The Encore

Something I gotta tell somebody just in case you didn't know I gotta show you where I came from so you can see where I gotta go See I started out with nothing and I've been through some things But there really ain't a difference I gotta gotta little change I've been hood rich and I've been broke Singing in the choir y'all even sold dope See I've been clean and I've been high Lived like a king and I had to get by Had a couple tens in my bed at one time Them down as bitches when I didn't had a dime Seen it all heard it all did it all Appreciate the rise hope I never gotta fall Always thought it would be good but I never had it this good I remember doing bad when a nigga didn't have now I'm thinking back Always thought it would be good but I never had it this good Had to get it how I could I was so misunderstood out the hood now it's all good Old friends came in with saying that I didn't act the same But I wasn't really different it was them who started to change Had to go a new direction didn't wanna let 'em go That was way before I noticed that they didn't wanna grow I've been hood rich and I've been broke Singing in the choir y'all even sold dope See I've been clean and I've been high Lived like a king and I had to get by Had a couple tens in my bed at one time Them down as bitches when I didn't had a dime Seen it all heard it all did it all Appreciate the rise hope I never gotta fall Always thought it would be good but I never had it this good I remember doing bad when a nigga didn't have now I'm thinking back Always thought it would be good but I never had it this good Had to get it how I could I was so misunderstood out the hood now it's all good