I put my back up on the line to let you know this shit here real Tell it how it is everybody changed when I sat and signed a deal Stop seeing shit for how I wanted it to be Started seeing shit how it is Even know my nigga mad at me I swear I'm 'a still pay for his appeal I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell you how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell it how it is I was born and raised into this shit so I'm 'a keep this shit here gutta Boy I swear this shit get ugly so don't take me for no other Bitch don't play me for no buster I was the one behind that cutter I trapped through miles you went through inches Police they come out I jump the fences I seen them boys way back without a 12 gauge Bitch you know it's Ace we play his cards just like we playing spades I done dove in that ocean I went all the way Feel like I was the only one who struggling I had harder days Sit at the Round table with my nigga and split my backend Went out of style I was the one who brought it back in When you come to my city tap in I was robbing niggas you looked up to who was trapping One thing I'm 'a tell it how it is bitch I ain't just rapping I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell you how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell it how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell you how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell it how it is I done gave so much love out this shit here hurting my heart I got so much shit built in I just don't know where to start You looking at me for what you seeing in my car You just don't know what I had to go through to be a star Playing with my shadows on the dark side I just hope y'all took off I swear see these people so many times What I did for you I'll put em under My heart was cold all through the summer Won't speak on you you know I'm coming Open fire bitch I won't tumble Grab my hand express the way I feel I ain't no Nelly in this bitch but it's getting hot in here I speak the the truth but I know this shit lead death I was out here putting iron on a nigga and I didn't give a fuck how my conscious felt I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell you how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell it how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell you how it is I swear the streets don't want no more of me I'm from the trenches I'm 'a tell it how it is