What I Been Through

Hi, this is the Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous

Today we're interviewing Lil' Flip (what's up man)

So Lil' Flip tell me, how long have you been rapping

(man I've been rapping ever since)...

1995, I was in junior high

I saw a lot of shit, so I was glad to be alive

A lot of people died, but a lot of people here

And when I turned 15, my vision got clear

It's time to be a man, time to make a plan

It's cool to make a hundred, but it's best to make a grand

My Granny got sick, and then they found cancer

We got to pay the doctors, but God got the answer

The surgery went good, my Granny doing well

My baby on the way so I can't go to jail

And to my niggas on the block, stop selling rocks

Cause I'm gonna tell the truth you can't outsmart the cops

You see what I did, I only drop hits

Chopping up game, y'all chopping up bricks

And some niggas snitch, cause they can't take the heat

How we gone go buy a system when the system got his beat

Hey, I'm from the home of the Astros, home of the Rockets

Born a rapper with a microphone in my pocket

Always thought I was grown, you couldn't tell me nothing

I would talk shit if you tried to tell me something

But I regret that, I had some minor setbacks

Old people thought my future would be jet black

All my years growing up, I thought life was a game

You can't make it real far, thinking life is a game

Yeah we lost a couple of friends, I almost lost my brother

I don't know what would of happened if we lost each other

Everyday is something new, I just take it in stride

You only got one life, so enjoy the ride

Sometimes I was paid, sometimes I was broke

Me and Gray started hustling but my mama didn't know

But it's cool, cause now I'm into this music

The man gave us a gift and we loving to use it

And if you look real close you'll see

That you can only be you, and I can be me

Cause can't nobody ever live my life but me

But you will never see what I see like me huh me

And you don't know what I've been through

So you shouldn't judge me

And you don't know what I will and I won't do

So you shouldn't judge me

It's getting harder now I just don't understand

Why the people in the world disgrace the black man

All that I could say, is pray and let it be

Live right and try your best not to end up like me

See I was the nigga that slang dope and steal cars

Glad I stopped before it led behind bars

Heart aches and scars, help me feel my way

Understand today I got a decision to make

Now do I wanna live right or continue going wrong

I'm never at home this music keep a nigga gone

But this is what gets me, who are you to judge

Cause I'm young and black, people still hold a grudge

Just a nudge right now'd push me over the end

When I was 14 I lost a very close friend

And ever since then my life ain't been the same

That's the biggest reason why I had to make a change

Never judge a book by it's cover, a man by his wealth

And if you already on your feet why don't you help somebody else

This what I was taught, so that's what I live by

Cause you can't take none of this shit with you when you die

So everyday I try, to keep my head high

But these bird ass niggas always jump fly

Should I take em out the game, naw I'm gonna use my brain

I'm gonna kill em with kindness, and blow up my name

I came from nothing, and now I got a little change

A nigga happy now but I went through some pain

And everytime it rain, there's gone be some sunshine

I never thought I could put my whole life in one rhyme