You got a difficult generation, wanna talk about difficult
I'm from the age where the rockin' was mineral, big individual
All of our schooling was physical, take us outside, put us in line
I've been a black, she'd been in the field, you never know what is real
Came from a time when they did it for skill, I never been on a drill
Or a t-shirt hoodie with a name or a picture on it for my brother
There ain't never been another who would think I would've come up from the gutter
We were working for the bread and butter, they was working on their biceps
In the gym, out the projects, we was getting out the Pyrex
Would've been a misfit, didn't fit with the riches or the shit kids
But you could die for a Big Mac or a Tic Tac or a Kit Kat
Just so you know, it's a code we're talking about
Back in the day, now I ain't here to complain
Just to say you got it good, if you come from the hood
Then you could have a different perception when you been through the pain
See I was born in the 80s, in the days where the game wasn't gamey
It was less slim and more shady, more ODB and less baby
And now baby you get me, in the days where the trainers were filthy
And our fingernails weren't milky
Just so you know, it's a code we're talking about
Back in the day, now I ain't here to complain
Just to say you got it good, if you come from the hood
Then you could have a different perception when you been through the pain
See I was born in the 80s, in the days where the game wasn't gamey
It was less slim and more shady, more ODB and less baby
And now baby you get me, in the days where the trainers were filthy
And our fingernails weren't milky
No plant based or oat milk, it was titty milk
If you come from the same type of titty I do
It's like all our aunties and uncles, they say these kids today