YOUNG NOBLE Aye yo is heaven got a ghetto then I'm chillin' with Yak And if heaven got a ghetto then I'm visiting Pac Cause the world down here So cold thru my eyes And my first piece of work got sold when I was 9 And I didn't realize what I was doing was wrong Mom Duke was smoked out And my pop was gone I got a big brother Shawn I don't see him a lot Even though we fight yo I still love him a lot My uncle Carl just died And I couldn't even cry I couldn't even sleep Couldn't even get high My girl catch me 8 in the morning Sometimes writing rhymes Pain trapped inside Like I got something to hide It's enough to make a grown man cry When you gotta sit back And watch a grown man die The pot of gold ain't promised at the end But I'll do it all over if I had to again E.D.I & NOBLE (CHORUS) (cause I gave me all) And ain't nobody give me a damn thing I had to go out and get it mayne (get that dough) It ain't all about the money But ain't a damn thing funny when ya hungry (hard times come) But I ain't the one to run I stay in the trenches until the job is done (I will not fail) Aye yo I'm playing to win And if I had to I'll do it again YOUNG NOBLE Me and my mom at the same time doin' a little bid I was dumb keepin' coke in the crib I had to learn not to stash where you live But I was up makin' money from her friends I wanna live Cause back then we wasn't doing too good But I did what I could to get my mom out the hood I grew up in the ghetto But she raised me right Even though I was young Stayin' out all night Make some money on my own So I thought I was grown Hennessy kept me warm Imma sleep on the floor Believe in the Lord Better yet -- believe in yoself It might be nobody there when you need some help Hard times back then Made me stronger within And I'll do it all over if I had to again E.D.I & NOBLE (CHORUS) (cause I gave me all) And ain't nobody give me a damn thing I had to go out and get it mayne (get that dough) It ain't all about the money But ain't a damn thing funny when ya hungry (hard times come) But I ain't the one to run I stay in the trenches until the job is done (I will not fail) Aye yo I'm playing to win And if I had to I'll do it again YOUNG NOBLE I ask myself sometimes do I deserve all this I ask myself sometimes is it worth all this I ask myself sometimes do they feel my pain I ask myself sometimes is it really a game I ask myself sometimes is there a future in rap Some cats get jealous Wanna shoot me in my back I ask myself sometimes do I really got homies Will anybody care if I wasn't gettin' money I ask myself sometimes can I last in this I ask myself sometimes can I mash to this I ask myself sometimes can I do it again But that ain't even a question Imma souljah til the end (to the end)