Trife Diesel, Solomon Childs - Grew Up Hard lyrics

Uh, huh, whoo, just smoothing it out
Right now my nigga Halloween, we gon'
Get rich this year, nigga
(see)
Sip on this little bit of odor, made brown
Zone out, turn the lights off
Ant boogie, what up? Uh, huh

In the crib, with my wiz
Getting my grown man on
Listening to classic soul
With the slow jams on
Smokey Robinson, Tears of a Clown
Shedding tears popping beers
Almost twenty five years in the town
I seen niggas die off
Like dandelions in the fall
Niggas heard of Chip Banks and left
Him lying in the hall
Your boy Sandy Brock was ill
Like Kobe Bryant with the ball
It's no exceptions
Even the biggest giants gotta fall
Cuz we living in denial
But these lessons are vital
When marinating in the slums
You gotta practice survival
Now everybody wants to be next American idol
But these are more than just
Songs pressed up your vinyl
Being rich is a poor man's dream
And we all wanna shine
But we all can't green, knahImean?
Being rich is a poor man's dream
And we all wanna shine
But we all can't green

I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
But, I ain't been to many operas
Or had money for private doctors
As harsh it sound
These just a tears of a clown
I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
The message is I'm too strong to hold down
I know the ledge
And I ain't planning to drown
As harsh it sound
These just a tears of a clown

Momma ain't raised no fool
They say we gotta save the children
But first, we gotta save our spoons
I was taught not to waste my food
Even if I didn't like it
Every scrap on my plate got chewed
Either you ate, or you didn't eat
The memories are bitter sweet
Used to get teased by my friends
Cuz I had bigger feet
I think about them jokes and laugh
Crack a smile cuz as a child
I never knew that being broke was bad
Growing up I was close to my dad
But that still didn't stop a nigga
From putting that coke in them bags
That was the past, now
I'm riding with the oak in the dash
Got jealous niggas hating, big time
Hoping I crash
I can't blame 'em, and on the same note
I can't change 'em
Let a nigga disrespect my shit
I'm gonna flame 'em
That's word to my son little Jay
My little homey
Ask niggas how your boy get down
Ain't nothing phony

I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
But, I ain't been to many operas
Or had money for private doctors
As harsh it sound
These just a tears of a clown
I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
The message is I'm too strong to hold down
I know the ledge
And I ain't planning to drown
As harsh it sound
These just a tears of a clown

Yeah, they say two heads are better than one
And in the process
I learned that slow progress
Is better than none
That's why I'm still here persuing my goals
Baking that bread
In the bakery, if I ain't out, doing no shows
I hit the block, once in a blue
And front with the crew
And show niggas a good time
By getting drunk in the stud'
Some niggas find happiness
With a blunt and a brew
They talented niggas
But they just need something to do
It's kinda hard try'nna look
Beyond buildings and bricks
We can't condone broken homes
When our children is sick
Try'nna survive off the cereal and
Milk from the WIC
And all the good ones we got
Be getting killed in the mix
He could of been the next Jordan, who knows
The next Emmitt young Tiger Woods
Or the new Arthur Ashe of tennis
That's why I'm looking past the gimmicks
Getting cash with Dennis
Criminal grind, we gonna smash the business

I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
But, I ain't been to many operas
Or had money for private doctors
As harsh it sound
These just a tears of a clown
I grew up hard, maybe you grew up harder
The message is I'm too strong to hold down
I know the ledge
And I ain't planning to drown
As harsh it sound
These just a tears of a clown

Yeah, when you see that big thing pull up
Don't be mad at us, man, be glad
We done made it from the projects
We done came up, Stapleton Houses, man
Straight up, Theodore
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