[00:18.96]1970 Something nigga
[00:21.19]I don't sweat the date my moms was late,
[00:22.87]So I had to plan my escape,
[00:24.24]Out the skins,
[00:25.13]In this world the fly girls,
[00:26.80]Tangeray and hennesey,
[00:28.30]Untill I call earl, 10 months in this gut,
[00:31.23]What the f**k,
[00:32.13]I wish moms would hurry up,
[00:33.29]So I can get buck wild,
[00:34.49]Juvenile with the mics n shit,
[00:37.05]New York New York,
[00:37.87]Ready for the likes of this,
[00:39.15]Then came the worst date,
[00:40.73]May 21st 2:19 was
[00:43.17]When my moma water burst,
[00:44.28]No spouse in the house,
[00:45.33]So she rolled herself,
[00:46.41]To the hospital,
[00:47.20]To see if she could get a little help,
[00:49.38]Umbilical cords wrapped around my neck,
[00:51.64]Im seein' my death,
[00:52.56]And I ain't even took my first step,
[00:54.34]I made it out im bringin' mad joy,
[00:56.28]The doctor looked and said
[00:57.30]He's gonna be BAD BOY!
[00:58.97]I remmember back in time,
[01:00.65]
[01:01.25]Before all the homies died,
[01:03.12]
[01:03.74]Before all the dollars and nines,
[01:05.64]
[01:06.17]I knew that I was
[01:07.10]Goin' somewhere,
[01:08.76]Let me take you back in time,
[01:10.47]
[01:11.13]Before I even got the rhyme,
[01:13.01]
[01:13.68]Before I had nickels and
[01:15.00]Dimes, I knew that I was goin' somewhere,
[01:17.31]Would 'Pac be alive,
[01:18.13]If you let 'Pac drive?
[01:19.11]Swear to god to reverse it
[01:20.19]I give my left eye,
[01:21.37]With the right I visualized,
[01:22.59]The king of bed-stuy,
[01:23.80]Checkin his daughter tianna into junior high,
[01:26.39]If I was in brooklyn,
[01:27.61]And B.I. was still alive,
[01:28.81]In 2006 it might sound like this,
[01:31.13]N.Y. 718 212, where sue's rendevouz,
[01:34.65]Its like moulin rouge,
[01:35.98]High fashion, up town air force ones,
[01:38.77]And vasquez, puerto ricans with fat asses
[01:41.47]Lace dutch masters, we dump ashes,
[01:43.52]On models and S classes,
[01:44.87]For you bastards,
[01:45.94]Catch a cab to manhattan,
[01:47.13]With that broadway acting,
[01:48.52]U hype that belly shit,
[01:49.71]Would u get u capped,
[01:51.01]And wrapped in plastic,
[01:52.11]Tell the captain, ask Roge was happenning,
[01:53.44]Out here nor speak no evil,
[01:54.75]Inside the Magnum
[01:56.21]
[01:57.08]I remmember back in time,
[01:59.85]
[02:00.54]Before all the homies died,
[02:02.27]
[02:02.94]Before all the dollars and nines,
[02:04.74]
[02:05.35]I knew that I was
[02:06.25]Goin' somewhere,
[02:07.98]Let me take you back in time,
[02:09.74]
[02:11.05]Now I'm 13 smoking blunts,
[02:13.04]Making green,
[02:13.48]Or on the drug scene,
[02:14.95]F**k the football team,
[02:15.78]Risk it, ruptured spleens,
[02:16.98]By the age of 16,
[02:18.13]Hearin' the coach scream,
[02:19.41]Make my lifetime dream,
[02:20.17]I mean, I wanna blow up,
[02:22.01]Stack my doe up,
[02:23.02]So school I didn't show up,
[02:24.53]And f**k my flow up,
[02:25.72]Mom said that I should grow up,
[02:26.98]And check myself,
[02:28.11]Before I wreck myself,
[02:29.27]Disrespect myself,
[02:30.45]Put the drugs on the shelf, naww!
[02:32.41]I couldn't see it,
[02:33.19]Scarface king of New York,
[02:34.69]I wanna be it,
[02:35.57]Rap was secondary,
[02:36.77]Money was necessary,
[02:37.97]Until I got incarcerated, kinda scary,
[02:40.86]C74 mark 8, set me straight,
[02:43.08]Not able to move
[02:44.00]Behind a great steel gate,
[02:45.34]Time to contemplate
[02:46.45]Damn were did I fail
[02:47.78]All the money I stacked,
[02:48.96]Was all the money for bail,
[02:50.21]I remmember back in time,
[02:51.89]Before all the homies died,
[02:54.10]
[02:54.65]Before all the dollars and nines
[02:56.53]
[02:57.31]I knew that I was
[02:58.21]Goin' somewhere
[02:59.73]Let me take you back in time
[03:01.28]
[03:02.14]Before I even got the rhyme
[03:03.82]
[03:04.64]Before I had nickels and
[03:06.13]Dimes, I knew that
[03:07.65]I was goin' somewhere