Wake up, goddammit! Oh, I know it's hard Your eyes is burning, slowly opening You slowly realizing that this wasn't no dream Naw, this is your life Well over the break I was asked to be myself Well, I got an eighth grade education With a Ph.D. from the streets I'm a recovering alcoholic Been sober five Hours I been incarcerated over half my life Most recently down there at Lorton My mama been in jail for 30 years And as we speak my daddy's pulling 21 in Alcatraz I am an all around hustler And some of my best friends is pimps, whores, and gamblers (uh huh, and gamblers) But I guess that don't make me no different (hell nah!)