22 Years

[Termanology] Yeah, my 22 long years y'all, 22 long [Termanology] Age 1 almost died, age 2 in the ghetto Age 3 seen a nigga get popped by the metal Age 4, just the same as 5 Trying to dry mami eyes Can't forget about 6 That's when crack hit My city extra hard, my aunty extra hard (uhuh) And these extra bars, hit me extra hard (damn) Can't forget about pops, he was out that year (uhuh) Had no santa, he was out that year (no santa) Had no plan of being out that year Just happened he was out that year Gods plan, damn And age 7 ain't get much better My sister here, but we get less chetter So how that work like Age 8 (Age 8), 8 apartment (8 apartment) Never knew that I'd be selling eights Just wait Age 9 (Age 9), just starting to get my grind on Plus I get my rhyme on [Hook: Termanology] I swear we'll make it outta here Mama, it's been 20 long years We been going through our ups and downs But I know we gonna make it out Somehow, we'll make it outta here Mama, it's been 20 long years We been going through our ups and downs But I know we gonna make it out [Termanology] Age 10 that was 92, chillin' with them grimey dudes Learning how to be a man from what Free and Ronny do And watching my mommy too That's my father figure - "Where your father nigga?" He around somewhere Now im 11 and 7-11 games Of being talked to a grown man in a childs frame (im just a kid) It's like a childs mind that was elevated (I was smart) Or like a grown mans mind that diselevated (haha) That's why I celebrated When I moved out of my hood To another hood that was less hood (Hell to The Law) My childhood was diseased at 12 The grown man would unleash himself And I'm here And 13 was the craziest year I fucked around and meet Amy what year (goddamn) A young nigga, I was stuckin' already Wildin' out, I was fuckin already And shortly after 14, my introduction to manhood This man stood on his own 2 like a man should And when they told me grandma passed away I cried the whole day, but smiled the next day Cuz, I knew I had an angel watching over me Even though it's cold of me It's the way it's supposed to be In gods plans [Hook] [Termanology] 15, young man done been in many fights 15, young man spend many hungry nights 16, half a 32, now I got a 32 It's highschool now, niggas wanna murder you You gotta stay on your toes And gotta pray on you foes Im 17 now, making the dough Makin it slow (Slow money) Well, slower than Scarface But, alot faster than the paperboy What you niggas hate me for Cuz I'm only 18 on Jamn and the courts By the age of 19, man speed had me out of the Bean And this is international love, I'm moving records now It's been around 20 years, and I'm respected now And I'm expected now To put the Bean on the map I'm 21 and I'm leaning on back Life, my daughters here, that's the meaning of that It's 22 years [Hook]