[Meek Mill]:
Like I'm so motherfuckin' hungry man my head hurt
I had to get myself together, make my head work
But at the same time, keep my rap career first
But everybody know the hood could be your worst distraction
And when a n***a disrespect you, guns your first reaction
Thats how we livin' in the struggle, all we got is pride
So when a n***a take it from you, shit you gotta ride
Murder, homicide, so by all means necessary I'ma strive
To get my momma out the hood since my father died
If you don't grind, you don't shine, shit I gotta try
A made man, brave man, n***a, I am I
I'm from the hood where the tears never end
And the pain never stops, the game on clock
Yeah it's lookin' sunny but the rain gon' drop
And bodys gon' fall thats why by goin' hard
Roamin' through these main streets I be on guard
Cause n***as stealin' lives faster than they stealin' cars
See, me, I'm still alive, asking, praying I don't fall
This sinnin' got me winnin' though I know its all wrong
Then I stop, look around my homies all gone
We the last of the last, holding on strong
Some say I ain't earned it, you break it down, burn it
I'ma rebuild cause I'm thorough and determined
Call me Meek Mill I'm the realest in the word of-
Mouth, from the North to the South I am murder
While you were steady chillin'
I was in the crib writin' wraps, thinkin' millions, cars, jewels, buildings
N***as don't respect it 'til they see you progressin' but trust me I'ma kill 'em
This summer, six-forty-five without the ceiling
Coup, no roof, v-twenty on the engine
This is big business, forty-four forties and nines, that's big biscuits
Forty boys target your squad, now 'nuff vengeance
Rather see you shot up, before they see you pop up
A chain around you neck all fresh pullin' that drop up
I came around the set, nothing less when n***as cop up
So I had no choice but to grind and get this guap up
Ever since a boy, shit, my mind's been my papa
The streets been my old head and they raised me as a rider