Dave East — From The Soul

[Verse 1: Dave East] My baby brother 19 but still teaching me Frustration and anger done made a beast in me Knocking ready to die, ain't no rest in peace for me I told my brother anything i got, you got it equally I'm becoming a man taking it farther It feel like trynna go get a ceasar without a barber I'm growing wild , while parents don't even know their child Dysfunctional feel uncomfortable but you know my style Back against the ropes like a boxer Watching Goodfellas my influence was the mobsters We would get sick with no insurance for a doctors Hard to get cake but in the hood you get a chopper Lil niggas barely 15 be catchin Homi'es I just wanna record could give a fuck if they sign me My jumper used to be water just like Dasani Now the bad blocks and gutter where you can find me Engineers all about money until you make it Let them know your struggle they see the money and take it Money over most but paper is never sacred Unless its in the Bible but most of these niggas is fakin' I never pumped crack i sold a lot of trees Tried to get my education but I had to fallback Notice of eviction familiar black struggle That's why most of us in prison try to talk but we don't listen But fuck what I been through its only making me stronger Even if its taking me longer I got to win dude Tell me how I'm suppose to sit in class when the rent due Teacher got a check and not concerned with what you into That's why I slept through it I'm up chasing a dollar pressure I step to it Know you're official when you do it like a ref do it I know you feel how I'm feeling this shit is stress music Pop a X to it sometimes I feel I ain't shit I guess my eX knew it Sincerity and being honest is the best music Catalog shoppers with a patience of a shotter Whip the color collide us , eyes like the stripe on a Pradas Taking flight for the product Couple nights and reminders You lose your life over dollars we street niggas but scholars Politicking at diners ,and your killer come with a smiling face So fuck a sparkler tell a owner to provide a case I'm from money making so we really ain't no time to waste Autographing bodies, leave niggas and sign their face Told [?] my glass is up like I'm celebrating I'm fortunate to be be the nigga that was never hating Bob Marley true smoker forever blazing Imma do this for my niggas that'll never make it