Seven years old, first time I seen a gun

Run to tell my mama, she said "baby, here we come"

From a world where that's normal, where the strong survive

Survive by any means, that's how we stay alive

Five different baby mamas on the block where I grew

Grew up fast when you learn what these streets gon' do

Do or die mentality, strapped before sixteen

Sixteen shots in the clip, know what I mean?

Day one in the game, uncle taught me how to serve

Serve the fiends at the corner, never lose ya nerve

Nerve made of steel when you born into the trap

Trap phone buzzin', money comin' in my lap

Slap any nigga disrespect the family name

Name ring bells since I stepped into the game

Game recognize game, and the hood recognize real

Real nigga since birth, this the way I feel

Day one hood nigga, this who I am

Guns, drugs, and hoes, part of the plan

Born in the struggle, raised in the streets

Day one down, till my heart don't beat

First time I got arrested, mama cried at the station

Vacation from the hood? That was just probation

Probation couldn't hold me, back up on the block

Block love me like family, I was raised by the flock

Flock of real shooters, flock of real dealers

Killers and survivors, all my hood chin killas

Chinchilla coat money from the white girl sales

Sales by the ounce while dodgin' county jails

Twelve years old, first time I seen powder

Powder turn to money, money turn to power

Power in the streets when you control ya section

Section of the hood that show you mad affection

Affection for the realest, respect for the G's

G's that came before me, taught me all the keys

Keys to the game, keys to the safe

Keys to survival in this dangerous place

Day one loyalty, that's my foundation

Hood life chose me, no hesitation

Born in the trap, die in the trap