Don't Be Like Me ft. Shamara Tumblin Lyrics

I hustle

Many rocks on many blocks

My mom's a cop, if I get shot

I gotta lie and make a plot

Despite her job, we ain't makin' ends meet

I sell to fiends to get bread and now I got beef

On rival streets

It's a nuisance when you don't rep a gang

Only slang to maintain, to give mama change

I took her gun for protection

So if you wanna threaten

I ain't reppin', but I do got a weapon

Just for discretion

And now my sister pregnant, think with a son

Hopin' that he's the one, cause college didn't bring no funds

Besides the scholarship, so I gotta dip

I left school 'cause it wouldn't bring a lotta chips

So when I write this, hope I'm not in a cell

Know I'm wishin' you well 'cause the hood could be hell

This the story I tell hopin' you will prevail

It's either college or hell or so they say

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Look it's a

Celebration, inebriation is in the plans

Your uncle just got a scholarship, he's been the man

By the time your twenty, what I say is at least

Your uncle will be hall of famous, swear to god he's a beast

Now peace

Gotta hit the store to get some liquor, damage my liver

So I can paint a vivid picture

I heard a shot around the block, while listening to Pac

Got my seat in recline and got my hand up on my Glock

But now

Gotta scoop the homies before we go out and drink

Mama don't trust my peeps, but my crew's been elite

And when we hit the store

They told me stay in the seat

By the time that I blinked, four shots

Now the owner's deceased

Now look

I'm not a thug, just position of a description

The ones I called friends had lied and said I did it

And just for 5k, now I'm sittin' in prison

I wrote this letter and sent it to tell you

Don't be like me

When that's all you know, you wonder how far you will go

Yeah, yeah, don't be like me

Listen to these words so you don't walk down the same road

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Don't be like me

Don't be like me