[Chorus: Devin The Dude]
This can't be my life
Broke, struggling in the streets
I know one day I'm gon shine
Like a star in the sky
Like a star in the sky

[Verse 1: Yukmouth]
Dear lord, I was born to be a star
Raised in the projects, even though my moms was at the bar
[?]
I'm so gifted, I tought myself how to draw, read comic books
Screaming dear lord, I know this can't be life
Every night I'm eating beans and rice
My shoes holy, and my jeans is tights
I see the broke man blues, but still believe in rights
We go to church every Sunday
Me and my grandma, she would say thе lord would come and save us one day
But thеn it's back to the gunplay
In the ghetto where the first and 15 [?] like a birthday
Cause that's the day we got payed
My mama was a crackhead, so it got blazed
Kept going to church, but grandma got saved
And pray for the day me and my family got payed

[Chorus: Devin The Dude]
This can't be my life
Broke, struggling in the streets
I know one day I'm gon shine
Like a star in the sky
Like a star in the sky
[Verse 2: Yukmouth]
Mama, why the other kids get to ride a bike?
I had to build a gold car out of wood, we was so broke, I couldn't buy a bike
The front had rollerskating wheels, a string to stear
The back was big training wheels
And my seat was a milk crate
My break was my shoes, that's why my heels scraped
Just hoping that my mama had a meal made
But she smoked out, I had to eat at my folks' house
Thank god for friends, cause if I didn't have 'em, I'd be eating out of garbage cans
I put it all in the father's hands, cause when I'm starving man, he let me eat, so it's part of the plan
I just apreashate I got clothes
Even though they got holes
I was in motels eating on the hot stove
Being broke will make you go berserk
Think I'm lieing? I was crying when I wrote this verse
True story

[Chorus: Devin The Dude]
This can't be my life
Broke, struggling in the streets
I know one day I'm gon shine
Like a star in the sky
Like a star in the sky

[Verse 3: Yukmouth]
Daddy, why you never go to work?
When they giving out buter and free cheese, the only time my mother go to church
It's sad, but my family was poor
Now we sleeping in the ally outside of the store
Lord, how could we get evicted?
From section 8, but mama was addicted, kept spending with them heavyweights
My dad stayed locked up, he was a pusher, so my only choice was move with my grandma or my sister
Me and my little sister had different [?]
She [?] so she moved with her father
Damb, me and my sisters all seperated
And my family spent the check on theyself, [?] hated
Make a youngster wanna run away
Commit suicide, a voice inside told me put the gun away
It brought a tear to my eye
Lord let me survive
Cause Imma shine like a star in the sky
[Chorus: Devin The Dude]
This can't be my life
Broke, struggling in the streets
I know one day I'm gon shine
Like a star in the sky
Like a star in the sky