Lyrics

[Verse 1] Growing up I felt like an old soul trapped in a child's body Nappy headed, digging my nose, nostrils were quite snotty Hardly comfortable, surroundings when my family's dysfunctional And as a kid it had me feeling vulnerable We never hug at all and that's the reason why we're distant Locking off relatives and acting like we never missed 'em God bless the heads that stuck with me through ups and downs The good and bad times, memories of smiles and frowns Before I lay my head I'm praying for a brighter day Going back a decade I can't believe how my life has changed Elevating me higher than firework displays Finding information but I might not have a word to say My heart, soul, and intelligence is all I have Memories pouring back of the bredrens that had to snort and lash And every day I see the corners where we used to hang With a zoot and brew, and jam, using all that putrid slang It reminds me of the days I used to stand on blocks In the hallway bagging shots, and vanishing from Babylon Making those motherfuckers run for long like marathons Like they don't know the road's a jungle like the Amazon Sucking my spliff down, swigging on a Panda Pop Out in any weather when we had the dogs to tag along Forget faith 'cus getting lucky never comes my way And now I'm so fed up I don't know what the fuck to say [Hook] Trials and tribulations, autobiographies of life in it's making Tomorrow someone else is dying on the pavement Or riding life because the violence here is blatant Trials and tribulations [Verse 2] Watching the time fly, seeing years just roll by Most my people go blind inside their head with no minds And what's with conscience when my heart is turning ice cold Passing round the hydro, charged up with my eyes low While others die slow smoking on the white bones Caught up in a time zone of getting high on crime dough When I was hustling I used to ride in ringers Geting me from A to B in the usual life of sinners When I was getting red I had the Remy and the Henny in me Sharing out a set of Phillies there to get us mega dizzy Smoking like a set of chimneys and killing time Thinking of why my existence isn't simplified Reminisicing all the madness that we done In the cycle pushing drugs, and just didn't give a fuck Boozing all day bunning, getting drunk and throwing up Making silly bitches give it up and hit 'em with a bit of dust It reminds me of the days I used to stand on blocks In the hallway bagging shots, and vanishing from Babylon Making those motherfuckers run for long like marathons Like they don't know the road's a jungle like the Amazon Sending this out to the kids that never had shit Getting distracted, practicing criminal tactics Sending this out to the kids that never had shit Getting distracted, practicing criminal tactics [Hook] Trials and tribulations, autobiographies of life in it's making Tomorrow someone else is dying on the pavement Or riding life because the violence here is blatant Trials and tribulations