'I promise'

Growing up the way we grew up,coming up the way we came up.

We stayed strong,we stayed tough kept out of the streets and focused on believing

that we could be something more. Something more than working on the corner as a whore.

Something more than being on the block with a pack of bullets in your sock and a Glock in your

pocket. We were raised to believe that where we came from didn't matter.

Raised to let the laughter shatter the glass of the disasters going on in the background.

People crowning themselves as king of the streets,only to get mowed down to the ground by that

ominous sound of the bullet flying from the chamber. Had to come inside before the street lights

came on. Praying every night that if we were to die in our sleep that god would take our souls and cradle

us for eternity. I can feel the fire burning inside me. I wanna give back,I do but it's

hard to do shit when the odds are stacked against you.

(hook)

The underdogs,the kids who have no chance and don't understand that the odds are stacked

against them. But,fuck the odds and how they're stacked cause the hood has my back and

I'll give back I know that. 'I promise' that I'll make and never forget who raised me.

'I promise to carry the hood with me wherever I go on the daily.

'I promise' to keep going on never give up and stay strong even when things get rough.

'I promise'.