Sterling & Lafayette
[Verse]
I'm from the corner of Sterling and Lafayette
Just down the block and a left from the middle school
All of the dramas and beef we would get into
Trivial but at the time it felt pivotal
Only deep end we went off was the swimming pool
Peso just dropped and that's all we would listen to
3:05 we outta class and we all hit the block like, "Ayy what y'all finna do"
I'm from the corner of Sterling and Lafayette
Just right across from the park where it's popping at
Been making waves under wraps like a stocking cap
Laid in the back of the cut, where you find me at?
I do not rest nigga, I'm an insomniac
Is what it is if it ain't then it's probably that
They do the gimmicks and shit and they hardly rap
[Interlude]
*Gunshots*
*Police siren*
[Verse 2]
Eight on the dot
You hear them sirens it's twelve on the block
Sixteen and getting harassed by the cops
Twenty-one they kicked the door to my spot
Twenty-one seen my dog in a box
Twenty-three now and I seen me a lot
I'm tryna buy a mansion for my momma
If I'ma do that I need this shit to pop
Signed a deal and I did not even celebrate
Took the check and gave my brother tuition
Took the check and then I paid for a lawyer
'Cause nigga left us in a fucked up position
Woke up one morning and seen a little note on my door
And it said we was getting evicted
Ain't go to college, I ain't got no dollars, I'm steady pacing back and forth in the kitchen
I was paying for the sins of my father
He blew the savings on that shit he was sniffing
Ain't no money and it ain't no insurance
When I was sick I couldn't get a prescription
Another day another dollar but that ain't enough to cover all the things we was missing
Through it all i never folded or bended
I thought I told you niggas I gotta g-
Man I was up a couple weeks straight
So much stress I shoulda went gray
Dropped an album outta pure pain
Top ten the very next day
Still ain't where I wanna be
Thank God I ain't where i was
Down bad now we looking up
This for the ones that got it out the mud
Mitchell
[Outro]
I'm from the corner of Sterling and Lafayette
I'm from the corner of Sterling and Lafayette
I'm from the corner of Sterling and Lafayette