Ft. Curren$y

(Verse)
Huh, got no time for the conversations or funny shit
Nigga, only the reals who I get my money wit
Used to turn on the TV, see what I wanted
And now the same one I dreamed about, the same one I'm stunting in
In the 62, almost twenty six
And erry nigga that I'm with got a zip
I look at this shit as one big table and best believe every nigga I'm with got a sit
They try to hold us back, paint a picture of us
Then sell it straight to the public
You yung, black, then you thugging!
What they don't talk about the kid that came from nothing
Who stuck to what he believed in and turned himself to something great
They should use that story to motivate
But instead they would rather focus 
On the fact that he's a pothead
Not the fact there's not a lot where I lived
Twenty five and not dead!

(Hook)
I'm tryna tell ya sum', this shit's real
When you work hard to get it, this how you feel
The men who start but they knew there ain't nun' in the way
We started small to em houses in the hills
To em houses in the hills, houses in the hills
Houses in the hills, to em houses in them hills

(Verse)
You make a little money, take care and right yoself
And people start coming up with their hand out
People take their stresses and make them yours
Well that's just what comes with being a man
I try to do all that I can to make sure that
My son grow up without having to see half of the stuff I've been through
But in life we all got our own path
Don't understand that by now you won't begin to
Cop another Rollex or Porsche try and get even with me
Pulled up to the club, swear it looked like the dealer with me
Cuz we had so many cars it was stupid
So I don't see a reason to try and reason with me
Made a couple million in Fast 2
They ain't teach a young nigga that in the classroom
Or how to make a people betta by taking knowledge and spread it
Not being in the game but be ahead of it

(Hook)
I'm tryna tell ya sum', this shit's real
When you work hard to get it, this how you feel
The men who start but they knew there ain't nun' in the way
We started small to em houses in the hills
To em houses in the hills, houses in the hills
Houses in the hills, to em houses in them hills

(Verse)
Thousand dollar Benefit plates
No matter how high the stakes, niggas neva outta place
Nah I'm high, Empire State, drunk stumbling
Neva will I tumble far from grace
I'm one of them undercelebrated greats
Under the influence of what uncle Snoop threw me
Soon as I stepped off the plane
Switching four lanes like Jay and Jermaine
Killing beatz, visiting grave sites and pissing champagne
I been in the crib enjoying my hobbies
Suckas figured this'll be the perfect time to try me, try me!
Assumptions that I'm lunching, getting sloppy
I'm just getting betta, seasoned veteran
Eagle eye perspective, scope before I go in
Come out with the whole hen, a dollar and a dream
To have a house on the hill and the world on the screen!

(Hook)
I'm tryna tell ya sum', this shit's real
When you work hard to get it, this how you feel
The men who start but they knew there ain't nun' in the way
We started small to em houses in the hills
To em houses in the hills, houses in the hills
Houses in the hills, to em houses in them hills