[00:03.41][Chorus (Sampled): Kanye West] [00:07.06]I'm tryna right my wrongs [00:08.23]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, man [00:11.59]I'm tryna right my wrongs [00:13.95]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, man [00:16.00[Verse 1] [00:16.55]See, I was born into a world of food stamps and welfare [00:19.71]No dollar for the ice cream man and nappy hair [00:22.58]Raised by a single mom, but in the back of my mind [00:25.58]I thought I gotta have my pops, no cereal [00:28.27]Never had a lot, but now I got plenty material [00:30.82]No longer do I wish for money [00:33.06]'Cause being broke made me stronger, harder, faster, better [00:36.48]So now I alphabetically murder every letter, uh [00:39.49]Feel the conviction in my words like a jail sentence [00:42.18]Murder in the first, do a verse, won't be no repentance [00:45.14]Mama, I'm sorry that I left at seventeen [00:47.53]But I had to chase my dream and get this ********' cream [00:50.44]Only people that I got is the people that's on my team [00:53.13]'Cause when I roll up on the scene I see everyone start to scheme [00:55.99]Talk about they connections, talk about who they know [00:58.57]Then they beggin' me for a feature, but I'm like "Hold up, yo [01:01.41]If you know who you know why the **** you ain't blow?" [01:04.04]Matter fact, you ain't **** with me this time last year though [01:06.77]I was kicking rhymes but you ain't paid on mind or the soul [01:09.56]And now you on my **** riding like the baddest of hoes [01:12.78]You think it's easy but it's not, see the talent that I got [01:15.30]Determination keep it fresh, if I don't shine then it's gon' rot [01:18.07]'Cause it don't happen overnight, one hit wonders don't keep the spot [01:20.99]And I plan to hold the torch until I pass it and get shot, what [01:25.33][Chorus (Sampled): Kanye West] [01:25.75]I'm tryna right my wrongs [01:26.74]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now [01:30.58]I'm tryna right my wrongs [01:32.17]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now [01:33.99][Verse 2] [01:34.74]See, this is dedication, running up on radio stations [01:36.12]They would decline and in my mind they was just hatin' haha [01:40.90]Testing my patience they got me pissed like probation [01:43.40]But I had the mind to keep going and the heart to keep racing [01:46.23]And as the world crumbled beneath my feet like a Haitian [01:49.05]I was inspired by them to persevere through dedication [01:51.79]Failure I'm never facing my lyrics is education [01:54.57]So if you got the tape crank that s**t like Jason Statham [01:57.40]Yeah, this is my story word by word [01:59.93]as I'm emerging just relax [02:00.86]and let me open your mind like brain surgeon, uh [02:03.28]Uhh, fresh in the game they should sign me to the virgin [02:05.60]But me and solo know that I would only get to splurgin' [02:08.41]I see the road to success and now its time to merge in [02:10.98]Don't forget us when you gone what my homies urging [02:13.68]don't forget us when you gone, uhh I gotcha [02:16.82]You see these Seinfeld rappers talking a whole lot of nothing [02:19.68]so allow me to curve your enthusiasm or something [02:22.25]This is kinda like M.J before his prime when he dunking [02:25.11]cause I ain't 23 yet but when I'm there it'll be something [02:28.73][Chorus (Sampled): Kanye West] [02:29.52]I'm tryna right my wrongs [02:30.75]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now [02:34.83]I'm tryna right my wrongs [02:35.00]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now [02:38.86][Verse 3] [02:39.43]Growing up there was baby momma drama [02:40.59]Everyday and every way [02:41.80]But now my kids I ain't got none to this day [02:44.52]Cause a rubber ‘round my Jimmy when I consider foreplay [02:47.17]Hey, back in the day West Deer Park where we stay [02:50.09]I was running around while momma was drinking everyday [02:53.07]But its okay I wouldn't have it any other way [02:55.88]Cause it developed me into the young man that you see today [02:58.82]Through dedication, yeah, yeah [03:01.65]Never follow traditions you see I had a different vision [03:04.28]I would skip school and write compositions [03:06.30]'Bout my home conditions [03:07.32]You know the usual no money and family division [03:10.19]In specific I remember this time in my kitchen [03:12.93]With my sisters man back [03:14.52]Before he went to prison and got into religion [03:16.91]He showed me how to cook crack at 12 and I ain't kiddin' [03:20.14]After releasing him with ba—he no longer living [03:22.71]And I'm pretty sure his last breath was lord forgive him [03:25.68]Now my nephew ain't got a father that'll keep him safe [03:28.58]All I can hope is he a good boy for his mommas sake [03:31.31]Cause she never did recover from his fathers fate [03:34.11]And if he grew into a man that made the same mistake [03:36.94]Well to be honest I don't know how much more she could take [03:39.83]So to every baby momma that could truly relate [03:42.50]it is you unto this song that I should dedicate, yeah