And it's funny 'cause, I might be bended, but I'm never broken
You know they say, "Beautiful souls, emerge from ugly experiences"
And that just mean, through all the trials and tribulations
All that pain, you just gotta, just, take grasp of it
And just, come out stronger in the end
It's Melvoni

I look in the mirror with my eyes closed
I don't like the shit I see, when they open up
They keep tellin' me I needa' open up
But I'm throwin' up my A, bitch, you know what's up
I got it on my own, ain't nobody gave me nothin'
Before the rap, I was gettin' all my money from the thuggin'
I came a long way, from expectin' hand-outs
I told myself, "Put your fuckin' hands down"

In my, oh my, oh my, my world is in shambles
In my, oh my, oh my, my life is a gamble
They wouldn't understand half the shit that we been through
Came up from the trenches, growin' up it wasn't simple
We ain't get to do all the shit regular kids do
Somehow, we still got the blame, for all the shit that we didn't do
Look at where I came from, look who I became 'cause
We was sinkin', and I swear nobody would come save us
As a youngin' I was thuggin', and gettin' this fuckin' paper
'Cause the system tried to slave us
And for a long, long, long, long time, I been on my own
For a long, long, long, long time, with nowhere to go
In my, oh my, oh my, my world is in shambles
In my, oh my, oh my, my life is a gamble

But that's okay, it ain't nothin' we ain't used to
Wish I could play with other niggas like we used to
And I hopped off the porch since I was 14
And since then, me and my niggas slangin' iron in these streets
I step on my pockets, I got 5 in these jeans
And I swear if I make 10, then I gave 5 to my team
The other 5 to my bitch, but she be lyin' to me
I gotta watch myself, 'cause I cannot die in these streets

For a long, long, long, long time, I been on my own
For a long, long, long, long time, with nowhere to go
In my, oh my, oh my, my world is in shambles
In my, oh my, oh my, my life is a gamble
They wouldn't understand half the shit that we been through
Came up from the trenches, growin' up it wasn't simple
We ain't get to do all the shit regular kids do
Somehow, we still got the blame for all the shit that we didn't do
Look at where I came from, look who I became 'cause
We was sinkin' and I swear nobody would come save us
As a youngin' I was thuggin', and gettin' this fuckin' paper
'Cause the system tried to slave us