Only my mama done seen me cry, this my life I'll be thuggin' till the day I die, this my life You *****s don't know me You can't slow me down, you can't hold me So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong They say why you so defensive? I take that offensive Comin' from the *******t that I lived in You wouldn't understand him unless you eye witness Chillin' on the block where vacant lots are given Women and children, missin' men in the picture These *****s hit up sittin' down at some center Get a kite with a flick of a chick, he once hit up Ridiculous but that's us *****s On the corner from dusk to dawn Till that *******t whites brought to America's gone Be a good Samaritan, my heritage was did wrong So all that sufferin' that's just prolong Long as you knowin' that strong arm robbery Was brought on from this society deprivin' me This brings violence if you're not survivin' My environment, don't expect you to be drivin' in Only my mama done seen me cry, this my life I'll be thuggin' till the day I die, this my life You *****s don't know me You can't slow me down, you can't hold me So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong Mama worked 37 years at the plant34 days she missed, that's where I get my grind at Her little *****, see her as father figure Even though she got hips and tender ******* up Show me how to maneuver snakes far as *****s Eleanor Trice, one real sister Raised the kids up to be go getters Now a ***** living room big as an ampatheater Got the theater *****, I'm from the hood So at times I see the mirror and tell him he doin' good Keep up my spirits 'cause *****s want him destroyed But that's null and void when it comes to ya boy I'm from Detroit, Shady employee I'm on a voyage tryna get more than royalties *****s some royalty, that's why your ******* spoil me O T R I C EOnly my mama done seen me cry, this my life I'll be thuggin' till the day I die, this my life You *****s don't know me You can't slow me down, you can't hold me So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong I got visions of makin' executive decisions But the system tells me to be realistic You can't do *******t with C's and D's I can do the work, I'm just interested in makin' cheese So your schools can't control these G'sHe got his own rules and do whatever he please At ease to my soldiers that's feelin' ObieLong as I know my 1, 2, 3's I'm flippin' OZ'sA ***** can count like an accountant Only difference is it ain't checks thatta be bouncin' It's powder, peep what he's pronouncin' Now he lives next to the teacher that denounced him Doubted him, now look at the child's outcome Deuce album got 'em speakin' highly in volume I assume I'm valuable, they throwin' in the towel Bow whenever they see him rollin' at diablo Only my mama done seen me cry, this my life I'll be thuggin' till the day I die, this my life You *****s don't know me You can't slow me down, you can't hold me So I'mma keep rollin', rollin', rollin' goin' on strong