misfit

[?] you watch your back and you'll hear

Don't wanna be a paraplegic, end up in a wheelchair

Satan is busy, death in the air, but God first

Gotta believe in thy Father and say thy prayer

The Holy Spirit is alive and it's activated

And I just wanna make it to heaven and celebrate it

When the church organ plays and the preacher shouts

The missionary speaking tongue

And the choir gon turn it high

[Chorus]

Born in it, was born it it

Had to hustle, had to grind just to get it

Gettin' new bags, repping my city

Dodging toe tags and [?]

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[?] but we did it, but we did it, yeah

Born in it, was born it it

Had to hustle, had to grind just to get it

Gettin' new bags, repping my city

Dodging toe tags and [?]

Oh, oh, oh, oh

Oh, oh, oh, oh

[?] but we did it, but we did it, yeah

[Outro]

Born in it, born into poverty

Born in the independent rap game

Born in the cruel tribe, click or gang

Born in Northern California

The Yay Area, up top

West Coast thang