V1:
It began at my birth
I saw life differently
cuz even back then
i could recognize the mystery
hold up nigga
this is all going wrong
this about music
my life's another song
let me fast forward
to that one night
when my heart broke
same night that music healed my soul
every since my life played
in a different key
called music everything
gave her my wedding ring
cause and effect
a nigga fight for something
tupac janet
this poetic justice
raised in hell
life by the musket
so we took that musket
to make heaven from it
nigga
that’s what we mean by get right
money, cars, homes on the get right
they 365
im 366
you will get more here
call my flow leap year
gone
Hook:
Everyday a struggle
Nigga know what I mean
Cuz you feel less than
When you got nothing
So a nigga be in heaven
When he coping retail
Coping retail, nigga
Coping retail
This right here
Is the story of the have nots
We aint never had shit
So every chance we
Coping retail, coping retail
Nigga, coping retail, coping retail
V2:
We know theres more
Then material wealth
But when need to feel better
The materials help
Miracles with my pen
By pimping my breath
Money both illusion
And reality check
Get it
Nigga had dreams
Of taking over the world
But when that dream deferred
Reality set in
So a nigga made the world
His hood
Where he became King
Feeling like a star when
Rolling down the boulevard
Sitting on rims
That’s more expensive then car
But them rims
Make them wish they were him
That nigga got Moxie
Feeling invincible
Cant nobody stop me
Now he in the latest designer
No matter he go he got the baddest vagina
So if you cant make the 3 point
Don’t give up
Just hit em wit a free throw
Follow up with lay up
Ya ON
Hook:
Everyday a struggle
Nigga know what I mean
Cuz you feel less than
When you got nothing
So a nigga be in heaven
When he coping retail
Coping retail, nigga
Coping retail
This right here
Is the story of the have nots
We aint never had shit
So every chance we
Coping retail, coping retail
Nigga, coping retail, coping retail
V3:
We all like Travis McCoy
Wanna be billionaires
So fucking bad
But that’s only in the cards for few
That means not for all
So I see why you
Only smile
Cuz you got diamonds in your teeth
feeling close to God
When you got a Jesus piece
Living legend in a box chevy
Get it how you live it
Aint no judgement from me
credits
from Yesterday EP,
released August 1, 2012
Written by Elmer Demond ft. Sharick LaMay
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