Born Alone In Oakland Lyrics

The rule is to become a product of your environment

The exception is to be successful despite the toxic circumstances

If I could change anything leading up to my incarceration, it would have to be my mindset

I wasn't ready to change the cycle of young black men in Oakland from being a part of the problem, to being creators of the solution

Same four steps on Holway

Love me, ain't no way

I done seen it all

Jumped in the school hall

I love my city, but I know we going through it

Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it

Young cats out here stealing

Same hittas is killing

This one's for my brother laying up in that prison

We all set up to fail

But I'm a ring that bell

Try to stop me please

My songs cost yo lease

I love my city, but I know we going through it

Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it

Young cats out here stealing

Same hittas is killing

This one's for my brother laying up in that prison

Don't need your fake love

Only need the man above

My city needa do better

Head down, get yo cheddar

I love my city, but I know we going through it

Y'all don't gotta smoke nobody to prove that you with it

Young cats out here stealing

Same hittas is killing

This one's for my brother laying up in that prison

God got me like no other

Not my mother, brother, or lover

If I move wrong, they'll cast the first stone

I know they love me, but I was born alone

I know they love me, I promise

I'm not flawless, but honest

The future is all the unknown

I know they love me, but I was born alone