August Alsina - The Encore

Something I gotta tell somebody
just in case you didn't know
I gotta show you where I came from
so you can see where I gotta go
See I started out with nothing
and I've been through some things
But there really ain't a difference
I gotta gotta little change
I've been hood rich
and I've been broke
Singing in the choir y'all
even sold dope
See I've been clean
and I've been high
Lived like a king
and I had to get by
Had a couple tens
in my bed at one time
Them down as bitches
when I didn't had a dime
Seen it all heard it all did it all
Appreciate the rise hope
I never gotta fall
Always thought it would be good
but I never had it this good
I remember doing bad
when a nigga didn't have
now I'm thinking back
Always thought it would be good
but I never had it this good
Had to get it how I could
I was so misunderstood
out the hood now it's all good
Old friends came in with
saying that I didn't act the same
But I wasn't really different
it was them who started to change
Had to go a new direction
didn't wanna let 'em go
That was way before I noticed
that they didn't wanna grow
I've been hood rich
and I've been broke
Singing in the choir y'all
even sold dope
See I've been clean
and I've been high
Lived like a king
and I had to get by
Had a couple tens
in my bed at one time
Them down as bitches
when I didn't had a dime
Seen it all heard it all did it all
Appreciate the rise hope
I never gotta fall
Always thought it would be good
but I never had it this good
I remember doing bad
when a nigga didn't have
now I'm thinking back
Always thought it would be good
but I never had it this good
Had to get it how I could
I was so misunderstood
out the hood now it's all good