Can't Spell Success - Nipsey Hussle

Fuck high school I’m trying find a lick

Can’t spell success, but I can buy a Six

Kicked me out the house, and told them they can split

Moved off of 60th, and on to 5th

Stood in front of Nix and sold 200 nicks

Drop it on the hood, by some scandolous crips

Bought my first Cutlass, eyes on my tip

30 in the .40 incase you wanna trip

Blacc Sam told me, Hussle, that’s 200 cent

It was when I knew the world was mine without a fucking blimp

Mostly 50s, 20's and a couple 10's

Moms counted with us, then she got a Benz

Thanks to my mother, both my aunties and my grandma

God bless you, cause I know I was a handful

The foundation, I was running through the sandbox

With the growing pains, but the love never ran out

Became a man watching uncle Reg' and grandpa

Corey taught me how to squabble with my head up

He told me, you will stop losing when you’re fed up

Show me how to get my own fucking handout

Where I’m at, niggas die walking to the corner store

Instead of progress, candles burn and the Remy pours

Keep an extra set of eyes if you’re getting yours

Desert Eagle shells flying straight through them hemi doors

And back at Charlie’s with the cavi when I hug floors

Left Slip rocks, wanting to be drug lord

At Penny Pinches used to hustle to the crack of dawn

If you ain’t tryna get the money, what you in it for?

What you in it for?

I’m trynna get the dough (Cash!)

Count me up

Stay on the lot

Money, power and respect for the chosen few

Came through on low pros now they know to shoot

Nineteen, fuck rap, I’m the local truth

Me and Hub had the Alpinas, we the only two

Promote the gang, live and die for my rollie chain

Rich, gang banging music, I know my lane

Curb servin' off the corner was a protege

Pop the trunk and I’m manifesting my mobile ways

Real Estate, repossessed and do you know the pain?

Brodie in the state, I’m on the block quarter ounce of 'caine

Life cycles and circles that bubble into rage

Turn to self-destructive behavior, somebody light some sage