Crooked I, Erykah Badu - Nobody Understands Me lyrics

A hard childhood
Reflects in the face the niggas
My father figure abandoning me
And got replaced by triggers
Think of the county checks and projects
I grab the chrome cause somebody told me
"God bless the child that got his own"
Im looking for missions to get
Mine far from cockin steel
Im riskin penitentiary time to
Keep my pockets filled
Police on my line for all
Of the weapons I conceal
Realisin momma didn't raise me up
To rob or kill
So how does it feel to live your
Life where the grass is greener
And never have to walk with
Uncle shotty and aunt nina
Knowing you'll probably die before
Your 21 or older
And mobbin with the weight of the
World on your young shoulders
The more of my homies die the
More of my heart'll turn colder
Thats why niggas don't give a fuck
To bang or slang boulders
My soldiers are dyin
My peoples are catchin slugs
I hide my pain behind mad dogs and mean mugs
And still nobody understands me