Man, man
Yeah, you don't know nan shit about me
You ain't never been down to my street
I used to sleep 'cause I couldn't eat
I was too young to see what I've seen
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Man
You wasn't there when we was all broke
You wasn't there when we done lost hope
Finding the wrong ways for me to cope
But you wasn't there nigga you wouldn't know
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Man
From the broken shades, to the hommie fades
First of the month was a holiday
Know the rent, gone be late
We gone get it in a couple days
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Never fear the bigger man, but never bite the hand that feeds you
Ever since the day you bit me, I just look at you as evil
Living like a regal, you can't live the that he do
Too much on your plate, it could turn around and eat you
Ever watch your momma cry
The look she gave me in my eyes
Telling me she really tried to give us all a better life
Uncle died, on my birthday, seen his body, barely cried
Felt like I done lost my mind, this shit still keeps me up at night
But I continue to shine, 'cause they could never dim my light
By the way you standing like, man I can tell that you don't fight
I did it right and what I did is nothing that you niggas like
And now they like me for what I did, they'll never be another I
You don't know nan shit about me
You ain't never been down to my street
I used to sleep 'cause I couldn't eat
I was too young to see what I've seen
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Man
You wasn't there when we was all broke
You wasn't there when we done lost hope
Finding the wrong ways for me to cope
But you wasn't there nigga you wouldn't know
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Man
From the broken shades, to the hommie fades
First of the month was a holiday
Know the rent, gone be late
We gone get it in a couple days
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Been this way since '95
I'll probably be this till I die
I've done some wrong, I've done some right
Done some things you might not like
I got a pipe and kept it on me, even since I was riding a bike
Duck and dive, I was hiding in sight
'Cause I'll be dammed if I'm dying tonight
Hiked the highest heights
And found out that this life ain't quite the life I want to live
So I found a way I could get by
Jabbing life
It was fighting back, so I stabbed the mic
Too many thoughts running through my mind like I had some lice
Cut it out
I was feeling free 'cause my brother's out
We run it out now
For everyone I brought into my mother's house
Thankful that you stuck around
Know you don't have to suffer now
Never going broke again, we got a legal hustle now
(You think you know, but you don't know)
No you don't know nothing about me
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
(No, no, you don't)
Yeah, you don't know nan shit about me
You ain't never been down to my street
I used to sleep 'cause I couldn't eat
I was too young to see what I seen
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Man
You wasn't there when we was all broke
You wasn't there when we done lost hope
Finding the wrong ways for me to cope
But you wasn't there nigga you wouldn't know
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know
Man
From the broken shades, to the hommie fades
First of the month was a holiday
Know the rent, gone be late
We gone get it in a couple days
Nigga you don't know
Nigga you don't know