Got a story 'bout my life, like to hear it? Yeah..... well,...
Sitting here, guess i didn't make bail, got time and a story to tell; started when i was 9 years old, woke up and my daddy was gone; I started hustlin', they couldn't tell me nothing; runnin' in the hood, tryin' to be somebody; but my soul was on empty, I was searchin' for something... I'm tried to be good (I tried), tryin' to keep from trouble; livin' too fast (too fast), tryin' to make good on a hustle; cuz times get rough..... [Chorus] Coming from where i'm from (I'm from); times got hard, yeah, coming from where i'm from (I'm from); sometimes you gotta walk to work, yeah, coming from where i'm from (I'm from); sometimes you gotta do a lil' dirt, yeah, coming from where i'm from (I'm from).....
Wasn't really lookin', guess I found it, 5'3", light brown skin; coming from the University, lifestyle lookin' kinda lovely; didn't know she had much game; down to ride out, even take the train; even took her to a poker game, she stopped, knocks from fried chicken to sushi... I'm tryin' to be good (I tried), tried to treat you like a lady (you like a lady); tried to be your friend, turned out that you were shady (you were shady); so tired of being lonely..... [Chorus] Coming from where i'm from (I'm from); times aren't what they seem to be, coming where i'm from (I'm from); sometimes you get a lil' angry, yeah, coming where from i'm from (I'm from); sometimes you get the best of me, yeah, coming from where i'm from (I'm from)....
Well, i tried to be good (I tried), wanted nothin' but to love somebody (yea-ah); didn't want to die young (ooh-ooh), studied hustlin', tryin' to feed my family (we-elll); too scared to have kids, and do what my daddy did, cuz i'm so scared of failin'; sometimes it gets hard, coming from where i'm from, weelllll-yeaaaahhhh!!!
[Chorus repeats throughout] Sometimes you gotta mourn in the morning; sometimes you gotta cry a lil' bit louder; and sometimes you gotta fight the pain, yeeaaahhhhh... Sometimes you gotta walk alone, walk alone; sometimes you get a lil' worried, yea-yeah; sometimes you get lost, out of touch, oohhh; and sometimes you think I even pray a lil' too much... Sometimes I get a lil' sca-aaaared, ooooohhh; sometimes I get a lil' scareeed, sometimes; sometimes I find I have to walk real long, sometimes...
Talkin' 'bout where I come from.......
