Memoirs Lyrics

I was just sittin' up in the crib the other day

Thinkin' bout how I came up from nothin

Like they say

Except when I be sayin it I mean that shit forreal

Mom and Dad was broke

I grew up poor that shit was real

700

Square foot

That shit was triflin'

Four of us

No air

That shit was stifling

Had to get up outta there

That's what my momma say

Get your ass up out of bed to school

And make them grades

Daddy like to drink a lot

He workin' all the days

Momma taught the special ed

But that shit never pays

Pickin' up a second job

Them bills be gettin' late

Never mind them kids

They got each other they okay

I was seven years of age

My parents went they separate ways

Twelve came to the house too many times

But that's okay

Remember holdin' my little brother

While I'm sayin

It'll be alright no, need to cry

Cause they just playin'

But it really ain't no game I ever heard before

Why momma cryin' lyin on the sofa though

Really ain't no game I ever wanna play

Had to make a difference what my momma say

Middle school

Thirteen

My homie went and got a fuckin tool

No beam

He lied and played it cool

So clean

Until that motherfuckin' trigger pulled

Till that trigger pulled

Suicide all on the mind

Is bad weight

Had a homie's funeral

Before my first date

How he looked up in the hospital

Still haunt me to the day

And when I go to sleep

I still see his face

I'm fuckin traumatized

Yet, still I rise

Yes

Like Angelou handin' you the keys

To yo own fate

So it be ill advised

To

Avert your eyes

The revolution is losing the televised debate

They tellin' lies we hate

Apologize too late

I'm still losin' my friends

Another died today

I got to find away

To get up out of this place

I'm sick of tired of trying and nothing

Going my way

Cause it really ain't a game I ever wanna play

Gotta make a difference what my momma say