Life Story - K Rino

Let me give you a little bit of

Insight

To the road your boy had to travel so far

Whoa, it all started on a Wednesday

Labor pains, hospital room then K

My grandmother named me, I was with it then

They wrapped me up and brought me home to the dead end

We growed up with love, neighborhood was fast, man

Mama made sure her son always had things

Daddy was a hustler, he did it all his life

Playing pool, poker, making bets and shooting dice

He didn’t live with us but he wasn’t far from me

First time in my life seeing large money

Kept my pockets full, fifty bucks was great then

Chillin' in the pool hall at the age of ten

By now we in the village, I’m a overachiever

I played a little ball, coulda been a wide receiver

Life was pretty good, and every day was new

But things took a bad turn in 1982

This is just a few parts of my life story

I know I did a few things that wasn’t right for me

This is just a few parts of my life story

I know I did a few things that wasn’t right for me, I’m still learning though

I lost my grandmother, mama’s married, now it’s on

You know the drill, me and step-daddy don’t get along

Felt like a third wheel, too young to understand

Trippin' ‘cause I’m the only child but that’s my mama’s man

But then he went to jail, pain she tried to keep it in

By then we living on Salinsky, two deep again

I met some new friends, and day and night we ran

Around eighth grade is when my rap life began

Boys would battle rap, I never heard of that

Went home and wrote a few, came back and murdered cats

Figured I must be good, wanted to prove it though

My daddy broke some bread and threw us in the studio

I’m seventeen now, first rap record made

Travelin' and talkin' major deals in the eleventh grade

A few mistakes were made, I went from group to group

A few years later still never seen no loot

This is just a few parts of my life story

I know I did a few things that wasn’t right for me

This is just a few parts of my life story

I know I did a few things that wasn’t right for me, I’m still learning though

I’m outta school now, still at my mama’s house

A grown man now, stepfather finally out

Music was in my blood, to them a wasted scene

They said go get a job, I’m tryna chase a dream

Although I love ‘em both, I knew I had to go

I asked my dad, «Can we try again?»

He said, «Fa sho»

This time we movin' units

So now we making chips

I’m living life rapping, struggling with relationships

Around that same time, I dropped another bomb

I visited The Nation, converted to Islam

The truth was uncovered, they snatched the tablecloth

My content changed, started scaring labels off

Went through some ups and downs, no longer concerned with fame

The hard road I traveled just helped me learn the game

And this is just a short passage to capture my life

Parts of my past but I still got some chapters to write

This is just a few parts of my life story

I know I did a few things that wasn’t right for me

This is just a few parts of my life story

I know I did a few things that wasn’t right for me, I’m still learning though