[00:06.45]Take a look in my life and see what I see.
[00:25.26]M-E-M-P-H-I-S
[00:25.50]3 -8 -1 -2 -7
[00:33.81]shady vista, segshaw lane
[00:35.73]my ghetto game, where it all started for gotti
[00:39.00]little summin', running around (?)and naughty
[00:42.03]asking for dollars from niggaz I assumed was ballin'
[00:45.00]twelve years old, and talking about flippin' tomorrow
[00:48.03]counting my cheese, think I had 'bout 37 bones
[00:50.97]I made up my mind, tomorrow gotti's starting to cone
[00:54.03]bought me a deal, posted up on top of the hill
[00:56.91]throughout these years, i've seen a lot of niggaz get killed
[00:59.97]my life is the truth, i'd rather rap outside a booth
[01:03.09]y'all ain't talking about shit, i'm 100 proof.
[01:05.91]that's what my life like
[01:27.36]I'm from the projects, jaded in, fence surround
[01:33.45]I'm a normal teen black, but these chinks around
[01:36.00]'cause they on the corner stores, like how could they afford
[01:39.39]something we can't, they never seen these dollars before
[01:42.21]I wrote this here for the government, me and my people sufferin'
[01:45.60]break bread with the immigrants, not word for recipients
[01:48.81]tell me what my benefit, long jazz, fifty cents
[01:51.81]eighty-five percent with no parole in parenthesis
[01:54.63]the north memphis president, here to set the record straight
[01:57.87]rob, steal, kill, put some food on your people plates
[02:00.90]going lethal, thrill me, before these people kill me
[02:03.87]gotti's just a spokesman for the north and they gon' feel me
[02:06.87]my block consists of. lost hope
[02:09.69]gangbangers and street-thugs. plus coke
[02:12.66]there's one way in and one way out, take summin'
[02:15.72]a cop working;wait for drought, like yo gotti
[02:26.43](Chorus)
[02:32.49](Yo Gotti)
[02:42.78]Back in the day, used to cut the five off of twenties
[02:45.75]Back in the day, I used to cut the two off of tens
[02:48.81]Back in the days, I thought everybody was friends
[02:51.81]Back in the day, the hood had me trapped within
[02:54.81]Back in the day, used to play "pick up and run"
[02:57.72]the shit was fun, but nowadays we picking up guns
[03:00.87]Back in the day, me and my niggaz fought with each other
[03:03.81]shared with each other, but nowadays we bust at each other
[03:06.87]trust in each other just like we done sealed-up leather
[03:09.87]never, we're all clever but on different levels
[03:12.93]Back in the day, used to play "that's my car"
[03:15.96]Back in the days, I never thought i'd make it this far
[03:18.93]Back in the day, used to play "catch a girl, get a girl"
[03:22.41]nowadays, niggaz let a girl ruin they whole world
[03:25.47]last days, it was existing in the dirty south
[03:28.29]rediculous in the dirty south, come get me out this dirty south
[03:39.96]my life like.