Mama-Obie Trice

[00:00.57]Only my mama done seen me cry, this my life [00:06.84]I'll be thuggin' till the day [00:09.51]I die, this my life [00:13.02]You bitches don't know me [00:16.44]You can't slow me down, you can't hold me [00:21.33]So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong [00:24.96]They say why you so defensive? [00:27.30]I take that offensive [00:29.22]Comin' from the basement that [00:30.54]I lived in [00:31.44]You wouldn't understand him unless you eye witness [00:34.47]Chillin' on the block where vacant lots are given [00:37.47]Women and children, missin' men in the picture [00:40.56]These niggas hit up sittin' down at some center [00:43.92]Get a kite with a flick of a chick, he once hit up [00:47.25]Ridiculous but that's us niggaz [00:50.16]On the corner from dusk to dawn [00:52.50]Till that basement whites brought to [00:54.18]America's gone [00:55.74]Be a good [00:56.37]Samaritan, my heritage was did wrong [00:58.98]So all that sufferin' that's just prolong [01:01.68]Long as you knowin' that strong arm robbery [01:04.71]Was brought on from this society deprivin' me [01:07.86]This brings violence if you're not survivin' [01:10.59]My environment, don't expect you to be drivin' in [01:13.92]Only my mama done seen me cry, this my life [01:19.74]I'll be thuggin' till the day [01:22.44]I die, this my life [01:25.92]You bitches don't know me [01:29.37]You can't slow me down, you can't hold me [01:34.23]So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong [01:38.40]Mama worked 37 years at the plant34 days she missed, that's where [01:43.47]I get my grind at [01:44.64]Her little pussy, see her as father figure [01:47.79]Even though she got hips and tender ******* up [01:50.43]Show me how to maneuver snakes far as niggas [01:53.55]Eleanor Trice, one real sister [01:56.76]Raised the kids up to be go getters [01:59.49]Now a nigga living room big as an ampatheater [02:02.70]Got the theater *****, [02:04.32]I'm from the hood [02:05.22]So at times [02:06.00]I see the mirror and tell him he doin' good [02:08.64]Keep up my spirits 'cause niggas want him destroyed [02:11.61]But that's null and void when it comes to ya boy [02:14.94]I'm from Detroit, [02:16.41]Shady employee [02:18.03]I'm on a voyage tryna get more than royalties [02:21.03]Niggas some royalty, that's why your bitches spoil me [02:24.72]O T R I C [02:26.73]EOnly my mama done seen me cry, this my life [02:32.70]I'll be thuggin' till the day [02:35.34]I die, this my life [02:38.85]You bitches don't know me [02:42.27]You can't slow me down, you can't hold me [02:47.16]So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong [02:51.57]I got visions of makin' executive decisions [02:54.57]But the system tells me to be realistic [02:57.66]You can't do shit with [02:59.19]C's and D's [03:00.45]I can do the work, [03:01.59]I'm just interested in makin' cheese [03:03.75]So your schools can't control these [03:05.64]G'sHe got his own rules and do whatever he please [03:09.39]At ease to my soldiers that's feelin' [03:11.49]ObieLong as [03:13.11]I know my 1, 2, 3's [03:14.70]I'm flippin' [03:15.30]OZ'sA nigga can count like an accountant [03:18.60]Only difference is it ain't checks thatta be bouncin' [03:21.54]It's powder, peep what he's pronouncin' [03:24.57]Now he lives next to the teacher that denounced him [03:27.60]Doubted him, now look at the child's outcome [03:30.69]Deuce album got 'em speakin' highly in volume [03:33.78]I assume I'm valuable, they throwin' in the towel [03:36.78]Bow whenever they see him rollin' at diablo [03:39.72]Only my mama done seen me cry, this my life [03:46.44]I'll be thuggin' till the day [03:48.24]I die, this my life [03:51.75]You bitches don't know me [03:55.20]You can't slow me down, you can't hold me [04:00.06]So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong