[00:09.331]Back in the days they used to call me a criminal[00:11.974]Running from the police, hanging with the homies[00:18.010]Gunning my way, getting high of the chemichals[00:20.610]I was only sixteen, keep it on streets[00:25.441]My mama told me, if you wanna make it[00:29.636]You better figure out your life before they take it[00:33.908]Yeah my mama told me, you gotta be smarter[00:38.306]Or you’re gonna end up in the cell just like your father[00:43.045]Ah uhh, lord knows I’ve tried so hard[00:47.315]Ah uhh, lord know I’ve come so far[00:51.596]Ah uhh, each time I touch the stars[00:56.141]Some things always brings me back to earth[00:59.205]And I’m back to get in the dirt[01:08.011]And I’m back to get in the dirt[01:18.302]I’m coming of age and they call that a miracle[01:21.080]I’m alive and breathin’, there’s gotta be a reason[01:25.142]I’m still here[01:26.907]So I pick up the pace tryna make me some money, oh[01:29.659]Come up with a scheme now, oh daddy you're all clean now[01:33.845]Yeah[01:34.526]’Cause my mama tells me, you better make it[01:38.882]Enough for youself that you should do before your lady[01:43.183]Yeah my mama tells me, you gotta be smarter[01:47.622]You got a son and in a month you'll have a daughter[01:52.281]Ah uhh, lord knows I’ve tried so hard[01:56.509]Ah uhh, lord know I’ve come so far[02:00.824]Ah uhh, eavh time I touch the stars[02:05.439]Some things always brings me back to earth[02:08.552]And I’m back to get in the dirt[02:17.110]And I’m back to get in the dirt