He was once a thug from around the way My life was never easy My life was never easy Started in my Cutlass clutchin' heat like it's a open oven Puffin' chronic puffin' Biggie out the window speaker subbin' Runnin' to the crips, it ain't no discussion Bullet wounds drenched in Hennessy and teaspoons of Robitussin' Head up phase, got a few concussion, yeah Compton's a maze, Dr. Draper cushion God please grant my nigga eternal life, we need the beats Aftermath where you fall asleep, you do not eat And my belly is full, gorilla ridin' the pool Banana clips in the pool, swine-divin' classy as all The opps, some on they ass, grandmama whoopin's in school This Wilmington in Brazil where niggas dyin' they jewels Too many problems, too many YGs So many ties to dollar signs, easy to end up on E I got shot up like Columbine, the crips descended on me Signed my name on a dotted line, I was vendors on beats This is the way My life was never easy My life was never easy There it is, there it was Don't interrupt, just because It's no love, show the shrug I ain't bring nothin' to the table when I'm the table I'ma turn up the music, wake up the neighbors I'ma get that thug life tatted across the navel It's how I am in real life, not just on cable Mr. Narcissist, tell me about my arrogance No more counseling, I don't negotiate with therapists God, yeah, wanna let God in But tonight, I guess I let my pride win Cousin Dre send me scriptures, help me see life better Nigga, we havin' the best divorce ever If we go to court, we'll go to court together Matter of fact, pick up your sis, we'll go to courts together I watch four kids for like five hours a day I wear these Yeezy boots everywhere, even in the shower today I got love for the nannies, but real family is better The cameras watch the kids, I stop takin' the credit Non-custodial dad, I bought the house next door What you think the point of really bein' rich for? When you give them everything, they only want more Bougie and a ruler, y'all need to do some chores Rich-ass kids, this ain't your mama house Climb on your brother's shoulders, get that top rhymin' out God, save me from that crash Just so I can beat Pete Davis' ass And my new bitch bad I know Illuminati mad This that Illuminati bitch This that 2 Bugatti rich This that God did this Only God did this There it is, there it was Don't interrupt, just because Ain't no love, shoulder shrug Won't he do it? Yes, he does Won't he do it? Yes, he does Won't he do it? My life was never easy This next one gon' be easy He was once a thug from around the way He was once a thug from around the way He was, he was He was, he was He was once a thug from around the way