yeah was just a lonely kid from arkansas young bull who grew up in a crazy house could write a book about the stuff i saw man i m just grateful that i made it out i know some people who ain t here today late sugar ellis may he rest in peace three shots to the head is how he passed away we saw his body layin in the street and i was only twelve then sleepin in a back bed with 4 siblings i was in the ceiling next up to the crackhead my uncle was the dope man he had gold chains fat knocks had no glue to them cubes in that burnt plastic was crack rocks never knew bout gang bangin that never came to my head man till one day joe stopped me and asked me why you wearin that red man and i just stared intently man i was barely outta elementary i thank god made it i survived it yeah with all the odds i had stacked against me yeah thank god i made it out i made it out thank god i made it out i made it out thank god i made it out i made it out thank god i made it out i made it out they said i never had a chance bruh dyin for my hood was the only thing i planned for only choice they gave me was a coffin and some handcuffs only choice they gave me was a coffin and some i didn t grow up with no pastors my role models wore shackles my family tree was so crazy just a bunch of rotten apples i didn t have a pair of godly parents draggin me to chapel sendin me to college i was learnin knowledge from the trapper so i used to ride with that chrome said i won t survive to get grown man i thank the lord for his grace cause i got homeboys who didn t make it back to they home hold up talkin bout my cousin tony my partner cane lieutenant soldier my cousin wankie my uncle joseph they gone and it coulda been my face on the shirt coulda been me takin my place in the dirt god knows i deserve to get erased from the earth plays with the worst of them and they wasn t even the worst of men i shoulda got merked with them cause i was livin doin dirt with them but over my mistakes the son died thank god for grace amen  thank god i made it out i made it out thank god i made it out i made it out thank god i made it out i made it out thank god i made it out i made it out