Man, man Yeah, you don't know nan shit about me You ain't never been down to my street I used to sleep 'cause I couldn't eat I was too young to see what I've seen Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Man You wasn't there when we was all broke You wasn't there when we done lost hope Finding the wrong ways for me to cope But you wasn't there nigga you wouldn't know Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Man From the broken shades, to the hommie fades First of the month was a holiday Know the rent, gone be late We gone get it in a couple days Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Never fear the bigger man, but never bite the hand that feeds you Ever since the day you bit me, I just look at you as evil Living like a regal, you can't live the that he do Too much on your plate, it could turn around and eat you Ever watch your momma cry The look she gave me in my eyes Telling me she really tried to give us all a better life Uncle died, on my birthday, seen his body, barely cried Felt like I done lost my mind, this shit still keeps me up at night But I continue to shine, 'cause they could never dim my light By the way you standing like, man I can tell that you don't fight I did it right and what I did is nothing that you niggas like And now they like me for what I did, they'll never be another I You don't know nan shit about me You ain't never been down to my street I used to sleep 'cause I couldn't eat I was too young to see what I've seen Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Man You wasn't there when we was all broke You wasn't there when we done lost hope Finding the wrong ways for me to cope But you wasn't there nigga you wouldn't know Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Man From the broken shades, to the hommie fades First of the month was a holiday Know the rent, gone be late We gone get it in a couple days Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Been this way since '95 I'll probably be this till I die I've done some wrong, I've done some right Done some things you might not like I got a pipe and kept it on me, even since I was riding a bike Duck and dive, I was hiding in sight 'Cause I'll be dammed if I'm dying tonight Hiked the highest heights And found out that this life ain't quite the life I want to live So I found a way I could get by Jabbing life It was fighting back, so I stabbed the mic Too many thoughts running through my mind like I had some lice Cut it out I was feeling free 'cause my brother's out We run it out now For everyone I brought into my mother's house Thankful that you stuck around Know you don't have to suffer now Never going broke again, we got a legal hustle now (You think you know, but you don't know) No you don't know nothing about me Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know (No, no, you don't) Yeah, you don't know nan shit about me You ain't never been down to my street I used to sleep 'cause I couldn't eat I was too young to see what I seen Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Man You wasn't there when we was all broke You wasn't there when we done lost hope Finding the wrong ways for me to cope But you wasn't there nigga you wouldn't know Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know Man From the broken shades, to the hommie fades First of the month was a holiday Know the rent, gone be late We gone get it in a couple days Nigga you don't know Nigga you don't know