I Was Video (MV)

I was smokin', blowin' reggies tryna get high
I was carrying that heavy when I walked by
Used to have a shitty life but now it's alright
I used to ride a f*ckin' bike, now I drive by

I came a long way stressin' bout the wrong things
Never thought I'd make it out the gutter with these long rains
It's a cold world, homie, It's a damn shame
Damn strait, can't change ever if your plans made
Sick of sitting with the wrong face all day
False state, gotta find a way to make a thought pay
Going crazy stressing long range, Aww wait
Ghetto little motherf*cker tryna get these flaws strait

(I was smokin', blowin' reggies tryna get high)
(I was carrying that heavy when I walked by)

Lookin' like a mad kid, city full of crack heads
Seem like everybody gonna stab you in the back dead
Everywhere you go it seem like hope is on it's last leg
Wondering what kind of drug will be my last breath
So much anger, this ain't the world that we wanted
We was young and everybody around us was up to something, we were
Underfund, just tryna run from The Junction
From the jump we wasn't nothing and destined to pick a substance, I was
Staying positive, lit off the weed I spark a Bic
Breathe in the bowl, I got it against all these f*ckin' odds and shit
A steady nod from the music and then I'm gone
Had them Dre Beats, feelin' wavy, feel my heart beat to the song
Anyway, see I'm'a make it, know a lot of people hating on me
Want to see me be the picture painted they created of me

That ain't the case, I'ma place in the race in front of 'em
O's in my bag I'm holding gon' turn in'ta couple hundreds
Crumpled up in my pockets, my family don't have to struggle
I'm breaking us out the box where they broke us and got us hustling
My roots are strong, I struggled hard to reach the sun
And yeah, I came up out the darkness but the valley wasn't nothing
So I looked up at the mountain, started stretching for the summit
Staying patient with the shade, I'm finna make it through the summer
I'm'a shower in the rain, I'm finna branch out when I come up
They ain't stopping me from nothing 'cause f*ck it, I'm who they wanna be

Chasing a masterpiece, master of craft in-factually
Yeah he back and he bash a beat, rappers ain't never matched to me
I'm underground like ya'll ain't prolly never heard of this
I'm hip-hop in the flesh and I be flexing with that murder shit
AJ Kid, I used to think I wasn't worth a shit
Roaches on the burner smoking while I hold the clip
I used to walk up to the store to buy a quart and slam
Roam around the city doing nothing with my headphones in
Ain't know my purpose yet, I'll work at that
I'll take another pill to help me target where the pain is at
I'm fading out to pass the time, forget the past, wake up with my saneness back
Hope that I can make it through the days and keep my brain intact
Some nights I wonder if I'm bold enough to change my path
Make mistakes and I hate it, wish I could take 'em back
I sit awake, absorb the vapors tryna find the peace
So I can feel my mind at ease, defeated when I gotta fight to sleep
Something inside of me telling me I can't be trapped in this poverty selling weed
Everyone failing me, family with felonies
Enemies, friends who are fake now they dead to me

Ain't had a lot on my dinner plate
I had a lot on my shoulder blades
I took a shot of the Hennessy
I ain't forgot all my older days
I used to sleep up on the floor without no food to eat
The only thing that got me through the bullshit was the music beat