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soft piano) Pops went in when I was 8... came home when I was 13... Grandma raised me... [HOOK 1 - MELODIC PAIN - 0:15] Pops went in when I was 8, came home when I was 13 Mama on them pills, she was fighting her demons Grandma raised me, auntie wiped my tears Brothers in the streets, I was raised by killers, Free Jerco, free Cameron till they home Long live Deskii, I pour it on my own 8 years old watching them take my dad away Didn't understand it, I just told him "be okay" Mama nodding off, pills all on the dresser Had to live with grandma, shit didn't get lesser Grandma praying for me, auntie tryna hold me down But the projects raised me, Southside made me drown Older brothers with that fire, they was teaching me the game Not the one from school, this one bring pain I was hittin' licks cause we ain't have no lights Sleeping on the floor, hearing shots at night Pops did 5, I was 8 to 13! Mama on pills, grandma raising me! Brothers killas, taught me how to slide! Southside projects, had to survive! Spin for Deskii! Free Jerco! Free Cameron! , 12 hittin' licks tryna eat, tryna live call brudda tell send da blitz Spin the block for Deskii, that's a debt I gotta give We da type to hop kill you in front of ya kidz Mask on late night trying take a life 13 took em fa his pipe Been a menace to the streets in my head I ain’t right Free my brudda Jerco, solid in the cell Free Cameron, hold it down, I wish you well When yall free all da ops gon have show and tell Daddy gone, mama gone, streets my dad Pain turned to rage, that's the life I had Grandma crying "Brayskii stop," I was in the rain What you expect from a kid with nothing to lose but pain? [BRIDGE - SLOWED DOWN - 2:30] 13 when pops came home, I was already grown Already seen death, already felt alone Pray my mama beat it, pray grandma live long Brayskii tell my story so these kids don't feel alone [FINAL HOOK - 2:45] Pops went in when I was 8, came home when I was 13 Mama on them pills... Grandma raised me, auntie kept me strong But the streets still calling in this song If you lived what I lived, you know this song Long live Deskii... free my brothers...