Better Know

I've been grinding since a jit
Had thoughts of going legit
I was trynna make grip
With my dawgs that never switched
My daddy ain't give me shit
My momma she had to strip
If you was walking in my shoes you woulda probably slit your wrist
Felt like my voice wasn't heard
Couldn't stand out from the herd
Now when that new Laylow come on everybody sing the words
My niggas they had to purge
Just to get food on they plate
I told them back me 100 and soon we'll be eating steak
My momma she lost her life
My stepdad he lost his wife
Got engaged some months later swear to god that shit ain't right
I was supposed to catch a flight
But took a ride from that hearse
Still broken on the inside but I gotta make it work

These niggas better know my name
Came in the game spitting flame
Didn't change imma keep doing my thang
Niggas better know my name
They better know my name
These bitches better know my name
How I been kicking game
Not estranged lil flames
Had them trying on my chains
Bitches better know my name
They better know my name

I was missing meals fa sho
Just so I could kick some flows
Told mama I don't need braces and copped me a pair of golds
I was going on the road
My pockets ain't have no dough
Had to go and kill the show and hope that my car wasn't towed
I been dreaming of them jets
I was plotting on a check
The humble shit was too passive now I'm demanding respect
Grandma crib was full of pests
The finances was a mess
You don't know the feeling of yo fam sleeping three to a bed
We all was way too proud to beg
So we got it how we got
Even if it meant masking up and taking it out your pocket
You can't blame us for how we rocking cuz that was the only option
Mixing the struggle with the hustle that give the sweetest concoction
I do this for my mother Melin Gambino Joseph
Your soul at rest now so I go hard for the both us
Need you close to my heart so I put your face on my chain
You with me at all times So they better know our names yeah