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I owe it to the corner
So I proudly rep
Like this nigga'
The last one left

Hoping the ladder leads to heaven
So I take each step
Praying that its
The last one left

If you ever wondered
How much you love your life
My nigga
Have a brush with death

I survived and I'm alive
So I cherish every breath
Like its
The last one left

Why would that man father me
Knowing I had no possibles
Possibly

Mama worked hard but we hardly
Had the ends so the odds
Weren't on me

This seed
Wasn't nourished
In fine pottery

It grew out
Of the dirt of grime
And poverty

No champagne wishes
And caviar dreams

Just some cocaine whipping
And credit card schemes

Sports drugs or entertainment
For this black man

I couldn't sing or ball
So I wasn't that man

Next opportunity
Came from the crack man

Or robbing
Like I got adopted by batman

I chose the stoop
Cause it's what I got left on

They tucked me under the pillow
Cause I was slept on

Having
Malcolm little thoughts
Of being king

But the dream
Was to survive
By any means

I owe it to the corner
So I proudly rep
Like this nigga'
The last one left

Hoping the ladder leads to heaven
So I take each step
Praying that its
The last one left

If you ever wondered
How much you love your life
My nigga
Have a brush with death

I survived and I'm alive
So I cherish every breath
Like its
The last one left

Staring through and empty
Bottle of hennessy
Weed clouds
Fogging up my memories

Hoping that sweet chariot
Don't arrive soon
I been smoking loud
Hoping it quiets the room

Hoping the high don't
Take me to where I been to
I don't mind forgetting
What I been through

If I could take you back
To that first moment
I'd put the pills back
Before I got the bottle open

I thought liquor and dope lines
Would make my lines dope
Till they wheeled me in the e r
Comatose

Doctor said we lost you for a minute
Welcome back
I told her it was the best sleep
I ever had

And got right back to it
Like a boomerang
Niggas was talking in gibberish
Pootie tang

But nobody
Loved me enough
To whisper in my ear
I was fucking up

I dusted off
And I set forth
A plan of action

To show these niggas
What I'm talking 'bout
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Just a broken man who
Finally found his healing
Writing these words in braille
Hoping you get to feel 'em

I owe it to the corner
So I proudly rep
Like this nigga'
The last one left

Hoping the ladder leads to heaven
So I take each step
Praying that its
The last one left

If you ever wondered
How much you love your life
My nigga
Have a brush with death

I survived and I'm alive
So I cherish every breath
Like its
The last one left