Ballad of Obie Trice

[Hook] O,O,O,O,O I think this Obie Trice (7X) O,O,O,O [Obie Trice: Talking over Hook] I'd like to reintroduce myself, haha If you don't know by now. It's Obie Trice man [1st verse] I came from nothing solo, straight outta the dumpster hobo Made him a monster, I was cultivatingly slanging that cocoa Hated the po po, locally known as abominable snow-o Later the big 4' rated the home where I made the dough grow So on and so fo', the story of us urban negros Created as equals we wouldn't have to be so eager to mistreat you We as a people heated in evenings doing these evils Gotta eat to, be cool, got a kid to feed did it reach you Or did it seep thru? Or do I just speak thru the EQ just to say I got a hot sequel? When niggas on the block gotta eat, gotta cop, gotta cop when they caught by the cops Young 2Pac's, laid in the box or they age in a cell blocks, fade away Brick walls, steel gates, can't wait for the day to be free, that's why I'm [Hook] [Obie talking over Hook] Seen it, I done ate it, I done shit it Slept it, lived it, now I spit it Shady [2nd verse] Working that house off an no-doze, got an ounce to roll on Trying to get rid of the pounds, I gotta whip the bounce, I gotta put that chrome on Same old song, young nigga thats trying to get some where I come from Funds, need 'em in abundance, whole bunch, only way a city boy function In conjunction with selling this substance Chips stay up, fuck it, glucks keep coming, take another pie out the oven I'mma be hugging these corners till these corners corner me But currently, I'm calculating this currency, urgency Gotta earn a G, uphearnestly, up early when the birds'll sing It's an emergency, never did occur to me, that the first and the third'll be Such a thirst for me, life almost took a turn for the worst for me took to see I finally had a purpose on Earth's surface the seed that was birthing me [Obie] Gotta do a little soul searching and [Obie] myself personally And to think all Em had to hear is one verse from me To confirm and unblur my dreams Best believe since burst on the scene, I'mma be here certainly With no uncertainties, yes indeed, I'mma get this cheese and that's why he's [Hook fades out] [Obie talking over Hook] That's why I'm That's what made me Haha That's why I'm Young black man in America Get up and get yours nigga I know you struggling man, I been there I see you Get up and get yours nigga Ain't no looking back now