I was hopeless and homeless I never gave up, I stayed focused and focused And now I done sold more Rolex than Rolex Them jokers the brokest, the coldest, they know this I done swang swords like them Romans and Trojans Shootouts and drug deals, been involved in both things I done swam with sharks, not them dolphins Notice, I bought me some new guns but still love my old tings I was hopping over counters, got it in my trousers Nina from my akhis but that shotty from my Scousers Tell you bout my childhood, Gas Gang founders They ain't got them sticks or them balls to play rounders Slumped a couple bouncers, slung a couple ounces Grew it in some houses, my cupboards had mouses And life a bitch but that ho is sexy In the Brix, I'm old school like Bo and Lexy I'm old school like when town had Take Two And I was tired, running round, tryna make do So much suffer in my life I had to face too I'm from a place where it makes or it breaks yutes You ain't gotta check for me my brudda, I'm a soldier Twenty-eight mixed with an eighth of the ammonia Asking why I'm strapped, cause these pricks are getting bolder Streets are getting colder, yes mama I'm a loner I did it on my own, billing all these phones No one put me on, I'm getting busy in my zone Feeding bones to the cats, rats to the dargs Mind how you chat, no turning back when it starts Life just a trap, running laps from the start Cold nights, trap, can't take naps when it's dark I used to get cold shivers from my own niggas Can't have no menty thoughts when I roll with ya