Testify

I remember wakin' up, bein broke

but still it wasn't breakin' us

I remember why I broke the rules

cuz I ain't really have nobody to look up to

I remember cuttin' class, bein' bad

cuz I ain't have what them other kids had

I remember wishin' that I knew my dad

then I remember wishin' I could get him back

For every single night that he told me he was comin' and he didn't

for every single dollar that my mama 'nem was missin'

For every thing I wanted and was told I couldn't get it

and that I had to face it that my daddy was addicted (damn)

That's right it wasn't easy growin' up

mama was exposin' us to life as she knew it

So we all went through it

I remember bein' down and out, sleepin, on my homie's couch

In & outta trouble ever since my mama put me out

Damn it's gettin real, damn it's gettin real

Didn't graduate, I'm thinkin damn I gotta deal

So I hit da block, sellin rocks just to eat a meal

So I grabbed da Glock, kept it cocked

Peace is still

In da back of da tracks, my nigga's stayed wit da packs

And if a nigga was schemin', my brotha stayed with tha gat

Yea, yea we stayed in da trap, yea everyday in da trap

These ho's was chasin' da cheese, so we would stay wit da rat's

And we was ridin down, dippin low, I stayed in da back

In the X5 stuntin, we ain't know how to act

Spendin' money like it's nothin, cuz we gone get it back

17 never thought that I'd be gettin dem racks

had a dream but I said I wasn't fuckin' wit that

Mel told me I would make it, I ain't fuckin wit that

but he told me that it wouldn't hurt to give it a try

Hardest thing out in New Orleans never see 25

Right then I woke up, broke out, told my nigga's had to roll out

moved to the A and got motivated,that inspiration don't run out

Heard my brother got gunned down and it hurt me to my heart

So I kept grindin', I kept pushin', he told me to go far

So I can't stop at no crib, can't stop at no car

Gotta. Keep. Goin. Like there ain't no tomorrow

So I'm goin hard everyday, til I got nothin' to say, nothin' can stand in my way

I gotta stay, to show my nigga's a different way (way)

Imma tell da truth and da whole truth

Cuz there ain't no need to lie

And I ain't tryna keep it all inside

So I gotta testify

For you and I, I testify

Imma tell da truth and da whole truth

Cuz there ain't no need to lie

And I ain't tryna keep it all inside

So I gotta testify

For you and I, I testify

Imma tell da truth and da whole truth

Cuz there ain't no need to lie

And I ain't tryna keep it all inside

So I gotta testify

For you and I, I testify

Imma tell da truth and da whole truth

Cuz there ain't no need to lie

And I ain't tryna keep it all inside

So I gotta testify

For you and I, I testify

I testify, I testify