verse 1 whatchu know about going to elementary School having people talking shit in front of u niggas getting high smoking drinking on the fuckin bleachers the Sunday getting criticized by yo preacher whatchu know about waking up in November going to the living room to check on the weather but before you get to the door you see yo dad dead on the floor whatcha know bout it 2x chorus living like me is tough and rough but gotta know that you is enough there's a difference a player and a thug sometimes you need a little thug love verse 2 whatcha know about being 4'10 in high school whatcha know bout gettin beat up in the bathroom now dont me wrong im a bad mf but sometimes I don't want to be a fighter chorus living like me is tough and rough but gotta know that you is enough there's a difference a player and a thug sometimes you need a little thug love verse 3 whatchu know about being told you not loved whatcha know mary Jane and drugs whatcha know wishing you aborted whatcha know about being jumped and recorded and when you think its over you pulled in a corner and told you were important outro south bend is cool and tough but im strong as fuck don't call my bluff