i must stand

ice-t

nobody ever said life was gon' be easy

but damn. just a kid

moms died when i was seven

pops died

eleven

what's up with heaven?

it's hell when you're an orphan at a early age

this impressionable stage

no love breeds rage

in the heart of a child who never knew his roots

looked up to pimps and to hustlers in the eel-skin boots

parkin caddies on the sidewalk

gangsta talk

truckin diamonds and gold

rubberbands around the bankrolls

fly girls to make your head spin

seemed they partied all night long

i was like

put me on"