[00:03.198]Uh, uh, ah, ah, ah, ah, oo-ah[00:13.727]M-E-L-V-O-N-I[00:20.175]Hey, Melvoni, Melvoni[00:24.420]Let me tell y'all a story of a lil' n1gga comin' out from Flatbush[00:29.092]Young n1gga from the trenches tryna make it[00:32.128]I'ma show you how that look, Melvoni that good[00:36.621]I am from the jungle, I ain't never had shit[00:41.635]So n1gga fvck being humble, when the money come in[00:48.714]Thirteen, I was posted on the block with the older heads[00:51.949]'Cause I ain't really socialize with the other kids[00:54.992]Wanted to be a gangster, a scammer[00:57.846]Went to Pennsylvania, and touched a hammer[01:01.193]Mama told me read a book, but I rather[01:03.915]Stand up and pose with guns on camera[01:07.089]Wasn't a bad kid, but I wasn't average[01:09.999]Picked up a notebook and it was automatic[01:13.112]I never fvcked with school[01:14.470]'Cause I don't like n1ggas tellin' me what to do[01:17.337]I put the pencil to my temple, and it gave me fuel[01:20.498]I'm not gon' lie, it kinda helped me in some certain ways[01:23.537]But, I kinda started goin' through certain phases[01:26.450]I started goin' different places[01:29.235]I starting seein' different faces[01:31.641]And something was wrong, what's going on?[01:37.588]Let me make it clear[01:39.281]I never feared no man[01:41.279]But I never really liked problems[01:44.463]I call up Retro and he gon' solve 'em[01:47.879]I call up my dawg, pull up in all black like it's Gotham[01:51.552]Lately, sh1t been gettin' realer[01:54.738]I seen n1ggas I grew up with turn to killers[01:57.926]Duckin' from the jakes, 'cause them n1ggas tryna kill us[02:01.015]My worries sickenin' and I've been gettin' deeper[02:03.980]Man, this sh1t is so sad[02:05.518]B1tches I grew up with, tryna fvck me for a bag[02:08.526]It's a different ball game and we came a long way[02:11.498]From sellin' candy to sellin' weed in the hallway[02:14.743]What the hell is going on today?[02:17.804]But I can't lie, I cannot complain[02:20.520]'Cause I did some shit I'm not proud of, I'm afraid to say[02:24.635]I'm so sorry to this day[02:26.937]I was wrong[02:29.371]But now I'm on a roll[02:32.236]And I can never fall[02:35.552]They tryna stop my glow[02:38.327]Oh no, no, no, no, no