[Verse 1]
Pops dashed and I guess Momma kept her chin up
'Cause she could have left me in the dumpster somewhere and been up
Momma was all I had, all I can see
14, heron took her away from me
Materialistics meant shit, we never had a lot
But I loved her, you know, now what the fuck I got?
Young with a bunch of motherfuckin' stress in here
School? Never returned after my freshman year
Foo', no household, let alone gear, feelin' lost in debt
Startin' to feel the pains that drove Momma off the edge
All day I'm on the block and when the night went 'head
Sometimes I paid [?] rocks to let me sleep in they tip
Hennessey couldn't ease the strain, seize the pain
Found myself in stairwells, tryna freeze it with 'caine
Ill in fact the love I carry for my OG
Ended up instillin' that in my M-O-B
Death before you disrespect my set, understood?
Guess my resume was good, nothin' to love but the hood
Needin' somethin' to believe in made me a crazy kid
I'm what A-motherfuckin'-merica made me, ya dig?
Never change

[Chorus]
(Never, never, never, never change)
I'm still fuckin' with crime 'cause crime pays (I never change)
Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)
I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I never change
(I never, never, never, never change)
I'm still fuckin' with crime 'cause crime pays (I never change)
Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)
I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I never change
[Verse 2]
Downstate, locked behind barbed wire and gate
Is where I stood at, hit 'em all but where the hood at? (Where the hood?)
Cats I love for, woulda took a slug for
Played G like a stranger, man this life'll change ya
Memories of dead dawgs and my mom kept on
Stating [?] from thorazine and [?]
I was raised on drugs and violence, too proud
Back [?], where the silence is too loud
All my bad breaks and mistakes replay and replay
With no alcohol or chronic to just take me away
I cried tears, believe, I ain't cried in years
But inside out, looking at myself, I feared
And to my pops, fuck him, he can keep on running
Damn shame knowing the pains, I did the same to a woman
Left the wiz and the babies in a world so ill
Without me, ain't that a bitch, yeah I can't repeat this
But a n***a never change

[Chorus]
(Never, never, never, never change)
I'm still fuckin' with crime 'cause crime pays (I never change)
Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)
I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I never change
(I never, never, never, never change)
I'm still fuckin' with crime 'cause crime pays (I never change)
Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)
I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I never change
[Verse 3]
I tried to hide the stresses through all types of drugs and liquor
Had my name scandalized by lesser n***as
Understand I'm just a n***a
I don't hate you n***a, do what you do
I know that's just the nature of n***as
I'm through, been through rape, robbery, and murder shit
I've grown, glad to be home, released from my third bid
This shit that found me has taught me life is short
Count your blessings, learned that in the county from [?]
Me a holy roller? Shit, naw, Joe
You know I'm still rough with the flow
Stuff and puff Otimos
The life I'm left with is just enough for me to escape with
And through all the hatred I think I done found something sacred
That's Jason, so usin' and abusin', farewell
Jail cells, no more pump, pissy drunk in the stairwells
Got to stay in line, seein' new faces, none of 'em mine
And as bad as I want to leave this bullshit behind, I can't

[Chorus]
(Never, never, never, never change)
I'm still fuckin' with crime 'cause crime pays (I never change)
Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)
I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I never change
(I never, never, never, never change)
I'm still fuckin' with crime 'cause crime pays (I never change)
Out hustlin', same clothes for days (I never change)
I never change, I'm too stuck in my ways, I never change