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Got no time for the conversations or funny shitNigga, only the reals who I get my money withUsed to turn on the TV, see what I wantAnd now the same one I dreamed about, the same one I'm stuntin' inIn the 6-2, almost 26And every nigga that I'm with got a zipI look at this shit as one big table and best believe every nigga I'm with got a sitThey try to hold us back, paint a picture of us, then sell it straight to the publicYou young, black, then you thuggin'What they don't talk about the kid that came from nothin'Who stuck to what he believed in and turned himself to something greatThey should use that story to motivateBut instead they'd rather focus on the fact that he's a potheadNot the fact there's not a lot where I lived25 and not deadI'm tryna tell you somethin', this shit's realWhen you work hard to get it that's how you feelThe man that start what they knew and they ain't (?) awayWe started small to them houses in the hillsTo them houses in the hillsHouses in the hillsHouses in the hillsTo them houses in them hillsYou make a little money, take care and right yourselfSongtexteAnd people start coming up with they hand outPeople take their stresses and make them yoursWell that's just what comes with being a manI try to do all that I can to make sure thatMy son grow up without having to see half of the stuff I've been throughBut in life we all got our own pathDon't understand that by now you won't begin toCop another Rollex or Porsche try and get even with mePulled up to the club, swear it looked like the dealer with meCause we had so many cars it was stupidSo I don't see a reason to try and reason with meMade a couple million (?)They ain't teach a young nigga that in the classroomOr how to make your people better by taking knowledge and spreadin' itNot being in the game but ahead of itI'm tryna tell you somethin', this shit's realWhen you work hard to get it that's how you feelThe man that start what they knew and they ain't (?) awayWe started small to them houses in the hillsTo them houses in the hillsHouses in the hillsHouses in the hillsTo them houses in them hillsThousand dollar benefit platesNo matter how high the stakes, niggas never outta placeNow I'm high, Empire StateDrunk stumblin', never will I tumble far from graceI'm one of them under-celebrated greatsUnder the influence of what Uncle Snoop threw meSoon as I stepped off the planeSwitchin' four lanes like Jay and JermaineKillin' beats, visitin' grave sites and pissin' champagneI been in the crib enjoying my hobbiesSuckers figured this'll be the perfect time to try meTry meAssumptions that I'm lunchin', gettin' sloppyI'm just gettin' better, seasoned veteranEagle eye perspective, scope before I go inCome out with the whole henA dollar and a dreamHave a house on the hill and the world on a screenI'm tryna tell you somethin', this shit's realWhen you work hard to get it that's how you feelThe man that start what they knew and they ain't (?) awayWe started small to them houses in the hillsWe started smallto them houses in the hillsWe started smallto them houses in the hills Aus Songtexte Mania