Ride or Die

We was thick as thieves growing up

Both of us raising hell

Chasing liquor with liquor

Racing and chasing tail

You got caught with a nickel bag and then went to jail

You sat [?] for a week because your mama didn't have bail

I rode my bike to your house as soon as you got out

Remember laughing at the cops and then I took you straight to the spot

I moved away for some years to Atlanta, Georgia but stayed the same

My troublesome attitude got me locked in an ugly chain

We kept in touch every week and I noticed the change

You wanted to clean up and go to school some day do the family thing

And I was too wild to get it, admittedly so

But I supported your move no matter which way that you rolled

I guess you made a good choice, graduated with honors

Got a good job at the factory making that legal dollar

And as for me I got worse

I found myself in a curse

Dropped out of school for a dream

A dream I didn't rehearse

You hit me up cuz you knew when you saw me I was bad off

But I was too proud to ask for the help cuz I knew the cost

But you offered a place to stay

Until I could find my way

You helped me go find a gig

Clean up and get it straight

Never once did you tell me to stop rapping and give it up

As we sat talking on the bed of your lifted truck

You had it all and I had nothing

I'm just saying that meant something brother

If you ever need me around I'll be on the next train headed southbound

I'll never let you down, I can't let you down

Because when I couldn't get my feet on the ground

You'd do anything to help me out

You never let me down

What goes around comes around

I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

It's been a while since I seen my family and such

Six months a year on the road, I never get to visit that much

Even though it took me ten years to break a crack in this rock

Now that I started this movement, I got no plans to stop

Now you may see me in publications or radio placements

A new truck, a new Harley, and think I forgot how I made it

But ain't a day that goes by that I don't recall the struggle

Scared to death to go back to it, I constantly hustle

I thank you for my ambition

For the strength to condition

Anyone who helped me along the way and believed in my vision

It takes a village to raise a child

For me it took small towns

Everything that I learned from it

The ups and the downs

My Uncle Buddy, he gave me a thousand dollars to make a tape

Back in '02, when I could barely afford a plate

And he couldn't afford it either, but he did it anyhow

And how he wears a thousand dollar smile, Uncle Bud

If you ever need me around I'll be on the next train headed southbound

I'll never let you down, I can't let you down

Because when I couldn't get my feet on the ground

You'd do anything to help me out

You never let me down

What goes around comes around

I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

I'm just sitting here on my front porch singing

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die

This one's for my ride or die