[Verse 1 ]
I remember waking up
Being broke but still it wasn't breaking us
I remember why I broke the rules
Cause I ain't really have nobody to look up to
I remember cutting class and being bad
Cause I ain't have what them other kids had
I remember wishing that I knew my dad
Then I remember wishing I could get him back
For every night that he told me he was coming and he didn't
For every single dollar that my mama and 'nem was missing'
For every thing I wanted and was told I couldn't get it
And that I had to face it that my daddy was addicted (damn)
That's right it wasn't easy growing up
Mama was exposing us to life as she knew it
So we all went through it
I remember being down and out, sleeping on my homies couch
In & outta trouble ever since my mama put me out

[Bridge]
Damn it's getting real, Damn it's getting real
Didn't graduate, I'm thinking damn I gotta deal
So I hit da block, selling rocks just to eat a meal
So I grabbed da Glock, kept it cocked, Peace is being Still

[Verse 2]
In the back of the tracks, my n***a's stayed wit da packs
And if a n***a was scheming, my brotha stayed with the gat
Yea, yea we stayed in da trap, yea everyday in da trap
These ho was chasing the cheese, so we would stay wit the rat's
And we was riding down, dipping low, I stayed in da back
In the X5 stunting, we ain't know how to act
Spending money like it's nothing, cause we gone get it back
17 never thought that I'd be getting them racks
Had a dream but I said I wasn't fucking wit that
Mel told me I would make it, I ain't fucking wit that
But he told me that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try
Hardest thing out in New Orleans never see 25

[Verse 3]
Right then I woke up, broke out, told my n***a's had to roll out
Moved to the A and got motivated,that inspiration don't run out
Heard my brother got gunned down and it hurt me to my heart
So I kept grinding, I kept pushing, he told me to go far
So I can't stop at no crib, can't stop at no car
Gotta, Keep, Going, Like there ain't no tomorrow
So I'm going hard everyday
Till I got nothing to say
Nothing can stand in my way
I gotta stay, to show my n***a's a different way (waayyy)

[Hook]
Imma tell the truth and the whole truth
Cause there ain't no need to lie
And I ain't tryna keep it all inside
So I gotta Testify For you and I , I Testify (X4)

I Testify, I Testify