K-Rino - Life Story lyrics

Let me give you a little bit of insight
To the road your boy had to travel so far

Whoa, it all started on a Wednesday
Labor pains, hospital room then K
My grandmother named me, I was with it then
They wrapped me up and brought me
Home to the dead end we growed up with love
Neighborhood was fast, man
Mama made sure her son always had things
Daddy was a hustler, he did it all his life
Playing pool, poker
Making bets and shooting dice
He didn’t live with us but
He wasn’t far from me
First time in my life seeing large money
Kept my pockets full
Fifty bucks was great then
Chillin’ in the pool hall at the age of ten
By now we in the village, I’m a overachiever
I played a little ball
Coulda been a wide receiver
Life was pretty good, and every day was new
But things took a bad turn in 1982

This is just a few parts of my life story
I know I did a few things
That wasn’t right for me
This is just a few parts of my life story
I know I did a few things
That wasn’t right for me
I’m still learning though

I lost my grandmother, mama’s married
Now it’s on you know the drill
Me and step daddy don’t get along
Felt like a third wheel
Too young to understand
Trippin’ ‘cause I’m the only child
But that’s my mama’s man
But then he went to jail
Pain she tried to keep it in
By then we living on Salinsky, two deep again
I met some new friends
And day and night we ran
Around eighth grade is when my rap life began
Boys would battle rap, I never heard of that
Went home and wrote a few
Came back and murdered cats
Figured I must be good
Wanted to prove it though
My daddy broke some bread and
Threw us in the studio
I’m seventeen now, first rap record made
Travelin’ and talkin’ major deals
In the eleventh grade
A few mistakes were made
I went from group to group
A few years later still never seen no loot

This is just a few parts of my life story
I know I did a few things
That wasn’t right for me
This is just a few parts of my life story
I know I did a few things
That wasn’t right for me
I’m still learning though

I’m outta school now
Still at my mama’s house
A grown man now, stepfather finally out
Music was in my blood, to them a wasted scene
They said go get a job
I’m tryna chase a dream
Although I love ‘em both, I knew I had to go
I asked my dad, "Can we try again?" He said
"Fa sho" this time we movin’ unit's
So now we making chips
I’m living life rapping
Struggling with relationships
Around that same time, I dropped another bomb
I visited The Nation, converted to Islam
The truth was uncovered
They snatched the tablecloth
My content changed
Started scaring labels off
Went through some ups and downs
No longer concerned with fame
The hard road I traveled just
Helped me learn the game
And this is just a short
Passage to capture my life
Parts of my past but I still
Got some chapters to write

This is just a few parts of my life story
I know I did a few things
That wasn’t right for me
This is just a few parts of my life story
I know I did a few things
That wasn’t right for me
I’m still learning though