Ugh, yeah, yeah, ugh I guess I never could say goodbye This is my love song Respect it Yo, I started off as a young dude with' dreams of playin' football Then I went to college where I learned how to cook raw My pockets was feelin' empty, I was feelin' worried I gotta hustle these dime out of my dormitory I bagged up in my grandma crib Served on the same block where my grandma live Same place I used to play as a kid Same hood where the girls around the corner let me get in them ribs Same block where my uncles used to keep up drama Same spot where my daddy fell in love with my mama I fell in love with the game Cause you can take me out the hood, but you can't take the hood out my veins The ghetto's in my blood, you cut me I bleed this I'mma eat, sleep, and breathe this, believe this I'mma fight for the crib 'til my knuckles is purple Steel city, I would never desert you On the record yeah I never could, never have, and I never will Ugh, ugh this for the block Ugh this for the block Steel city Never could, never have, and I never will I was a hustler man, infatuated with' gettin' the dough At nineteen I discovered I was sick with the flow But I was listenin' to rap in elementary school After bumpin' Scarface, I would listen to Cube Then I switched it over to Eric B. and Rakim Back then, I thought there wun't nobody harder than them Everybody from Cool J to Kool G Rap Used to make my head nod and my fingers snap Hip hop took control and captivated my brain Now I need it, I gotta have it cause it's keepin' me sane I don't rap for the fame, or the dames, or the change I just do it simply and plain for the love of the game They say music soothes the savage beast, I'm livin' proof So I'm comfortable as ever when I'm up in the booth Although the business full of snakes and people that can hurt you Hip hop I would never desert you I'm addicted mane, ugh I never could, never have, and I never will I said I never could, never have, and I never will Ugh, yeah for my people This for my people Yo, and I would like to thank my mother and my father for raisin' me right You not to blame for the bad things I did in my life I know that havin' two good parents is truly a gift You the reason why I even exist, why I can rap like this To my grannies and the rest of my fam Just believe in me and I'mma do the best that I can Willie Watts, Uncle Wayne, Mike Lang, and my nigga Quade You might be gone but your memory is here to stay B Lang, I know it hurt to lose your only brother But while I'm here you got a brother from another mother That's on my mama homie, that goes for all of my dogs Man just give me a call when you got drama homie Cause this cold world can break ya heart When it does you can lean on me like Joe Clark Life is hard and when it's gettin' controversial Understand that I will never desert you I got love for you Ugh I never could, never have, and I never will Ugh, I can't For all my people mane ugh I never could, never have, and I never will This for the block, for hip hop For my people, ugh, yeah Never ever I guess I never could say goodbye Freddie Gibbs