Story of My Life - Dj Kay Slay, AZ, Papoose

When I was a young man

19 and used to hustle in the street

Was all about making green

But I was living the good life

Fast cars and lotta women

Didn’t love so I made 'em cry

And when I got older

I used to tear the clubs up

Bottle after bottle, model after model

But now the best story of my life

Is my pretty little girl and my beautiful wife

I used to see weddin' pictures on the wall

My parents looked happy

I said, «when I grow up one day, I’m gettin' married»

Hangin' in the hood I was dragged into it

They said bitches ain’t shit, a bad influence

Broke hearts, got my heart broken: true karma

Had to have a talk with myself like, «you smarter»

The O.G.s were sayin' these girls ain’t loyal

Get locked, they won’t do nothin' for you

But when I went to the male facility to visit my friends

It was overcrowded with women visitin' 'em

Went to the female facility to visit my wife, it was deserted

No man visited and that hurted

When I see that, I transformed my vision

I realized some of these men are the real bitches

The hood taught us wrong, ain’t want us to be supreme

My daughter is the princess, my wife is the queen

When I was a young man

19 and used to hustle in the street

Was all about making green

But I was living the good life

Fast cars and lotta women

Didn’t love so I made 'em cry

And when I got older

I used to tear the clubs up

Bottle after bottle, model after model

But now the best story of my life

Is raising my little man and my beautiful wife

It’s Mysonne

I was plottin', makin' plans up, tryna get my bands up

Runnin' 'round on these streets and I got jammed up

Then I came home, I was out here tearin' the land up

'Til I met my wife, had kids, I had to man up

I had to stand up and raise my kings (God)

Understand a nigga ain’t got wings

But I’m tryna move righteously, conscious be fightin' me

The Devil playground, he just keep invitin' me

The O.G.s enlightened me, how to move my honor

Played by the rules, I’m tryna improve my karma

This year, I swear, I’ma move my mama

To a big house out somewhere in Florida

I swear I’ma give her all the stuff I promised her

My wife held me down so I gotta acknowledge her

I’m out grindin' for my legacy

So when I’m gone the world gon' remember me

When I was a young man

19 and used to hustle in the street

Was all about making green

But I was living the good life

Fast cars and lotta women

Didn’t love so I made 'em cry

And when I got older

I used to tear the clubs up

Bottle after bottle, model after model

But now the best story of my life

Is raising my little man and my beautiful wife

Uh, the culture create menaces

The drop on the roadster, so venomous

Rose as a soldier, I was into shit

Bands, had the benefit, ran through them tenements

Taught by the teachers, the techniques

The reefer, the neckpiece, new sneakers, the best freaks

Fresh on a reg since Pro-Keds

It’s blessed to be said, I’m an old head

Po' dead, the God 7, restin' in Heaven

Me and, we still brethrens, the last of the livin' legends

Lost in the sauce, now on my deen

Was all off course, I was a fiend

Fiend for the women and cream, but when you king

And, knowledge intervenes, everything ain’t what it seems

Truths be real, the juice is spilled

And that unconditional love’s the only proof that’s real

When I was a young man

19 and used to hustle in the street

Was all about making green

But I was living the good life

Fast cars and lotta women

Didn’t love so I made 'em cry

And when I got older

I used to tear the clubs up

Bottle after bottle, model after model

But now the best story of my life

Is my pretty little girl and my beautiful wife