SO MUCH CHANGED

Dave East

They'll never take me alive from where the skinny niggas slide
Songs with Mary J Blige, seen them die over they pride
I could never confide in authority, not the kind
Me and Ro was just building
That's my ak, but he call me slime
Had to get out and grind, watch family cross the line
I could never co-sign your name on that dotted line
Every time I got bail, mama would tell me be calm
I was destined to fail, but the Lord allowed me to shine
We was low in the jects, you've seen what happened, nevermind
Now they throwing me sex, I'm like a tree they trying to climb
Niggas knew I was next
You resemble rats and pigs, a cobra at best
Send a driver with a wig, go on and chauffeur your death
Sometimes I get in my feelings, I think no one is left, it feel like everyone gone
Aunt Barbara told me I was right and everyone wrong
Back when Chet was in the Navy, Halle Berry was on
Brian left, I seen my pops cry, dead in his arms
2008, Barbara left, thought I would never move on
Life is crazy, memories blurry, some of them clear
Pops raised me, so did the block
Nothing I feared, I'm Swayze
The ghosts of these niggas looking for Demi Moore
The Henny pour when the brodie died and we did some more
Death row with designer, died with his Fendi on
I hate rats, I don't like when my daughter put Mickey on

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They got me mobbing like I'm, low, they ready to get my slug on
I load my clip and slip my motherfuckin' gloves on
I ain't scared like the last nigga if they test me
Trust, niggas never wanna discuss the way they left me
Thus, I left them motherfuckers while I smash
While vagina's my mind
Don't need no problems fast
Mafioso like the Genovese
Came up from nothing, niggas never gave me anything
Don't talk about it, I get mad
Lord done blessed me with this paper
Had to be the way I am, it's in my nature
I know these niggas wanna stop the way I eat
I'm real, I cannot sleep, and everyday is just a struggle
Gotta hustle just to breathe, and I've been all alone
Don't let them tell you
Devil of failure, you get in touch with a lawyer
Might can help you raise hell
A nigga from the gutter, word to mutha
We rob, police they cuff us, we don't give a fuck
Still on the scene cause I love the green
Until they kill me, I be living this life
I know you feel me
So much change

Been smashin' on these niggas
Nigga, that's what we do
Fuck em

So much change
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We keep pushing that line, you know what I'm saying
So much done changed, things ain't the same
It ain't like back in the days
Back in the days we pushed a different line
We lived by the code. See what I'm saying, man?
You know, I was telling a little homie the other day
I was like, man, what do you wanna, what do you wanna do when you grow up, nigga?
He said, I wanna be like you, Kurupt
I said, you don't wanna be like me, nigga
Be your own man, stand on your own ten toes
You dig what I'm saying?