| A quick story from rags to riches | |
| Comin' to you from supernova (aka left eye) | |
| Give it to 'em, give it to 'em, give it to 'em (ha ha) | |
| I'm goin', i'm goin' from rags to riches (ha ha ha ha) | |
| I'm goin', i'm goin' from rags to riches (ha ha ha ha) | |
| I started off as an army brat (atten-hut!) | |
| Seven months old class act | |
| I was racing down the block | |
| As a matter of fact | |
| I could've been a track star (i guess i am) | |
| I stacked bars | |
| Comin' through your system in them phat cars (uh) | |
| Cross country isn't that far | |
| It's like i'm in the race, don't know who you cats are | |
| See one day i fell from grace, landed in this place | |
| My innocence erased from talkin' back to my momma's face | |
| Like i was lost in space | |
| Without a trace, cuttin' class, bein' mrs. fast ass | |
| Gettin' blasted with my dad, got caught up in the flash | |
| My nana goin' straight mad, had to make the dash | |
| Saw a fella through the streets | |
| Who would give anything for cash | |
| And anything to crash in anybody's path | |
| If everything i had | |
| Look at what i could grab (check it) | |
| And it was just a bunch of niggas | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| Ding ding the bell ring, landlord causin' a scene | |
| Mama diggin' for her green, last dolla (dolla bill) | |
| To pay for the phone bill, electric bill, water bill | |
| How you feel when you make a mill? | |
| And move your mama to a house on the hill | |
| With picture framed tv's on the wall | |
| Hard and i'm pissed when she wanna ball | |
| A cell phone for when she wanna call | |
| She ballin' out of control | |
| With her own bank roll, i got her back though | |
| One for the money and two for the show | |
| Mama floors stayin' clean 600 green outside | |
| Showin' them the many ways that god provides in life | |
| Or who can see the bigger picture | |
| And tell a story from goin' dead broke to gettin' richer | |
| Knowin' i'm gettin' with you in this paper chase | |
| Rags to riches all up in your face | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I remember sellin' weed | |
| Can't believe that i was poisonin' my folk | |
| Now i let my throat be the antidote | |
| Always kept my hopes high | |
| Now mama don't cry, 'cause i'll be close by | |
| With the most high i was playin' robin hood (in the hood) | |
| Little red riding hood | |
| Til' the barrel pointed where i stood (yeah, i stood) | |
| But walked away like i was absolutely positively sure i could | |
| Attitude on drugs | |
| A few dollars in the bucket | |
| And scheming steady dreaming | |
| For a chance to make some duckets | |
| Caused a little ruckus on the sideline | |
| From the alley way to cali, on the grammy day | |
| Went from disarray to mayday, mayday, mayday | |
| Ran away from the sickness with a quickness | |
| And went from rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| From rags to riches | |
| I'm goin' from rags to riches | |
| I bet you i'mma be the richest | |
| I'm lovin' everybody that's tryin' to get it from rags to riches | |
| From nuttin' to somethin' (ha ha right) | |
| You know what i'm sayin' | |
| I'm nuttin' but a quickie story from rags to riches | |
| To all my mournin' ghetto superstars out there | |
| Much love! | |
| I'm backin' everybody, east coast, west coast, the midwest | |
| Everything you know what i'm sayin', it's all hip hop | |
| Much love! | |
| We all came from rags and went to riches | |
| And the ones that's still messin' with them rags | |
| You know what i'm sayin' | |
| Keep your head up (know what i'm sayin') | |
| Somethin' bound to happen | |
| For sure though... |