[00:09.331]Back in the days they used to call me a criminal
[00:11.974]Running from the police, hanging with the homies
[00:18.010]Gunning my way, getting high of the chemichals
[00:20.610]I was only sixteen, keep it on streets
[00:25.441]My mama told me, if you wanna make it
[00:29.636]You better figure out your life before they take it
[00:33.908]Yeah my mama told me, you gotta be smarter
[00:38.306]Or you’re gonna end up in the cell just like your father
[00:43.045]Ah uhh, lord knows I’ve tried so hard
[00:47.315]Ah uhh, lord know I’ve come so far
[00:51.596]Ah uhh, each time I touch the stars
[00:56.141]Some things always brings me back to earth
[00:59.205]And I’m back to get in the dirt
[01:08.011]And I’m back to get in the dirt
[01:18.302]I’m coming of age and they call that a miracle
[01:21.080]I’m alive and breathin’, there’s gotta be a reason
[01:25.142]I’m still here
[01:26.907]So I pick up the pace tryna make me some money, oh
[01:29.659]Come up with a scheme now, oh daddy you're all clean now
[01:33.845]Yeah
[01:34.526]’Cause my mama tells me, you better make it
[01:38.882]Enough for youself that you should do before your lady
[01:43.183]Yeah my mama tells me, you gotta be smarter
[01:47.622]You got a son and in a month you'll have a daughter
[01:52.281]Ah uhh, lord knows I’ve tried so hard
[01:56.509]Ah uhh, lord know I’ve come so far
[02:00.824]Ah uhh, eavh time I touch the stars
[02:05.439]Some things always brings me back to earth
[02:08.552]And I’m back to get in the dirt
[02:17.110]And I’m back to get in the dirt