Birth Lyrics

January '02 I arrived

A goat came outta human, and yes, my momma did survive

Think I remember, all the nurses were surprised

"This kid barely a second old but he crying like he 5

There's a melody in his voice

A remedy in his choice

Of cadence and his toys

Will prolly bore his boys

'Cause it's then his pen

And then his voice

And then a man diary

Where he'll write about xan

And percs, and bliss

And girls, and this and that

And tits and tats"

Yeah I know, that's where they got it wrong

Guess it's the Hip-Hop cliché when niggas their song

But I said, "No! When I write, I'm finna get in my zone

I'm gonna write for the people, I'm gonna write about life

I'm gonna find me my equal, I'm gonna find me a wife

I'm gonna marry a lady who's gonna give me a baby

I'm gonna be like the greats, I'm gonna be like JAY-Z

Cole, like Em, like Tip, like Kanye

Wayne and Andre

Kendrick, Nasty C or Nasty Nas

The Bigs, the Pacs

And Twista, Busta Rhymes, I'm finna speed it up sometimes

And keep my name like Warren G

Sing too like Lauryn Hill or Nate Dogg

Really cool like Snoop Dogg

As lyrical as Rapsody

I'm gonna make a big CD

And make my City proud!"

So that's around the time the Doc snipped my umbilical cord

That's around the time the only thing I could afford

Was to cry for my mother's milk and hold

That much was true still, till I was like 2 years old

And by the time I was 4 , 6am I was trembling in the cold

A whole preschooler

Ready to rule 'em

The one kid make the job easier for the mistress

The one kid make the job easier for the cleaner of the mattress

Well mature for my age

I was sure, they too was sure, I was a sage

They said, "This kid's a whiz

There's not much biz

We can teach him here with that knowledge and charisma

Do you hear me Benefit's mom?"

She said, "Ayt, ayt, on to the first grade then!"

Let me paint a picture for you my fellow brethren

From these early stages so please pay attention

The story begins, way back, way back before I had acquired a reputation

Back in the day way before I acquired a reputation

Back in the day way before I acquired a reputation

Back in the day way before I, back in the day way before I

Back in the day way before I acquired a reputation

Back in the day way before I acquired a reputation