As A Man

[Intro] A man means you never give up Gotta toughen up in your heart Toughen up! [Chorus: Millyz] I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa [Verse 1: Millyz] Look, dope game my life Cocaine my wife Fist fights as a young boy, I got blood all on my Nikes Three dice, an affair wit' it Mom deuced, couldn't deal wit' it Pop dukes in the boondocks on the dumb shit and I'm still wit' it See, Marvin, my mind gone Teen years was a time bomb Cross me, I came back shootin', they lookin' at me like I'm wrong Still switchin' these time zones Codeine on a long flight Mecca died at sixteen, at fifteen it was all white, right This shit been gettin' spooky, brah I light my loosie up and stay away from Lucifer Illuminati wit' my mind, soul, and body I saw my mommy and it's obvious [Chorus: Millyz] I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa [Verse 2: Dave East] Fourteen, I was tryna smoke Fifteen, I was playin' ball Sixteen, learned how to roll at the dice game, I take it all Seventeen, I skipped states, went down South for a short stay Eighteen, couldn't find work so I caught the bus hit broadway Nineteen, I did the school thing Me and Pops always had beef Turned twenty, seen friends switch Twenty one up in the Benz kit Twenty two, I did six months, fucked most of my friendships Twenty three, I was gettin' nice, city knew what my name was Twenty four, I played the trap spot, 24/7, we ain't play clubs Twenty five, that's when Freaky died Twenty six, I was xan'd out Drop back rows, niggas woke up, bust Bully free, my man out Twenty seven wit' a Mac-11 Where I'm from you gotta have a weapon Harlem [Chorus: Millyz] I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa I raised myself up as a man, ambition in my soul Couple dollars in my hands, kick knowledge in my goals, whoa