what you know about queen city no crown unless royal follow arkansas is my birthplace where they look for hope inside a 40 bottle no job but they work though move perfect in that new impala them dope fiends and these alcoholics they ll do anything to snatch 40 dollars boy that s the town that i come from that s the place where i came up social life was like nightclubs that bah bah if you flamed up bill clinton don t live here just dope fiends and abandoned children no hoop dreams just a couple shooters tryna hide a body in abandoned buildings boy it s too small to be new york but the poverty and crime feel like i grew up in detroit yeah stood up on the block where the rocks be strung post a couple shots with the glocks before my roots go deep what you really think you know about me boy what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me bout me bout me what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me bout me bout me what you know about hate the way that yo life feel yo role models sell dope like it s they life skills on section 8 and y all can t afford to buy a nice grill yo single mama sellin food stamps to pay light bills boy what you know about feelin hate for yo pops in the same town see him ridin round and he pass by and don t stop get so you hidin yams in yo socks butterflies in yo gut scared to get body slammed by them cops uh joy ridin i was sittin in the car 15 i was given the bar but deep inside was a good kid in a mass city i scheduled tomorrow lost a product of my bad environment where bein thug was a requirement and the hate you seek is like retirement and you take whatever you desirin  what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me bout me bout me what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me what you know about me bout me bout me bout me what you know about sittin down in yo granny crib then hearin shots them cops come cover up the body in the parking lot you think about they image till yo dome hurts you can t even concentrate on homework he act out that s all you see don t know might be ptsd it s hard to be optimistic and hope when you know you might not see next week surrounded by blue rags and red tees no leg c s no esvs there s vls and gds and project walls who trapped in until a gunshot set you free what you know of no father figure just a few ogs single mama bringin home a man that you to ensure he don t leave dreamin of a good life we don t see homeboy get shot we don t grieve rules of engagement to get revenge and don t call no laws don t trust police and that s what they teach us from birth discount yo life till you gone they tell us we nothin but dirt so we live in the dark was a heart made of stone but what if i tell you they wrong they been givin us lies all along they been tellin us death is the only way out that s a lie you can take that from tone i know the truth i am the proof i seen the master and i ve been to the top i know the pain i ve played the games i ve got a homeboy who been killed by the cops i can show you the way if you willin to watch if you willin to watch i ve been dealin with jesus i know that way that the feelin can stop