[Intro]
There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes, he would go away too
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high

[Chorus]
That young n***a know what it feel like to go and get you murked
That young n***a know what it feel like to put one on a shirt
He know how to sleep at night, though, he put a son in the dirt
He don't never look excited, and he don't run when it hurt
Dealer got his mama on coke and got her son on them Percs
His heart can't let him fear a man even if he was born in a church

[Verse]
Jumped off the porch, runnin' round the corner, he was nothin' but thirteen
Came through her window, had broke his virgin to a freak named Christine
And his day one told him, "We gotta get the paper or we gotta die trying"
Now he know gettin' that money is a must, but he ain't stuntin' his hygiene
Droppin' outta school was a must, deodorant, he ain't get his degree
The streets got cold, his heart got froze, he started to slang heat
He had seen the opps, he was 5'7", but he tryna leave 'em six feet
He didn't even know the n***as, it was his partner's smoke, so it's just like his beef now
He had fronted the n***a just like a plug, so it's just like his smoke
But if he run outta bullets, he gotta reup, 'cause he tryna get score (Tryna score)
He went to jail, his mama down bad on crack, she always at the Citgo
Muddy at the Citgo, at the gas station, but he can't even make store
Made bond, then moved in with his bitch in a two-bedroom apartment
Other room for the junior, he ain't nothin' like a priest but he 'bout to be a father
He ain't have a way, he ain't have a penny, his bag was just life harder
Hit a bag with Penny Hardaway, but he'll never leave his warriors (Leave his warriors)
That's when you found out coke wasn't brown, that shit was white as snow
'Cause the OG fronted him a zip of coke, he ain't want no Sprite no more
And his folks had run off with some dope and he don't even fight no more
Fucked his old girlfriend, he popped two X's, but he ain't fight no hoes
Called his day one, told him he got some shit, gotta handle it just like a wrist
He had sent they pics and whispered the skit like
"I don't even wanna exist"
Went to shooting the 40, had an extra dick like
He ain't even wanna piss (I ain't even wanna pee)
He was in his bushes, waited all night for him like a pair of Michael J's
Gun a throwaway, but it gon' get heated, so he put it in the microwave
Blood on his arm, he was tryna wash, took him all night to bathe
He a lover, no one ever showed him
[Chorus]
That young n***a know what it feel like to go and get you murked
That young n***a know what it feel like to put one on a shirt
He know how to sleep at night, though, he put a son in the dirt
He don't never look excited, and he don't run when it hurt
Dealer got his mama on coke and got her son on them Percs
His heart can't let him fear a man even if he was born in a church

[Interlude]
There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes, he would go away too
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high
There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
I saw a shadow flying high

[Chorus]
That young n***a know what it feel like to go and get you murked
That young n***a know what it feel like to put one on a shirt
He know how to sleep at night, though, he put a son in the dirt
He don't never look excited, and he don't run when it hurt
Dealer got his mama on coke and got her son on them Percs
His heart can't let him fear a man even if he was born in a church
[Outro]
There was a time when I was alone
Nowhere to go and no place to call home
My only friend was the man in the moon
And even sometimes, he would go away too
Then one night, as I closed my eyes
I saw a shadow flying high