Where You From?

Lyrics

[Verse 1] We come from a ghetto where the restrictions condense our needs They  box us in mini towns with no way to succeed Guess  who figured out how to bypass systems they did apply? Strengthened inside my mind, won't victimize me and mine We rose like D- Rose after the injury Some  of us ain't make it out, prison or taken out Lord  bless us, for them we pour the Hennessy These ain't no happy homes, we livin' in vacant houses You  ain't never seen minority lead in high priority, uh We been in poverty, killing each other often and stuck in ignorant ways Buy what we can't afford, and show it off for attention What the fuck is going on? We  came from gods, kings, how they label us pawns? I'm getting this off my chest, made it out where I'm from Created cultural content (Uh) They tried to run with it Stamp it and then relaunch it, generate better funds from it (Aw) Shame on niggas singing the same song (Yeah) Made more lanes, you see we came far Swinging like it was baseball then runnin' home So pardon, I'm being more brief than underclothes Shit is disgusting, yeah, we come from the same blocks The youngins wanna be Hov, but don't sell the same rock They run us up off the road, we run from the jakes, cops With dreams like Mike Jordan, but don't take the same shots This shit is confusing, they put us in schools but we never learn Arsonists with they ways, they tryna let us burn But I'm confident in my ways, them tables better turn Revise them agreements, we understand, but we need better terms Shit is getting sickening, kids shivering, cold times like They document our negative vibes, but no highlights And been against black figures since old times But I'm in the lab soaking the game to get my mind right [Chorus] Home invasions, drug busts, guns bust Fake friends, hard times, no love No food, figure where it's gon' come from? Hustle hard or you could starve, now what you want? Home invasions, drug busts, guns bust Fake friends, hard times, no love No food, figure where it's gon' come from? Every hood and slums, now tell 'em where you from [Verse 2] I'm from a dark place, but the street lights bright And gunshots a clear the whole damn street at night But I was smart, knew where I was supposed to be at night Mama told me no corners like that piece of white Bread that you peel off, 'cause you don't eat that, right? Sometimes that's all them people got to eat at night Tryna find a way to get out, leave that life Kids freezing, can't sleep at night, too cold Often it's rapping or balling 'cause drug trafficking get you caught up in traffic Law and order, now you calling lawyers Prior warrants, you on the run because them boys was on you I chose to pick a different route and played the corner office We was born in the tougher times while they enjoyed a fortune Too much death in our inner cities, call the coroner on us Politics and they stop and frisk when we try going forward Understand why I'm standing tall 'cause I ain't going for it, what?