Reference for you and those who are outside
Today I'm here tomorrow just memories
Some have whatever they want, I didn't even have anything
Just scars on my skin, a troubled mind
I never had a father to take me to play ball or go watch
Flying a kite creating games to see me smile
Things as simple as having a father pick me up from school
I gave the signal and everyone was going home to ask for alms
My mother pretended to be hungry just so I could eat
A plate on the table and I couldn't contain her tears
Blood relative from the same family wasn't even close
I grew up in the alley watching a lot of tapes I watched
That kid you saw growing up
I will make you proud mom
That kid you saw growing up
My thief diploma started to kick in
And the little ones in the market kept stealing
I already wanted to traffic, I got older
They saw potential in me as a quality campana
At the age of thirteen he had already signed 155, 157
At sixteen, my cash flow was lined up, I had a Falcon, a Hornet
I had almost everything I wanted
I just didn't have the old lady's smile
Money, drugs, whores, persisted
The illusion seems to fill
On my last day of assault against VT I retaliated
I took two shots in the back
I looked at the sky and asked for forgiveness
My mother in the hospital held my hand
Asking the doctor for a solution
And only to God may it be a lesson
That kid you saw growing up
That kid you saw growing up
Saw it grow, saw it talk, learn to shine
I will live to tell, my testimony will come
To break, find myself, consciousness pass
This life of illusion makes us regress, degrade