Came Up 2

[00:00.00] They ask me how I came up because I stay down
[00:04.09] How could I change up? Them people know my name now
[00:08.06] It's crazy how I got the fame, my life so dangerous
[00:12.04] I'ma always stay the same, even when they-
[00:15.49] It's like they seem to don't know how to act
[00:18.10] Don't go out sad, we not down bad, we got a pile of racks
[00:22.13] You know they mad, we came up fast, you can't deny the facts
[00:26.00] They tried to squeeze us out, but then we slid between the cracks, right between the cracks
[00:31.96] Right between the things they say we couldn't dream to have
[00:35.99] Can't wait for the day that my bank account say they confirmed and received the advance
[00:39.97] I wanted that Neiman Marcus, but I had to shop out of Levine's for pants
[00:43.69] Ain't nobody wanna give it to me, knowin' all I really need is a chance
[00:47.64] All I really need was them bands, we really came up out the mud (mud)
[00:51.60] Them boys act like registered nurses 'cause all of these niggas came up with them scrubs
[00:55.41] I grew up with niggas who down for whatever and willin' to go catch a dub
[00:59.39] Young-ass gorillas grew up to be killers and all of them come show me love
[01:03.41] Yeah, all of them come show me love
[01:05.32] Rest in peace to MO3 and C Strugs
[01:07.30] Watch for the blowback right after you say that and make sure you don't catch a slug
[01:11.53] Bitch, I'm Big T, I ain't stirrin' no pot, but I'm seeing a lot of mean mugs
[01:15.45] Seeing a lot of green thugs, uh-huh
[01:18.70] They ask me how it came up (why I-I-I)
[01:21.02] It's 'cause I stayed down (yeah, yeah, yeah)
[01:22.62] Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
[01:26.55] It's crazy how I got the fame (got the fame), my life so dangerous (yeah)
[01:30.52] I'ma always stay the same (stay the same) even when they change it up (why I-I-I-I)
[01:35.46] I ain't do a lot of gimmicks (I didn't), I wasn't reachin' for the politics
[01:39.40] I was thuggin' in the trenches (thuggin' in the trenches), tryna make it out of this poverty
[01:43.29] Yellin', "Gang" to the enemy (gang, gang)
[01:45.55] Same time, reachin' where the chopper at
[01:47.08] And I can't show no bitch no feelings (oh, no)
[01:48.99] 'Cause when I do, it's like they seem to don't know how to act (how to act)
[01:52.75] I made it out, took me some time, my mama proud of that (my mama proud of that)
[01:56.44] Locked in the cell, I did that time, they must forgot the fact (oh, they forgot)
[02:00.54] I needed help, but they didn't help me, oh, they did me bad (why now?)
[02:05.14] And they can't take it back (why I-I)
[02:06.64] It was times, I used to pray for another life (yeah)
[02:08.28] Askin' my mama why we broke and why we ain't rich (nah)
[02:10.64] .40 in my packet, tryna hit a lick (baow)
[02:12.12] Wish I had them shoes like that other kid (yeah)
[02:14.48] I ain't finished school, but my brother did (I didn't)
[02:16.33] Now I'm on, I can pay all of my brother's rent (I can)
[02:18.22] They put their head up when they be talkin' to me (damn)
[02:20.15] Respect me like a don, I'm the president (that's on gang)
[02:22.26] They ask me how it came up (why I-I-I)
[02:24.47] It's 'cause I stayed down (yeah, yeah, yeah)
[02:26.59] Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
[02:29.78] It's crazy how I got the fame (got the fame), my life so dangerous (yeah)
[02:33.63] I'ma always stay the same (stay the same) even when they change it up
[02:37.62] They ask me how I came up 'cause I stayed down (yeah, yeah, yeah)
[02:41.99] Why would I change up? Them people know my name now
[02:45.78] It's crazy how I got the fame (got the fame), my life so dangerous (yeah)
[02:49.60] I'ma always stay the same (stay the same) even when they change it up (why I-I-I-I)
[02:56.40] Got on my grind, went copped that whip, then put my feet up
[02:59.86] Told me she loved me, then she left, no, I don't need her
[03:03.73] Brand-new AP, feel like a icebox, I'm a freezer
[03:12.26] On the block, I lost my soul
[03:14.12] All them nights I couldn't control the fact that I lost without no hope
[03:17.65] I was prayin' for the better, mama told me, "Never say never"
[03:21.45] But I ain't never have a thing, so never spawn on my lecture when I
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