Broken Mold ft. California Grass Music Lyrics

Never ran in the streets but had the ears to it

Learned from others mistakes

Had to be a student

I made my OWN mistakes

Being real stupid

But I learned from those too

Got the degree to prove it

Step dad did time

Good times went by by

Conjugal visits in chino pen

Before I was 9

Saw him beat my mom bad

I was only five

Bruce Wayne with the pain

Came out a dark night

Moms moved weight

She was out there hustlin

To put food on our plate

She served up customers

Never forget the day

When they caught her in customs

Did her time for five keys

Out there in Dublin

Kept money on her books

I would keep her company

Answered every collect call

It Turned into a luxury

If you ever wonder why palos

So hungry

Too much time was spent

With our stomachs rumblin

Family did time

I just watched time pass by

violence and flashin sirens

Was my past time

Couldn't tell you how many times

They said This the last time

But it's hard to break free

When you got a trap mind

See evil everyday

I would look it in the eye

Moms Sold whatever she could

Just to survive

Most would never understand

So they judge it and nod

But the hustles more American

Than apple pie

Odds stacked against

Somethin enormous

Fighting for freedom

Was like climbing a fortress

Tryin to escape poverty

Faster than porches

Cats are savage

And blast you on your doorstep

This is no hearsay

This a treasure trove

Of stories never been told

Of those who rose

from the lowest of lows

Making it past parole

To low and behold a soul who breaks every mold