That’s How I Grew Up

[Intro] Money callin' me, trouble followin' me I'ma street nigga and I'ma always be And my momma know I'm good so she don't pray for me I'm just a street nigga and I'ma always be [Chorus] We was gangbangin', that's how I grew up Out there sellin' work, that's how I grew up Youngin' shootin' shit up, that's how I grew up I put in that work, that's how I blew up Man fuck them niggas, they ain't nothin' like us We don't talk to cops, that's how I grew up We just sit out box, that's how I grew up All day on the block, that's how I grew up [Verse 1] On the Eastside of Chiraq, that's where I grew up OG ain't let me on Essex until I grew up When G Fazo died in 2010 I just ain't give a fuck 'Member me and Manski on the phone an hour teein' up Fourteen we was young as fuck all ready to fuck shit up Comin' up no fear in us, we ready to kill sum Lil Roc died Rellski turned himself in for a year or sum Trappin' so hard told em leave the line and watch us still run it Back then I was sixteen probably running up a fifteen Then I started spittin' 16s, rappin' 16s, by my 16th Nigga 16 yeah them my blocks Four blocks can't switch, four blocks that way Four blocks up four blocks back We run our shit and the opps (Gang gang) [Hook] We was gangbangin', that's how I grew up Out there sellin' work, that's how I grew up Youngin' shootin' shit up, that's how I grew up I put in that work, that's how I blew up Man fuck them niggas, they ain't nothin' like us We don't talk to cops, that's how I grew up We just sit out box, that's how I grew up All day on the block, that's how I grew up [Verse 2] You can't come where I grew up Big ass guns where I grew up They shoot for fun where I grew up No where to run you fall you fucked Wonder why your niggas never pull up Never call you up Ain't know who you calling for No body want war with us Literally, bullshit you not Fo'nem go nuts with them Glocks They don't even know how to stop Knock that little shit off the top Grew up fathers off the dope Grew up mothers off the rocks Errybody got a problem Errybody got a opp And I grew up just a screw up Takin' drugs just to boot up Totin' guns missin' court goin' on the run Gangbangin' ridin' on opps just for fun Pop in front of 'em masked up Can't see my face just the gun [Hook] We was gangbangin', that's how I grew up Out there sellin' work, that's how I grew up Youngin' shootin' shit up, that's how I grew up I put in that work, that's how I blew up Man fuck them niggas, they ain't nothin' like us We don't talk to cops, that's how I grew up We just sit out box, that's how I grew up All day on the block, that's how I grew up