I ain’t nothing but a young individual Came out life’s critical Survival of hood and court municipals They thought I was pitiful, He can adapt to a mount, but he know crack And he could come push back up there’s a drought I wish that was the old me My brother gone and I gotta play my role, see? Hearing my daughter stand hold me Nigga man reflect on what you owe me Scrap pieces, cockroaches and crumbs What do I do to get my people out these slums? A box of thumgs Can’t stop a heart burning heart ache When a 12 year old boy done lost faith Damn, and at this cost and this rate I’m ready for whatever come my way Some young men would run away But I dodge cops I’m sippin one new day x 2 Know what is like, when you’re hungry on the streets And you snatch up mice cheese So you and yours could eat I could relate, what I did I don’t love or I hate Just happy that my people straight Know what is like I mean, I know what is like Yeah, I know what is like I got some real people with me Do you know what is like Know what is like I’m something of an outsider A survivor, provider A responsible with a dollar Yeah, and you won’t hear me holler or complain Or travel in this road again No shame, I’m doing what I gotta It was times didn’t wanna be here if I ain’t gotta Remember bo pole tryina plant on me some product Just one sits you, I never thought I’d get a part of Beat the charge, went back to the strip To all figure how to mix some lean with chips My auntie bringin on my young black soul Questionin what happened to a young black soul It’s a cabalist inside, and I ain’t asking you to die with me But don’t knock the hustle, try me I love to do this rap, but I keep on fallin on my back And these junkies keep askin me wher it’s at x 2 Know what is like, when you’re hungry on the streets And you snatch up mice cheese So you and yours could eat I could relate, what I did I don’t love or I hate Just happy that my people straight Know what is like I mean, I know what is like Yeah, I know what is like I got some real people with me Do you know what is like Know what is like