Do You Remember

[00:24.73] I lived up in battered woman shelter
[00:27.63] When my mamma got beat til we had to flee
[00:31.08] And I was on that side that you couldn't be
[00:33.35] My closest cuzzins got shot when we was 16
[00:37.15] And I remember having no heat
[00:40.18] And I remember having more beef
[00:43.12] And I remember using food stamps
[00:46.21] Way back before ebt
[00:49.11] Washing my clothes in the sink
[00:50.84] Never thought I would rap compose or sing
[00:54.66] Never thought billboard would be a thing
[00:56.92] I was more paranoid 50 on many men
[00:59.82] Conspicuous how they friends
[01:01.53] They know to to pretend
[01:02.81] Powdered milk, block cheese ramens with eggs
[01:06.17] Even if u don't get it, still you gotta play chess
[01:08.93] If you wanna make it to the end
[01:19.53] If you gonna make it to the end
[01:24.73] And some change then I rake it in
[01:26.58] Can't pretend you'll be a goner
[01:28.05] No corner to paint us in
[01:29.89] As rain begin to fall, I stood tall yeah I came to swim
[01:32.74] And the bitches that I bagged still bad with a frame that's thin
[01:36.29] No glitz glam
[01:37.07] Just shit that's all this man's seen
[01:38.98] Even when not a fan still filled my mother's canteen
[01:42.08] Old funds knew the crunch
[01:43.40] So young do this once
[01:44.93] Chose one dude to punch bouillon cubes for lunch
[01:47.87] I remember when my friends' family took me in
[01:51.46] At the time it felt like nobody else cared
[01:54.46] And my mom said she would pay them but she didn't
[01:57.21] So every time it was time to eat I felt weird
[02:00.94] I remember the vicious older kids
[02:04.02] I remember eviction notices
[02:06.97] I remember everyone who fronted
[02:09.21] It's die slow, fuck what the motives is
[02:13.05] Do you remember?
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