Standing Ten

I was born in the dirties, the let goes, the slums
Daddy left mama with three babies in her arm
I never knew his reason so I can't say if he was wrong
However I still ate them ramen noodles got me strong
Mama made a way that's why she's praised on every song
People person but I feel my best when all alone
If I make it up the charts I'm putting my niggas on
Opened eared if you feel like I did you niggas wrong
Yes I wrote this down but I could spit this off the dome
I was raised to keep it real that's all I ever known
A nigga in his bag a nigga in his zone
I was raised to keep it real that's all I ever known
Mama told me the street lights means clear the street
But when I turned thirteen them lights meant nun to me
I had to get it out the stone our hood didn't have mud
Played football on the curb so on the field I was a stud
I've been fucked in many relations by different girls
Made me what I become and changed from what I was
At a point in life my biggest fear was love
But I continue you to pray to the man above
I don't ask for much just some clarity
Bitches fold on me niggas taking knees
I'm ten toes down two feet deep
I work the way I work cause I might die in my sleep
You tellin me that you can hang but you not showing me
Don't gotta replenish the vision don't speak on the mission
Never stating that I'm different just showing I'm different
I pace myself in this marathon trynna build commission
Selling me no hurries cause it is or it isn't
From rags, dripping, to fast living,
Covering distance
Move different cause I lose feelings if it feels familiar
Summertime for twelve months I missed spring, fall, winter

I am who I am because all this treachery don changed me
Now every time I'm seen I show teeth cause I know this beast will break peace

My first concert was scripted by my mama in-front of a bunch of snakes
They judged my mama, say they loved my mama yea a bunch of fake
Didn't feel me then they hear me now that I flipped the stakes
There heart lubed living slip n slide while on skates
I'm not mad I use to care now I'm straight
My heart was there I moved on its too late
A new hustle, a new grind, a new plate
I just wish I could see y'all face when I said what I had to say

I am who I am because all this treachery don changed me
Now every time Im seen I show teeth cause I know this beast will break peace