[Dialogue:]
Por que me deja? Que yo siga!
Feel good, don't it?
Yeah... That's right
Yo Melv, I got you on this baby
You know what it is baby
LightUpp!
Jahhnthony Santos on this shit
Por que me deja! Que yo siga!
Let me tell you somethin' bout my life man
[Verse:]
Three brothers, one sister, two different mothers
One pop I love but we don't talk to each other
Born in Bucktown, raised in uptown
I'm Bronx reppin' cause that's where I was first proud to be me
A young adolescent, smokin' and liftin' dresses
Fightin' got me suspended but I never learned my lesson
I was busy stressin'
Sneakin' out the crib to play ball and smoke cigs
Gettin' head on the stairs by a new chick
Playing cee-lo, headcrackin' 'til I lose it
Suicide on the side of the building, packin' niggas
Roofin' the ball when I catch feelings
Mama taught me brush my teeth and wash behind the ears
Tired of seeing her work for so many years
Wish I could use my pencil and erase the tears
'Til then I'ma use my pencil to make the thoughts appear
Yeah!
[Dialogue:]
Por que me deja? Que yo siga!
[Refrain:]
Got kicked out when I was 13
Livin' wit my pops in the projects
Got kicked out when I was 15
Moved in wit my sister in the BX
No mom, no dad
When I didn't have a pad, I had a note pad
When I didn't have a pad, I had a note pad
When I didn't have a pad
[Verse:]
Young visionary, streets mercenary
Sippin' 40's on the stoop 'til my visions blurry
Loosies from the corner store got me feelin' good
50 cent, 75, dependin' the hood
Dutches on credit, money? Don't spend it
Needed to put in on whatever my niggas gettin'
Probably a bottle of whiskey and a couple sacks
Gettin' faded 'til it all goes black
[Dialogue:]
Wake up!
Yo Lightupp wake up!
Yo wake up!
Wake up!
[Verse:]
And do it again!
Like "fuck it, nigga, we all going to hell in the end so I'ma live!"
Live it up 'til the sun goes down then come back up
The cops go down the block then come back up
Then harass us then they pat down us
My nigga, what the fuck?
Jigga said it the best:
"Ain't no love in the city" but I'm blessed
Bless, bless
[Refrain:]
Got kicked out when I was 13
Livin' wit my pops in the projects
Got kicked out when I was 15
Moved in wit my sister in the BX
No mom, no dad
When I didn't have a pad, I had a note pad
When I didn't have a pad, I had a note pad
When I didn't have a pad
JAHH!
[Dialogue:]
Por que me deja? Que yo siga!