Dead ass, nihgga

This life don’t come with warnings

Only war stories and warrants

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Dead ass, I was thuggin’ since the fifth grade

Nihggaz throwin’ signs while I’m learnin’ how to switch blades

Seen a nihgga die over dice in the hallway

I was just a shorty with a burner in my North Face

Dead ass, I ain’t fold when the cuffs clicked

Nihgga tried to snitch, now he missin’ off the suspects

Talk tough, get chalked like a math test

Nihgga crossed me once, now he livin’ with regrets

Dead ass, I done slept in the crack spots

Nihggaz cookin’ dope while the babies heard the backshots

Dead ass, I ain’t proud, but it’s facts

Every scar on my body from a war I ain’t ask

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Dead ass, I was broke with a vision

Now these nihggaz pay tax just to step in my kitchen

Dead ass, I don’t talk, I just listen

And when that fifth start to hiss, it don’t come with no wisdom

Dead ass, I was raised by the corner

Where nihggaz pour drank for the ones in the coroner

Dead ass, you can see it in my eyes

I ain’t never had peace, only heat and goodbyes

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Dead ass, nihggaz fake with a real face

Actin’ like they with it, but they crack under steel plates

Dead ass, I done took a few losses

Had to rob a plug just to cover up the office

Dead ass, I was knee-deep in drama

Mama couldn’t sleep, prayin’ hard for her son-a

Nihggaz switched sides when the money came through

But that Draco spit flames — now they ghost like the truth

Dead ass, I don’t flinch at the sirens

Ns talk loud, but they fold when it’s violent

Dead ass, I still roll with them lifers

One call, now you sleepin’ in your Nikes, n

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Dead ass, I was broke with a vision

Now these nihggaz pay tax just to step in my kitchen

Dead ass, I don’t talk, I just listen

And when that fifth start to hiss, it don’t come with no wisdom

Dead ass, I was raised by the corner

Where nihggaz pour drank for the ones in the coroner

Dead ass, you can see it in my eyes

I ain’t never had peace, only heat and goodbyes

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Dead ass, nihgga…

This shit realer than a tombstone

You either earn your name…

Or get etched in stone tryin’