[00:03.41][Chorus (Sampled): Kanye West]
[00:07.06]I'm tryna right my wrongs
[00:08.23]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, man
[00:11.59]I'm tryna right my wrongs
[00:13.95]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, man

[00:16.00[Verse 1]
[00:16.55]See, I was born into a world of food stamps and welfare
[00:19.71]No dollar for the ice cream man and nappy hair
[00:22.58]Raised by a single mom, but in the back of my mind
[00:25.58]I thought I gotta have my pops, no cereal
[00:28.27]Never had a lot, but now I got plenty material
[00:30.82]No longer do I wish for money
[00:33.06]'Cause being broke made me stronger, harder, faster, better
[00:36.48]So now I alphabetically murder every letter, uh
[00:39.49]Feel the conviction in my words like a jail sentence
[00:42.18]Murder in the first, do a verse, won't be no repentance
[00:45.14]Mama, I'm sorry that I left at seventeen
[00:47.53]But I had to chase my dream and get this ********' cream
[00:50.44]Only people that I got is the people that's on my team
[00:53.13]'Cause when I roll up on the scene I see everyone start to scheme
[00:55.99]Talk about they connections, talk about who they know
[00:58.57]Then they beggin' me for a feature, but I'm like "Hold up, yo
[01:01.41]If you know who you know why the **** you ain't blow?"
[01:04.04]Matter fact, you ain't **** with me this time last year though
[01:06.77]I was kicking rhymes but you ain't paid on mind or the soul
[01:09.56]And now you on my **** riding like the baddest of hoes
[01:12.78]You think it's easy but it's not, see the talent that I got
[01:15.30]Determination keep it fresh, if I don't shine then it's gon' rot
[01:18.07]'Cause it don't happen overnight, one hit wonders don't keep the spot
[01:20.99]And I plan to hold the torch until I pass it and get shot, what

[01:25.33][Chorus (Sampled): Kanye West]
[01:25.75]I'm tryna right my wrongs
[01:26.74]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now
[01:30.58]I'm tryna right my wrongs
[01:32.17]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

[01:33.99][Verse 2]
[01:34.74]See, this is dedication, running up on radio stations
[01:36.12]They would decline and in my mind they was just hatin' haha
[01:40.90]Testing my patience they got me pissed like probation
[01:43.40]But I had the mind to keep going and the heart to keep racing
[01:46.23]And as the world crumbled beneath my feet like a Haitian
[01:49.05]I was inspired by them to persevere through dedication
[01:51.79]Failure I'm never facing my lyrics is education
[01:54.57]So if you got the tape crank that s**t like Jason Statham
[01:57.40]Yeah, this is my story word by word
[01:59.93]as I'm emerging just relax
[02:00.86]and let me open your mind like brain surgeon, uh
[02:03.28]Uhh, fresh in the game they should sign me to the virgin
[02:05.60]But me and solo know that I would only get to splurgin'
[02:08.41]I see the road to success and now its time to merge in
[02:10.98]Don't forget us when you gone what my homies urging
[02:13.68]don't forget us when you gone, uhh I gotcha
[02:16.82]You see these Seinfeld rappers talking a whole lot of nothing
[02:19.68]so allow me to curve your enthusiasm or something
[02:22.25]This is kinda like M.J before his prime when he dunking
[02:25.11]cause I ain't 23 yet but when I'm there it'll be something

[02:28.73][Chorus (Sampled): Kanye West]
[02:29.52]I'm tryna right my wrongs
[02:30.75]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now
[02:34.83]I'm tryna right my wrongs
[02:35.00]But it's funny them same wrongs helped me write this song, now

[02:38.86][Verse 3]
[02:39.43]Growing up there was baby momma drama
[02:40.59]Everyday and every way
[02:41.80]But now my kids I ain't got none to this day
[02:44.52]Cause a rubber ‘round my Jimmy when I consider foreplay
[02:47.17]Hey, back in the day West Deer Park where we stay
[02:50.09]I was running around while momma was drinking everyday
[02:53.07]But its okay I wouldn't have it any other way
[02:55.88]Cause it developed me into the young man that you see today
[02:58.82]Through dedication, yeah, yeah
[03:01.65]Never follow traditions you see I had a different vision
[03:04.28]I would skip school and write compositions
[03:06.30]'Bout my home conditions
[03:07.32]You know the usual no money and family division
[03:10.19]In specific I remember this time in my kitchen
[03:12.93]With my sisters man back
[03:14.52]Before he went to prison and got into religion
[03:16.91]He showed me how to cook crack at 12 and I ain't kiddin'
[03:20.14]After releasing him with ba—he no longer living
[03:22.71]And I'm pretty sure his last breath was lord forgive him
[03:25.68]Now my nephew ain't got a father that'll keep him safe
[03:28.58]All I can hope is he a good boy for his mommas sake
[03:31.31]Cause she never did recover from his fathers fate
[03:34.11]And if he grew into a man that made the same mistake
[03:36.94]Well to be honest I don't know how much more she could take
[03:39.83]So to every baby momma that could truly relate
[03:42.50]it is you unto this song that I should dedicate, yeah