Didn't Know

{Verse 1}

Used to live in iller conditions

With little food in the kitchen

My single mother was workin'

Im in my Room spittin' writtens

Outside the crib people crippin'

Gun grippin', smokin & trippin'

With children seeing them illin'

The future wasn't so vivid

I left and hung with the homies

He had a pistol he showed me

He borrowed it from his Poppa

I thought my Poppa ain't know me

Cause he was out of the picture meanwhile

I'm thinking forget ya, I'm headed back to the crib

To perfect my art an get richer

OG's knew I rapped and they call me that little nigga

I stayed away from the rock but my favorite rapper was Jigga

The baddest kid in the school every week I'm gettin' suspended

I made a promise to Momma that I would start actin' different

And if I did get studio time to record my lyrics

That's when I started to listen

My homies said I went missin'

Forget the streets I'm on beats it's cool but I'm tryna leave

Get some green in my family tree and I'm here but

I honestly..

{Chorus}

Didn't know

Didn't know I'd get this green

The chicks that used to scream

Got me up in they dreams

I didn't know

Didn't know I'd come out clean

The only time the homies see me

Is on TV screens

I didn't know....(if you don't know)

I didn't know....(if you don't know)

I didn't know....(if you don't know, now you know, nigga)

{Verse 2}

I'm back stage at most shows

I fit sharp like cholos

Got free clothes by the boatloads

I keep it blunt, don't smoke though

Got more O's and more bros

When I was broke I didn't know

Chicks round, they strip down

For per diem but I let em know

[?] be getting my loot, Mama proud

Young'n made something out of self, much rent down

Called my phone but I'm busy doing shows out of town

Tackle tracks and I act, yo I think I'm Jim Brown

From the ground to the crown, can't complain

Every day the team find a new wifey, who knew we'd marry Janes?

Barbarella status, super women that's into action

A well known poet flashin when the cameras snappin

My gift always been rapping so next Christmas

We got checks, and we got checks all on the wishlist

Couldn't predict this, from hangin with the wrong audience

To running the show, I'm finally livin but in the beginning

I didn't know

{Chorus}