No Big Ting

[Hook] I'm not tryin to be, no big thing (I'm not tryin to be no big thing) I'm not tryin to give you, no advice (I can't tell you how to live your life blud) I'm not tryin to be, no big thing (no role models up in here, what?) I'm not tryin to give you, no advice [Verse 1] Blud I'm not sayin that I'm anything, who am I to give man advice? It's not that I know best, when trust blud I don't All I know is if your comin from this manor I'm from You'll find nuff man'll test ya don't think they won't Everybody is on their own little hustle just to find a way to try get thru When your raised in this fuckry And if your makin some papes on these estates man'll try and get you So you run and grab your bucky You count your blessins everyday but still accept you'll have to take your loses It's money that your makin Especially if your comin up in the ranks Against the big crime bosses that are all sittin hatin The jealous ones'll always envy so you dare say it now who wants it Let them fuckers spite ya They're out to get you so you get them first And look now uve done it cause your arrived in a lifer Stop I'm not tryin to be, no big thing (man ain't tryin to be nothing big blud) I'm not tryin to give you, no advice (I can't really tell you how to live your life, get me) I'm not tryin to be, no big thing (nuttin big star) I'm not tryin to give you, no advice [Verse 2] I'm from a manor where the last 20yrs have been infested By the crack-cocaine, that you'll find man endeavourin To come down from the ? man are shovin needles in thier vein With juice full up of heroin We are all stuck in this struggle but its not as if we can't see That nuff mans out there shottin work They use it for an escape as if its really gonna set man free When we are still diggin in the dirt The schools are underacheivin in the grades so its minumum wage By the time you go to look a job But on the streets we are learnin every other aspect of the criminal trade So instead we gonna look to rob It's like a gamble for your life on this manor so you hope that you win Or else you'll just be runnin shook And I can't tell you how to live any better I ain't no big ting Trust me listen to the hook Look I'm not tryin to be, no big thing (I'm not tryin to be no big thing) I'm not tryin to give you, no advice (I can't tell you how to live your life at all) I'm not tryin to be, no big thing (I ain't tryin to be no biggie blud) I'm not tryin to give you, no advice [Verse 3] So what's the method for the madness For any of these kids who get left out on these streets Where you find evrybody's frettin And walkin round with screw faces thinkin that Pure bad beefs is all their likely plan to getting Don't let anybody get in your way From tryin to chase your dreams blud, whatever they might be You've got to go for whatever you wanna be no matta If that might seem however unlikely If you don't go make a start for the betta then your shit won't change And you'll just get left behind And end up like so many brothers who still out here Goin insane feelin' like they've lost their mind So get lost in the dust if your not goin to make your start Instead of just sittin and wishin Nobodys getting any younger so you know You 'av to play your part If you wanna betta your position Listen I'm not tryin to be, no big thing I'm not tryin to give you, no advice I'm not tryin to be, no big thing, no no I'm not tryin to give you, no advice