[00:00.935] Yeah, word
[00:04.063] I got a story to tell
[00:06.879] Yeah, ayy, check it
[00:09.920] Ayo, ayo
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[00:10.888] My mom had once tried out for American Idol
[00:13.193] I was eight years old, back home, feelin' entitled
[00:15.951] Went to school the next day, eyes gleamin' with hope
[00:18.657] Plottin' on the J's I'd get when she finally blows
[00:21.144] Watchin' MTV Cribs, you know, the spin-off for kids
[00:24.008] I just knew when she won, that's just how we would live
[00:26.639] Grandma babysittin' us, paper plates in the kitchen
[00:29.319] I was heartbroken when she didn't make the audition
[00:32.000] Next mornin' filled with gloom, back to regular life
[00:34.817] My dreams of bein' a rich kid would finally die
[00:37.448] **** workin' hard, nigga, boy, I'm tryna be fly
[00:40.303] Hand-me-downs from my cousin, these ain't even my size
[00:42.891] **** writin' a verse with a sweet sixteen
[00:45.712] I'm tryna be on MTV for my sweet sixteen
[00:48.425] Rev Run elder son got a Lambo for his
[00:51.079] They makin' fun of my Shaqs, I can't handle this shit
[00:53.881] Back to mom's dream-chasin'
[00:55.287] I used to cry when she'd leave for the studio when we lived in East Aiken
[00:59.584] Another demo that was shopped around and ain't make it
[01:02.240] So then I started writin' in that basement, it went like
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[01:07.271] It went like, it went like
[01:12.807] It went like, yeah
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[01:15.608] Ayo, my mom had once tried out for Making The Band
[01:18.472] She made it to the third episode, was takin' a stand
[01:21.096] You know the season where Puff made 'em run six miles?
[01:23.956] Now look what happened to Puff, crazy how it work out
[01:26.608] It take me back to the days, I'm sittin' up on the couch
[01:29.319] Still countin' my blessings, Uncle John watchin' Westerns
[01:32.000] Headphones in, my pen game steadily progressin'
[01:35.144] This lil' hobby of mine had turned into an obsession
[01:37.693] Now, this is back in '06, now I'm back in '05
[01:40.341] Mama had to choose between her dreams and keepin' a job
[01:42.984] I said, "Mama, maybe you should make a dancin' song"
[01:45.708] She said, "Son, that type of music don't last too long"
[01:48.441] Dream deferred, meanwhile, my dreams is worse
[01:51.208] Explicit bars, but I swore I wrote the cleanest verse
[01:53.891] Fast-forward, I'm fifteen and got the biggest plans
[01:56.585] I'll make it big since my mama didn't get the chance
[01:59.368] Nigga, that's real
[02:28.840] 人声 : Cordae