Memories

I know the whole world is full of a bunch of thug niggas

And thug figures

The world is based upon young niggas

Coming up in the ghetto, the streets

You know what I'm sayin'?

I'm sittin' here reminiscin' about the past

I wanna let y'all motherfuckers know

Where a nigga went through

How a nigga get to become who the fuck he is

You know what I'm sayin'? Check it out

Motherfuckin' memories

As a youngsta, just another

Thug nigga with thug figures

Motherfuckin' memories

As a youngsta, just another

Thug nigga with thug figures

I remember way back to my project days

A little dirty motherfucker daydreamin' 'bout a pair of J's

Left alone in a world of crime

Five kids, no daddy, and my big brother doin' time

Now what the fuck am I supposed to do?

I said "Give it up" (Give it up) to them niggas with the smaller crew

I guess this thug shit is in my blood

Started smokin' weed, got my first hit from my nigga cuz

Me and my bitches used to cut class

And me and Silkk caught our first charge, grand theft and trespass

I never thought that I would make it out the ghetto

A young nigga livin' like the motherfuckin' Goodfellas

I wear a gun like it was part of my clothes

With them rocks in my socks, got me runnin' from the po-po's

From the block to the motherfuckin' penitentiaries

I'm reminiscin' about my

Motherfuckin' memories

As a youngsta, just another

Thug nigga with thug figures

Motherfuckin' memories

As a youngsta, just another

Thug nigga with thug figures

I remember Mac, the neighborhood nigga who rapped

The lil' skinny motherfucker got punched and slapped

Lil' dreamin' motherfucker never had an older brother

Alone in the streets, I learned the rules of the gutter

I was scared to die

Junior high, runnin' from them niggas

On that other side who was openin' fire

Couldn't tell moms (I couldn't tell her)

I couldn't tell pops (I couldn't tell her)

That was the very night I became shellshocked