beat- preacher i was in the streets hustling young goon couldn't tell me nothing i hoped and prayed that i would find a different way looking up at the sky hoping my life wouldn't fade this some shit that gonna get the trap jumping this be on some young nigga can't tell me nothing this be what the hoods been waiting on a real nigga to talk about his life in a song it was hard i was only sixteen no money so I started serving crack to the fiends my left shoe had a hole and i was splitting at that seams every night see a vision of a better life in my dreams I'd keep my niggas close got em with me on this rollercoaster didn't have anybody to look up to in my hood so in my room i hung up a master p poster and tried to find a way to make my dreams come closer told myself that one day i would be living no limit picked up the mic and started planning on how to make my dreams come to fruition figured there's gotta be something better than a rumbling tummy and an outfit thats bummy lord i know that i done been wrong i pray for my son that my music helps us keep the lights on will you shine a light on out the hood i ain't never going back all the dirt that a young'n did was now in the past and i put a chain on scotty suddenly my crew became bulletproof like la roux and i made damn sure to give some gifts to coot and ab too I tell you it's a blessing to just wake up my dude to a new day made some slips but now i feel like I'm on track on top of my game and y'all gonna feel my tracks when they drop i tell you i was out in the etreets fighting lions and tigers only my soul and lyrics to use as a riffle and i smiled when i was handed every rack yeah in my mind i was like i ain't never going back