See I come from the slums where my pappa showed me
Grindface
look
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Born in the belly of the east Bro
Sworn to the melodies of the street code
Mom couldn’t get it than you might become hustla
the trauma to thick you might become a customer
Lights on roaches scatter
Kool Aid and spam sandwiches was our appetizer platter
See where you from it really didn’t matter
They all knew if you was thoro cuz the block do chitter chatter
See 12 cuffing young niggas by the first name
And heaven was the only message that kept a nigga sane
Role models was the og’s of the dope game
Rolex, Cartiers, big rims, big chains
And our School suppose to teach us how to survive tho
Dang I swear to god that’s a lie bro
Where I’m from I'm just trying to stay alive bro
40 on my hip for survival
I come from the slums where they kill em slowly
My pappa wasn’t around so my cousin showed me
I like my circle small and keep a pistol on me
And if you claim you love than you got to show me
If don’t know where I come from you don’t want it no no no no
You don't want it no no
If don’t know where I come from you don’t want it no no no no
You don't want it no no
See possie big cuz he was shot by some bloods
Not vice lords but the the ones we literally called cuz family
a few years later granny died up in my arms
All this trauma before a teen they telling me to stay calm
My best homie OD thought he was being free
Lil bro in the battle of his life and and didn’t make it last week
All this family that I loss to theses demons in this street
That's why i deliver with this pain and express through poetry
So I praise god I get to see another day
Blessings from Lessons now I move another way
Don’t get it twisted like i won't be by your way
As Longs you're not a threat to my babies than were ok
If you don't know where I from this not another Story story
Its not another ah
If you I grew up where the I’m from its just another story story
It's just another story
I come from the slums where they kill em slowly
My pappa wasn’t around so my cousin showed me
I like my circle small and keep a pistol on me
And if you claim you love than you got to show me
If don’t know where I come from you don’t want it no no no no
You don't want it no no
If don’t know where I come from you don’t want it no no no no
You don't want it no no
I come from the slums where they kill em slowly
My pappa wasn’t around so my cousin showed me
I like my circle small and keep a pistol on me
And if you claim you love than you got to show me
If don’t know where I come from
If don’t know where I come from
Where I'm from
You better grab your gun
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